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September 24th: Cadet Cruise by David Drake


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Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EDST) on September 24th, 2016 [00:30 A.M. (GMT), September 25th], for a discussion of the story Cadet Cruise by David Drake.   It is a fun read.  David Drake is one of my favorite writers, a specialist in writing military science fiction.  Drake is a North Carolina native who, on graduation from college was drafted and sent to Vietnam where he served as an interrogator for the military intelligence detachment of the 11th Cavalry Regiment (the Black Horse Regiment).  After his military service he graduated from Duke University Law School and for several years practiced law in the Tar Hill State.  He began writing seriously in the early 1970's.


 


Drake is most well known for a series of novels involving "Hammer's Slammers", a highly effective mercenary until with various contracts to support planetary governments facing civil war or intergalactic aggression.  Those books reflect his service with the U.S. Army in Vietnam, with the equipment and tactics employed by the Slammers a modernized model of the weapons and tactics used by the 11th ACR in Southeast Asia.  


 


The story fits into the general plot line of a more recent sci-fi series about the "Republic of Cinnabar Navy". and deals with the adventures of a group of Naval Academy Cadets during a training cruise.  I think you ill like it.


 


To answer Dash's usual question of why I picked this story, I can gie two reasons.  First I really like the story.  Second, but not less important, a good old fashioned sci-fi yarn is always effective Star bait.


 


The story is available from: http://www.baen.com/cadet_cruise


 


Webchat address:  http://koach.com/cha...=readers_corner  


 


mIRC Users:  /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner


 


I hope to see you all for our chat, and don't forget to bring a friend.


 


Log Attached:  readers_corner...20160924.txt


 

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