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Title: On Basilisk Station by David Weber ISBN: 0-7434-3571-0 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (100 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Impossible situations demand impossible solutions ...
Comment: I had seen the "Honor" series from David Weber in book stores for quite some time, but I never quite got around to reading any of the books until I recently purchased a copy of On Basilisk Station. I settled in for what I thought would be a slow enjoyable read. Right from the opening pages, the tone and pace of the book was set. Newly assigned to a larger space command, Honor Harrington finds herself punished for doing her best in a difficult situation. Basilisk Station is the end of the line in the Navy - only the worst of the worst go there. In the course of the story Honor screws up in reverse - she does the impossible. I was expecting a good book, not a great book. This was fabulous - I couldn't put it down. I would strongly recommend/suggest it for anyone looking for a lot of excitement!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: A true Lady
Comment: So far there are eight books in this series. Each one is perfect and while they could be read independent of each other I would recommend tackling them in sequence if you want to maximize your enjoyment. The seven titles are, "On Basilisk Station", "The Honor of the Queen", "The Short Victorious War", "Field of Dishonor", "Flag in Exile", "Honor Among Enemies", "In Enemy Hands" and "Ashes of Victory".
The feel of the books is quite similar to David Feintuch's Nicholas Seafort series. It is set in the far distant future amongst a competing variety of human empires. Each empire controls an area of space including its stars and planets. Honor Harrington is a member of the Royal Manticoran Navy, charged with the protection of the realm in service to the queen. In the first book Honor is a commander in charge of a smallish space craft. She has been sent to purgatory, (Basilisk Station), as the direct result of physically rejecting the advances of one of the aristocracy while in the academy, years before.
To make matters worse, her ship is carrying an experimental weapon, to the exclusion of most others, which has just amply shown its shortcomings during Navy maneuvers. Her crew is embarrassed by their recent performance in the exercise and many of them blame Honor for this as well as the posting to Basilisk. Furthermore, when her ship arrives at Basilisk her old enemy is the Captain in charge and promptly leaves the system for questionable repairs, dumping the responsibility of the whole area in Honor's lap with only one small ship to carry it out.
The rest of the story takes us through Honor's efforts to turn things around in the face of an ever worsening situation. We learn to love her as she holds true to the best principles that most people can only talk about. The other characters are well defined and the details of the politics and human dynamics are smooth. A further pleasure is the well thought out military scenarios. The weaponry and craft performance has been designed by Weber to provide a diverse yet plausible array of military confrontations.
Luckily for us, the readers, this future has made available a medical treatment that extends the lifetime of its citizens many fold. For this reason I look forward to many more novels from David Weber, leading me further into the life of Honor Harrington.
Rating: 5
Summary: On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington Series, Book 1)
Comment: I LOVE HONOR!!!!! This is a great series of books. It's kind of like the Horatio Hornblower books - I think Weber must have been a fan - but they have more meat to the stories. And any wonder considering how long the books are. Excellent! This is one of my favorite series. I go back and reread them all the time (or at least my favorite parts). I definately want more!
Weber creates a rich, complicated, screw-you-over, just like the real world, universe. It's so like real life. You meet new characters, hate them/love them, and not all of them make it through the battles. If you like sci-fi, you should definately read these books.
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Title: The Honor of the Queen by David Weber ISBN: 0743435729 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Short Victorious War (Honor Harrington Series, Book 3) by David Weber ISBN: 0743435516 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Flag in Exile (Honor Harrington Series, Book 5) by David Weber ISBN: 0671319809 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Field of Dishonor by David Weber ISBN: 0743435745 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Honor Among Enemies (Honor Harrington Series, Book 6) by David Weber ISBN: 0671877836 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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