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Summary: Superbly thought-out presentation of future naval warfare
Review: I am a great fan of Honor Harrington, and must take issue with a.oppenheim's opinion that the science, technology, and military logic is contrived and unrealistic. On the contrary, I believe the technology and logic to be extremely well thought-out. Very few science fiction writers today are this careful with technology, and virtually NONE display such a wonderful mastery of how technology can influence naval tactics and operations. Mr. Weber clearly knows his naval military history, from Trafalgar to Jutland to Guadalcanal to the Falklands. The Harrington series closest to the early 20th Century dreadnought era in overall concept, but his mastery of how time and distance influence tactics indicates a perfect understanding of modern plane-and-missile naval combat. I'd lay odds that Weber has read everything from Keegan's "The Price of Admiralty" to USNI's "Fleet Tactics." I recommend reading the appendix to "A Short, Victorious War" (third in correlaries. The actions in that book are reminiscent of the battlecruiser action at Jutland in 1916, while in this volume Harrington's exploits seem vaguely related to German 1914 commerce raiders, such as the Emden, but with a healthy dose of WWII "Q ship" concepts as well.- Arnold Hendrick
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I have been following this series ever since it came out. All I can say is WoW! I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning reading it because I couldn't put it down.David Weber is doing a very nice job filling out the personality of Honor, and answering questions about her.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I have been following this series ever since it came out. All I can say is WoW! I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning reading it because I couldn't put it down. David Weber is doing a very nice job filling out the personality of Honor, and answering questions about her.
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Summary: This volume pulls the entire series together
Review: I was very pleased with the way this book pulled the whole story together so that I was not left hanging. The way that Weber puts the characters at odds with each other and them almost makes the characters a family was unbelieveable.
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Summary: Another in this fine series.
Review: If you liked the previous books in this series you will not be disappointed in this one. Once again David Weber has written an entertaining story of courage, convictions and, above all, honor.
Having said that, be warned that the entire scenario of space battles seems contrived and artificial. In essence, the author needed a way to reproduce or create standard naval battles in outer space. They are fun to read but you will wonder why a single nuclear missle can't destroy a spaceship. Reality aside, Honor Harrington should be required reading for anyone ever called upon to defend their country.
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Summary: Honor Harrington 6 -The Win -Win Lose Situation
Review: In HH6 (Honor Among Enemies) Honor's Critics Have decided to bring her back to fix a situation no else wants to do.(If she succeds they look good, if she fails they get rid of her) Given an untested Ship as well as an Untested crew. Honor must patrol a section of space overrun by pirates. Meanwhile the peeps are also in the area for their own reasons. The PRH(people's Republic of Haven) is having problems of their own. In the PRH a literal DO OR DIE Philosophy starting where the captain has to do his job(win) or Die. When a Honorable Peep Captain goes to the rescue of a commercial ship he finds a suprise in store and so does Honor. The Title you'll find refers to the relationship between the two captains. a good read but if you're not use to Weber by now you'll never be.
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Summary: Honor Harrington 6 -The Win -Win Lose Situation
Review: In HH6 (Honor Among Enemies) Honor's Critics Have decided to bring her back to fix a situation no else wants to do.(If she succeds they look good, if she fails they get rid of her) Given an untested Ship as well as an Untested crew. Honor must patrol a section of space overrun by pirates. Meanwhile the peeps are also in the area for their own reasons. The PRH(people's Republic of Haven) is having problems of their own. In the PRH a literal DO OR DIE Philosophy starting where the captain has to do his job(win) or Die. When a Honorable Peep Captain goes to the rescue of a commercial ship he finds a suprise in store and so does Honor. The Title you'll find refers to the relationship between the two captains. a good read but if you're not use to Weber by now you'll never be.
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Summary: Career Development
Review: It is with trepidation that I pick up successive Harrington novels, wondering how it can possibly get any better and becoming more fearful of completing the series before this prolific author completes the next sequel. Honor Among Enemies is a strategic and tactical success as it sets the stage for escalation in both Honor's unique professional career and provides intriguing character development on myriad levels - the amorous 'cats, the underestimated Andermani, the Peep dynamic between captain and political commissar, Manticorean commercial moguls, and various heroes who don't need Captain's regalia to reach out to the readers' hearts and minds. Whether a sci-fi guru, a political intrigue afficionado, or a military buff, Weber delivers. Staging the novel in a galactic backwater, far from the frontlines, is deceptive as Honors reveals yet again that Clausewitz's maxims about war still bear truth. Political intrigue and commercial verities enmesh Honor in extracurricular learning curves, quite distinct from her naval training regime at Saganami. These grey areas reveal new dimensions of the 'enemy' and of 'duty' to one's nation. Most importantly, the human element of Honor (and her 'cat) and their interactions with aspiring privates, nefarious pirates, and competent foes reveals the depth of Weber's analysis into the human condition. Values remain core despite the awesome technologies and the geopolitics of the distant future. The battle scenes are fantastic but it is the communication and personal development between so many well-woven characters that makes this book impossible to put down. I pass on these books to my father when I'm finished and he passes it on to my brother. I don't know what we shall do when we've caught up to the current book in the series. We're totally hooked and we know it!
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Summary: good stuff
Review: My first Honour Harrington novel and what a ride! I have discovered a new favourite author and a guaranteed good read. I now intend to return to the early Honour Harrington novels to catch up. In the mean time, I am currently the reading: "In Enemy Hands" the next in sequence after "Honour Among Enemies". There is a lot of this about at the moment: Elizabeth Moon's Serrano Legacy and David Feintuch's Seafort saga -- military SF following the careers of Navy officers through their exploits. It is a credit to Weber that I was able to start at effectively volume 6 with no apparent disadvantage. This kind of story can go on for years while fans and readers stay interested. When I was a teenager I use to read Alexander Kent's Bolitho novels (18 century historical British Navy) following the career of a young officer from midshipman to Admiral. After 20 plus books, Kent is still going strong and I can see Weber going a lot further with Honour Harrington also. At first, Weber's aristocratic flavour of the Manticorian Navy reminded me of Niven's & Pournell's "The Mote in God's Eye" and for a moment I thought I was in for a StarTrek treatment of near-perfect career officers, but the "bad-apple" sub-plot of the crew, put pay to that. Action is handled well as is his "realistic" U-boat long-range flavour of the space combat. I don't yet know if I have completely grasped Weber's pseudo-science yet, but it is beginning to sink in. Psychology is handled in detail (a couple of pages "thinking" between spoken words) but not laboriously. In short: good stuff.
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Summary: good stuff
Review: My first Honour Harrington novel and what a ride! I have discovered a new favourite author and a guaranteed good read. I now intend to return to the early Honour Harrington novels to catch up. In the mean time, I am currently the reading: "In Enemy Hands" the next in sequence after "Honour Among Enemies". There is a lot of this about at the moment: Elizabeth Moon's Serrano Legacy and David Feintuch's Seafort saga -- military SF following the careers of Navy officers through their exploits. It is a credit to Weber that I was able to start at effectively volume 6 with no apparent disadvantage. This kind of story can go on for years while fans and readers stay interested. When I was a teenager I use to read Alexander Kent's Bolitho novels (18 century historical British Navy) following the career of a young officer from midshipman to Admiral. After 20 plus books, Kent is still going strong and I can see Weber going a lot further with Honour Harrington also. At first, Weber's aristocratic flavour of the Manticorian Navy reminded me of Niven's & Pournell's "The Mote in God's Eye" and for a moment I thought I was in for a StarTrek treatment of near-perfect career officers, but the "bad-apple" sub-plot of the crew, put pay to that. Action is handled well as is his "realistic" U-boat long-range flavour of the space combat. I don't yet know if I have completely grasped Weber's pseudo-science yet, but it is beginning to sink in. Psychology is handled in detail (a couple of pages "thinking" between spoken words) but not laboriously. In short: good stuff.
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