You know, I love David Weber's Honor Harrington books, but...

[DetlefK]

1. Oh, I can top that.

That "one extra cent" reminds me of Starship Troopers where only people who have served in the military are allowed to vote.



There was this other military sci-fi-series. Forgot the name, I only read one book. It was a psot-apocalyptc future where mankind had created mystical beats (e.g. dragons, mermaids, Orks...) via genetic manipulation. Nice idea, but it was realy, really, really on-the-nose with his chivalrous United States and the perverted Europeans.



And there's a fantasy-book by IIRC Sergej Lukashenko. Some humans have magical powers and once these powers awaken, the person gets automatically sucked into a fantasy-realm.
Nice idea, although you could tell that the russian author is a bit weird: a strong, smart, female character (ruler of a powerful Clan of mages) gets raped by another ruler at business-meeting and she treats it like an instance of boys-will-be-boys.
Oh, and the author had to shove in that the pervy old man who tries to molest the underage-girl protagonist is from Poland.
-> Raping women is no big deal. That's life. The poor guy couldn't resist her beauty.