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Summary: quick read....very entertaining
Review: This book just flies. Excellent for fans who like Eddings, and piers anthony type of stories.
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Summary: Fun froth.
Review: This is fun fantasy, somewhat reminiscent in tone to Heinlein's Glory Road. Like Heinlein, Weber is a SF writer who turns to fantasy with a light touch. A useful antidote to the Jordans of the fantasy world. My major complaint is the phony scotch accents. Weber does not have a very good ear for accents and muddling through the dialogue gets old. (He had the same problem with Scotch accents in Crusade. What is it with this guy and that accent?)
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Summary: A must read.
Review: This story takes a break from Weber's usual space novels. His unique style still comes through with flying colors though. Bahzell is a prince among his people and is sent as a hostage to another kingdom. While there he breaks his hostage bond by saving a young woman and must flee. He takes the woman he saves and sends her to his father for protection. To avoid bringing war and dishonor to his father he crosses into the human lands. While there he gets into many tight spots due to his sense of honor. The god of war takes notice of him and his deeds while his enimes aided by another god try to destroy him. To find out more you will have to read this book you WILL NOT regret it. :-
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Summary: Fun and frothy.
Review: Those of us who got to know David Weber through his military SF (see, esp., the excellent though interminable Honor Harrington series) likely will be surprised to discover his new fantasy series (does he ever write stand-alones?). Unlike the Honor Harrington series, which can be awful serious in places, Oath of Swords is just plain fun. (There is an analogy some have noted with Heinlein's Glory Road. Like Heinlein, Weber is a hard SF writer who turned to fantasy and demonstrated a light touch.) As with others, my major complaint is that Weber does not have a very good ear for accents. I agree with those who said his scotch accents especially get old. Having said that, it is still very highly recommended.
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Summary: Conan the Leprechaun
Review: Weber makes Glen Cook look like Homer
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Summary: Archetypical, but grabbing!
Review: While I have not read any of David Webers sci-fi, and don't plan to, I have read both Oath Of Swords and War Gods Own, a few times each. In fact, I just finished rereading War Gods Own a few minutes ago, and was searching for the next. It's that good. While the characters, like Bahzell, Wencit, Kilthan and Vaijon tend to follow some well established patterns in the fantasy world, he turns the archetypes to good effect. He avoids the constant hero band feeling while achieving all the objectives of plot that have made the fearless band a standard since the era of Tolkien. A good read, both novels, and I highly recommend all you sci-fi people check them out, since Weber is definitely as much of a cross over succes as Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony or any other consistent best-seller list authors.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: Yes, this is a must read. The way David Weber put this book together is simply breathtaking. You can just see yourself looking at the massive Hradani. It's not a book for the weak, because it has some gory scenes. Overall, it is a great book, with its own mythological backgrounds.
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