Pollyanna meets Starship Troopers in this serial about a 30-something Marine called out of retirement to help fight the war against the alien crabs. But shattered morale is the least of the company’s problems . . . .
Pollyanna meets Starship Troopers in this serial about a 30-something Marine called out of retirement to help fight the war against the alien crabs. But shattered morale is the least of the company’s problems . . . .
Note: Spots the Space Marine contains some graphic violence and harsh language.
Tags: action · aliens · military · online novels · science fiction
Listed: Mar 15, 2010
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I’m only partway through what’s been posted so far, but I’m completely sucked in by this piece. What the author (who is also an artist—the intro pages are done as a webcomic and then it switches to prose) has done is present this almost like a screenplay, so that instead of a traditional prose narrative, the reader gets a steady [more . . .]
Not many science fiction stories have a mother and wife as the heroic centerpiece; Spots the Space Marine is one of them.
The plot is your standard Starship Troopers fare with a few subtle variations; hungry space bugs threaten earth and it’s up to the Marines to curb stomp them. They’re [more . . .]
War. War never changes.
Except maybe when your squad happens to be named Team Kitty and your callsign sounds slightly silly to remain thematically prudent.
The prose of “Spots the Space Marine” is spartan almost laconic, but the mood comes across loud-and-clear. [more . . .]