Mark Bates

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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

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Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor

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Zoe's Tale

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Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4)

by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)

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by Robert Kershaw

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The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 4

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