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I'm looking for the titles of a military space opera trilogy (I think) that was more or less directly copied from an earlier series onor a non-sfSF military series. My

My memory is quite vague but I think it was published quite a few years after Dune, maybe 80s/90sin the 1980s or 1990s. It was a fairly big best seller in the UK at least, before it was identified as being plagiarised from the earlier series. I

I think the original was based around the time of the second world war - possibly in the Soviet Union? I

I think there was a court case resulting in a small amount in royalties being paid to the original author. I'd

I'd be interested to know the original books' titles and author as well as any other details.

I'm looking for the titles of a military space opera trilogy (I think) that was more or less directly copied from an earlier series on a non-sf military series. My memory is quite vague but I think it was published quite a few years after Dune maybe 80s/90s. It was a fairly big best seller in the UK at least before it was identified as being plagiarised from the earlier series. I think the original was based around the time of the second world war - possibly in the Soviet Union? I think there was a court case resulting in a small amount in royalties being paid to the original author. I'd be interested to know the original books' titles and author as well as any other details.

I'm looking for the titles of a military space opera trilogy (I think) that was more or less directly copied from an earlier series or a non-SF military series.

My memory is quite vague but I think it was published quite a few years after Dune, maybe in the 1980s or 1990s. It was a fairly big best seller in the UK at least, before it was identified as being plagiarised from the earlier series.

I think the original was based around the time of the second world war - possibly in the Soviet Union?

I think there was a court case resulting in a small amount in royalties being paid to the original author.

I'd be interested to know the original books' titles and author as well as any other details.

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Titles of plagiarised space opera trilogy

I'm looking for the titles of a military space opera trilogy (I think) that was more or less directly copied from an earlier series on a non-sf military series. My memory is quite vague but I think it was published quite a few years after Dune maybe 80s/90s. It was a fairly big best seller in the UK at least before it was identified as being plagiarised from the earlier series. I think the original was based around the time of the second world war - possibly in the Soviet Union? I think there was a court case resulting in a small amount in royalties being paid to the original author. I'd be interested to know the original books' titles and author as well as any other details.