Book recommendations similar to the WC series

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mkron

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Having read the WC series yet again I cant help but wonder, what else is out there? Since sci-fi isn't my main genre, I have only read the WC series, what better place to ask than the CIC?

So here comes the question:
I need recommendations on a book series similar to the Wing Commander series. Whats out there? Please enlighten me, what can you recommend to a friend with busted wingflapps?
 
Heck, I don't know of any "true" analogy but I enjoyed reading through the starfire series (Crusade, In Death Ground, The Shiva Option, Insurrection), they also have cat aliens in them... but in the era that they're set, as allies, not enemies. the Dark Wing was fairly decent too, I suppose... with creatures along the lines of the Firekka. Perhaps thats why I thought of those two immediately...

I haven't read tons of space opera, but I guess that's good for starters.
 
i too enjoyed the WC book series. i recently read "orpahange" and the sequal "orpahan's destiny" and really enjoyed them. They are simmilar to "starship troopers" but the author did a great job setting the books not too far in the future, and great character development. His third book is due out in April or May called "orpahan's journey"
 
I have enjoyed the Mechwarrior Series of Books and there are tons of them, however a some good ones to get your feet wet on would be either one of these trilogies by Michale Stackpole

The Warrior Trilogy
Warrior: En Garde
Warrior: Riposte
Warrior: Coupé

Blood of Kerensky Trilogy
Lethal Heritage
Blood Legacy
Lost Destiny
 
Thx. I'll look into those.

I've found Lary Nivens Man-Kzin series and they have some attractive similarities. I've started on "Man-Kzin Wars" from 1988 now. The Kzin are supposed to be very similar to the Kilrathi from what I've heard. (Or that it's the other way around)
 
The Mechwarrior Stuff is all Human vs Human, however the Clans add and interesting element when they come into the story.
 
mkron, since the Kzin were introduced in 1966 (in the short story "The Warriors"), I think they have a leg up on the Kilrathi as a hostile-to-humanity alien felinoid race. :D
 
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