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* [[The General]] series with S. M. Stirling. (This is ''not'' his [[Belisarius Series]]. See the next entry.) A retelling of the life of the Byzantine General Belisarius in a sci-fi setting on a world after the fall of civilization. The world, Bellevue, has rebuilt itself to approximately 1900 technology. Aka the ''Raj Whitehall'' series, and the ''Raj Whitehall and Center'' series. After the fifth book (''The Sword'' in 1995) the stories shifted to other worlds.
** ''The Chosen'' - World War 1.5 on another world. Crammed with references to real-world military events. "The Chosen" themselves are expies of Stirling's own ''Draka.''
** ''The Reformer'' and ''The Tyrant'' continued on yet another world in the same Universe with Raj existing as a computer simulation. This time it's the Roman Civil War(?). ''The Tyrant'' was co-written with Eric Flint in 2002 and
** ''The Heretic'', co-written with Tony Daniel, came out in 2013. The setting here is geographically reminiscent of ancient Egypt, although there's no enormous resemblance in the society. Complicating matters is that another computer like Center, but not as advanced, is maintaining "Stasis" by periodically encouraging barbarian invasions.
* The [[Belisarius Series]] with Eric Flint. The life of the Byzantine General Belisarius as an alternate history, where the two great powers from the far future have each sent an emissary to alter the past in Belisarius' lifetime.
* ''Northworld'' series. Retelling of selected Norse myth as sci fi using powered armor. The name's a pun. North for a cold world like the frozen north of Norse myth. "Norse" itself probably ultimately derived from Middle Dutch ''nort'' for, what else, "north." Also for "North's World" for the expy of Odin, who in the books is named North and commanded a team sent to explore the planet.
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{{quote| "I've met his type before."<br />
"Type? He's a ''type''?"<br />
"Like the Mars Diamond is a type. It's just that all the others aren't flawless and weigh 32 pounds."
* ''[[The Books Of The Elements]]'': Ancient Rome [[Recycled in Space|With Magic]]!
* [[Redliners]]: Science fiction story of a burnt out elite unit assigned to guard involuntary colonists on a [[Death World]]. In a weird way, it mixes a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] with [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]] by taking [[War Is Hell]] to its logical conclusion--what do you do with, and how can you help, the [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]], when the war is over?
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