So, you David Weber fans...

[Vertigo]

Very true, any author that posts here gets my vote

 

[Jade44]

I am ploughing my way through the Honor Harrington series. I tend to do that. I fix on one author and read until I run out of books. I agree with some of the comments in this thread that sometimes the attention to political detail gets to be a bit much and there are certain scenarios in the space battles Weber repeats over and over again, such as the number of missiles launched, the number taken out, and the number that finally get through, but generally I have found the series to be excellent. One rather annoying aspect of the Harrington novels were the various references to characters in other series. I finally decided that the only way to read the Harrington series so that every reference made sense was to find the other books and read them as well. Now the entire complex of the Honor Harrington universe in coming together in a much more logical fashion. I have about three books to go and am looking forward to any future books in the series.

 

[Parson]

Weber does that too you. He makes you want to read them all. Since I've read all of the books in the Honorverse, I guess I've never noted that he made those allusions but I'm sure you're right.

 

[Vertigo]

Yes, Weber himself admits that there is a lot of time overlap in the later books after the spin off series gets going in the Talbot Cluster. I suspect it probably makes sense to read them in publication date order.

 

[Jade44]

Weber does that too you. He makes you want to read them all. Since I've read all of the books in the Honorverse, I guess I've never noted that he made those allusions but I'm sure you're right.

What got me started was the reference to Anton Zilwiki's and Victor Cachat's exploits without really explaining who either of them were - that and the sudden appearance of a girl named Berry who was some sort of princess got me reading the other books.

 

[Parson]

What got me started was the reference to Anton Zilwiki's and Victor Cachat's exploits without really explaining who either of them were - that and the sudden appearance of a girl named Berry who was some sort of princess got me reading the other books.

Ah, yes! I can see where you are going. That would be a little off putting. But the books themselves are pretty good so no big loss there.

 

[Vertigo]

Yes I actually found them quite refreshing; the same universe but a different cast.