All these works seem really fine, at least after the descriptions. Placed on my list of things: ,,to do in unspecified future".

This will be my final necro of this thread because I've launched the third and final book in my space 4x science fiction novel series, Worlds of Words and War.

Check out Destroyer of Worlds if you like end game threats and political disunion in your 4x games but you feel more like picking up a book than turning on your computer.  Here are a couple of links to the book:

Destroyer of Worlds on Amazon

Destroyer of Worlds on Smashwords

Thank you all for your support over the years. I'll continue writing science fiction but I think I'll turn to a different focus that isn't as 4x relevant so this will be the last of my entries in this series. As always, reviews/star ratings are most appreciated!

Frogsquadron wrote:
Nice job! Your cover reminds me quite strongly of mammalian ships in Stellaris. Coincidence? :p

melkathi wrote:
Congratulations!

Hope the book does well and thousands of thousands read it, and when the movie comes out I can tell people, I knew the author online when he was "just" a gamer. Well, not "just" a gamer - a 4X gamer.





Let us know, if you want, how you feel about the smashwords process. I have my novella sitting hear to throw into the meatgrinder. Just circumstances not allowing me to do so right now

Kingsguard wrote:
Tell me whenever it is translated in french because it looks really interresting

Adventurer_Blitz wrote:
"Female star captain" Yup I can definitely see the Webber inspiration here. Sounds interesting.

echo2361 wrote:
Hello All,



I’ve just published my first science fiction novel and I thought I’d post about it here because I’ve been heavily inspired to write it by my years of playing space strategy games like Endless Space. I’ve even written a few fan fiction pieces before for various games that have received praise which further fueled my drive to actually write a full book.



The setting is very much one in which we often find ourselves playing in the game, with humans and other alien species competing over colonies and resources as they explore, exploit, expand, and even exterminate each other. Influences for me include David Weber’s Honor Harrington and Starfire series, along with Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series and many more. If you think you might be interested I’ll post a few links below of where you can find it:





https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/572192



http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Other-Means-Trevor-Marsh-ebook/dp/B014GNSO5E/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1440597555&sr=1-1&keywords=politics+by+other+means



If the forums rules don’t allow me to post about my book in this manner I’ll be happy to remove the links and/or this post in its entirety, but I just thought I’d share this with a gaming community I am active in which I know shares a similar interest in science fiction as I do.

echo2361 wrote:
Hello All,



I’ve just published my first science fiction novel and I thought I’d post about it here because I’ve been heavily inspired to write it by my years of playing space strategy games like Endless Space. I’ve even written a few fan fiction pieces before for various games that have received praise which further fueled my drive to actually write a full book.



The setting is very much one in which we often find ourselves playing in the game, with humans and other alien species competing over colonies and resources as they explore, exploit, expand, and even exterminate each other. Influences for me include David Weber’s Honor Harrington and Starfire series, along with Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series and many more. If you think you might be interested I’ll post a few links below of where you can find it:





https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/572192



http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Other-Means-Trevor-Marsh-ebook/dp/B014GNSO5E/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1440597555&sr=1-1&keywords=politics+by+other+means



If the forums rules don’t allow me to post about my book in this manner I’ll be happy to remove the links and/or this post in its entirety, but I just thought I’d share this with a gaming community I am active in which I know shares a similar interest in science fiction as I do.

Mansen wrote:
Looks interesting - Will see if I can find the time for it some day... Such a long backlog