David Weber's Honorverse Reading-Order Flowchart

[Parson]

I don't believe it's there. I did a Google search and found that the story is available for free.

Dark Fall

It is a story that is unknown to me. I'll give it a read soon.

 

[Parson]

I've finished the story Dark Fall and I'm pretty sure the story belongs on the B line just prior to The War of Honor. I certainly enjoyed reading it.

 

[vanye]

I don't believe it's there. I did a Google search and found that the story is available for free.

Dark Fall

It is a story that is unknown to me. I'll give it a read soon.

Thank you for the link. I enjoyed reading the story, as well.

 

[Mike J Nagle]

I am doing a re-read following the chart, but I cannot find Dark Fall in the listed short stories below the chart.

Vanye,

Oops.

I forgot to list where to find "Dark Fall" with the sources of the other shorter stories in the explanatory notes. I've fixed it.

For what it's worth, here is the most up-to-date version of the flowchart:

If you haven't done so yet, you should check out the Baen Free Library. It was set up by Jim Baen before his death in 2006, and it offers several of Baen's authors'earlier works free of charge. Jim Baen's rationale was that if authors offered a few of their earliest works free of charge, it would be likely that readers, if they liked what they saw and read, would then be interested in buying later works by those same authors.

Regards,

Mike

 

[vanye]

Great chart. Thank you for all the work you put into it!

 

[vanye]

Here’s the link to „Grayson Navy Letters Home“

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[Parson]

Here’s the link to „Grayson Navy Letters Home“

Read Online

Baen's eBook marketplace. eBooks with no DRM in every major format--for the Kindle, iPad, Nook, and more.

www.baen.com

Interesting story. Thanks for the link.

 

[Mike J Nagle]

Here’s the link to „Grayson Navy Letters Home“

Read Online

Baen's eBook marketplace. eBooks with no DRM in every major format--for the Kindle, iPad, Nook, and more.

www.baen.com

Vanye,

Oops, again.

Thanks for catching that for me.

Here is the corrected flowchart:

Regards,

Mike

 

[vanye]

Always a pleasure, never a chore.

 

[Captain Haddock]

Vanye,

Oops, again.

Thanks for catching that for me.

Here is the corrected flowchart:

Regards,

Mike

Mike,

Thanks for the chart. Are these only the novels and stories that feature Honor Harrington, or is this everything in the Honorverse, which I believe includes stories without that character?

If it's everything, would there be a way to designate the Honor Harrington stories? Perhaps with a little star to the right or left of each item. Sorry, I know, more work for you.

Thanks,

The Captain

 

[Swank]

I've decided to skip the books and just go with a deep reading of the chart.

 

[Mike J Nagle]

Mike,

Thanks for the chart. Are these only the novels and stories that feature Honor Harrington, or is this everything in the Honorverse, which I believe includes stories without that character?

If it's everything, would there be a way to designate the Honor Harrington stories? Perhaps with a little star to the right or left of each item. Sorry, I know, more work for you.

Thanks,

The Captain

Captain,

The chart covers all of the stories set in the "Honorverse." That is, all of the stories that are set in the same universe as the Honor Harrington novels.

All of the novels along the main wide line, beginning with On Basilisk Station and ending with Uncompromising Honor are Honor Harrington novels, where Honor is the main character. The Honor Harrington novels 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
• Echoes of Honor
• Ashes of Victory
• War of Honor
• At All Costs
• Mission of Honor
• A Rising Thunder
• Uncompromising Honor

In Enemy Hands and Echoes of Honor are actually a single novel that needed to be split into two parts because it was too long to fit into a single printed volume.

The novella "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" also has Honor Harrington and Nimitz as its main characters. The story predates On Basilisk Station.

Honor Harrington appears in a supporting role in the "Shadow of Saganami" series of novels, and the "Crown of Slaves" series that parallel the main line. Most of those stories do have Honor Harrington as a character, but do not focus primarily on her.

The "Crown of Slaves"series consists of:

• Crown of Slaves
• Torch of Freedom
• Cauldron of Ghosts
• To End in Fire

The "Shadow of Saganami" series consists of:

• The Shadow of Saganami
• Storm from the Shadows
• Shadow of Freedom
• Shadow of Victory

I hope this information helps you.

Mike

 

[Mike J Nagle]

Captain,

In my previous response to your question, I missed mentioning that the novella, "The Hard Way Home," is also an Honor Harrington and Nimitz story that predates On Basilisk Station..

Sorry,

Mike

 

[vanye]

There‘s also a short story about how Honor and Nimitz meet. Forgot the title …

 

[Parson]

I picked up a copy of World's of Honor #5, because of this thread. I hadn't realized that there were 5. Now that I look, I might not have #4 either.

 

[Mike J Nagle]

There‘s also a short story about how Honor and Nimitz meet. Forgot the title …

Vanye,

The story you're thinking about is "A Beautiful Friendship".

The story is not actually about Honor Harrington. Rather, it is about Stephanie Harrington. Stephanie was Honor's great-great-grandmother (I'm not sure how many "greats" that should be). She lived on Sphinx about three and a half T-centuries before Honor was born. Stephanie was the first human ever to be "adopted" by a Sphinxian treecat. He was eventually given the name "Lionheart" by Stephanie.

Stephanie and Lionheart met in the novella, "A Beautiful Friendship", which was initially published in the anthology More than Honor. Later, the novella was expanded into a full novel with the same title.

A Beautiful Friendship and its sequels:

• Fire Season
• Treecat Wars
• A New Clan

make up the "Star Kingdom" series of stories within the larger "Honorverse" series.

I'm just trying to help you get this straight...

Mike

 

[vanye]

Vanye,

The story you're thinking about is "A Beautiful Friendship".

The story is not actually about Honor Harrington. Rather, it is about Stephanie Harrington. Stephanie was Honor's great-great-grandmother (I'm not sure how many "greats" that should be). She lived on Sphinx about three and a half T-centuries before Honor was born. Stephanie was the first human ever to be "adopted" by a Sphinxian treecat. He was eventually given the name "Lionheart" by Stephanie.

Stephanie and Lionheart met in the novella, "A Beautiful Friendship", which was initially published in the anthology More than Honor. Later, the novella was expanded into a full novel with the same title.

A Beautiful Friendship and its sequels:

• Fire Season
• Treecat Wars
• A New Clan

make up the "Star Kingdom" series of stories within the larger "Honorverse" series.

I'm just trying to help you get this straight...

Mike

Nope, the story is about Honor and Nimitz. I looked it up. It‘s in „Worlds of Honor“ #6: Beginnings. The story is titled The Best Laid Plans.

 

[vanye]

I picked up a copy of World's of Honor #5, because of this thread. I hadn't realized that there were 5. Now that I look, I might not have #4 either.

There‘s a #6, too.

 

[Mike J Nagle]

Nope, the story is about Honor and Nimitz. I looked it up. It‘s in „Worlds of Honor“ #6: Beginnings. The story is titled The Best Laid Plans.

Vanye,

It appears I was mistaken.

You're right. My memory was faulty.

Well, I guess it's true—the memory is the second thing to go, as you grow older.

Later,

Mike

 

[vanye]

Yep, I noticed the physical losses are not very enjoyable, either. But getting old still beats the alternative.