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On Wednesday, August 13, 1997 9:30 PM, Binhan Lin
[SMTP:Binhan.Lin@UCHSC.edu]
wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Steve Pugh wrote:
What two novels?

For modern surface ships the old Harpoon data annexes are pretty good.

Janes?

sincerely

> On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Tim Jones wrote:

> What two novels?

David Drake has written two novels of naval warfare set on an oceanic Venus.
They are titled "Surface Action" and "The Jungle". The second contains Henry
Kuttner's original story "Clash by Night" which is where Drake draws his
background from. The stories include naval ships ranging
in size from superbattleships with 18" guns to 2-man flitter boats armed
with machine cannon.  Aircraft are nearly non-existant due to the
presence of lasers and railguns and have been turned into stealth gliders used
for long range scouting. THere is mention of submarines but so far they have
not played a major role in any of the battles. Details of the ships is pretty
sketchy, although I suppose I can just modify some modern ships. Notably
absent are missiles, supposedly due to the high rate of fire from the CIWS
railguns.

--Binhan