Since we are talking Books that inspire me for Traveller, Nearly
anything William C. Dietz has written has had some crunchy goodness.

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Freelance Traveller
<xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:27:03 -0600, Joseph Hoopman
> <xxxxxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>For me, Traveller is kind of inextricably linked to C.J. Cherryh’s
>>Union/Alliance universe – Downbelow Station, any of the Merchanter
>>books, Cyteen, the Chanur series, etc.  But that might be because I was
>>reading them both back in the early 1980s moreso than for any formal
>>connection.
>
> I've not read any of these other than Chanur; I'll second that one.
>
>>Also, I saw Niven/Pournelle’s Mote in God’s Eye was already mentioned, which I’d second.
>
> ...and if I haven't already, I'll resecond this.
>
> I don't recall it being mentioned (but I sometimes - especially after a
> week like this one - feel like I'm up to the 'Z' in "Alzheimer's"), but
> some of the _early_ Honor Harrington should be on the list. The later
> stuff gets a bit too rarefied and politics-focussed, though if that's
> your cup of tea-substitute, by all means go for 'em.
>
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