David Weber - On Basilisk Station

Pros: compelling characters, well-written
Cons: some organizational problems, predictable in places

I've been studiously avoiding David Weber's Honor Harrington series for some time. It's not that I didn't expect it to be worth reading. No, if anything I expected to like it too much. That may seem a strange objection to a series, but you have to...

Pros: Good action and plot, well-considered universe, appealing lead character
Cons: No sex. None at all.

Space opera is a difficult genre for authors and readers. Too often, the writing falls victim to an excess of self-parody and even self-humiliation as intelligence, good taste, and credibility are submerged in morass of ray guns and three-headed ...

Pros: Strong characters; excellent plot
Cons: May be a little too "hard" science for some tastes.

This, the first in David Weber's series of Honor Harrington novels, should be a must read for anyone who likes "hard" science fiction with a definite background of comparison of sociological/political systems.

Honor, a young...

Pros: Consistent, well detailed plot, characters and situations.
Cons: Perhaps too much detail and techno-babble.

I found the $1.99 edition On Basilisk Station at a used bookstore, and decided to give it a try. Expensive decision - I now have every one of the books. This one is a good start to the series. Honor Harrington is a wonderful hero(ine), with...

Pros: Nice battles, believable technology,
Cons: Honor's character is larger than life, but this is to be expected in 'pulp' novels.

This is the first novel of the Honorverse as it has come to be called, which I recently discovered. It is series of novels based usually on Honor Harrington (although on later novels the focus shifts to other characters). We meet Commander Honor ...

Pros: Excellent story, Very detailed universe
Cons: Very detailed universe

This story picks up the career of Honor Harrington early in her career in the Royal Manticorian Navy. It's the lively story of a starship commander and the problems she faces as her empire is drawn into a war it didn't want with the People's Republic of...

Pros: Characters, plot, tech details
Cons: Characters seems to resign to "fate" too often

<U>On Basilisk Station</U> introduced us to Honor Harrington, probably one of the best sci-fi heroines to come along in recent years. David Weber's writing style is easy to read, and the way he switches settings is a bit reminiscent of Tom...

Pros: Well crafted, with believable tech and a believable world.
Cons: After action that lead to the death of many of the crew, not one seemed to hold a grudge against Honor. This seems a little against human nature.

I spent 6 years in the Navy, and whenever I read anything that deals with the militaristic side of science fiction one of the criteria I use to judge its quality is by the sense of realism supplied. Could I accept an officer as being possibly real?...

Pros: Great settings, Strong Characters
Cons: None

I Choose the collectors edition of this book because once you have read ANY Honor Harrington Books you are an instant collector!
On Basilisk Station introduces us to Honor Harrington and the Kingdom of Manticore. (As well as the Peoples Republic...

Pros: Good book, lots of fun to read
Cons: The author slips in some annoying exposition where it doesn't belong

The first thing I thought upon finishing this book was "Wow, I am glad it's the first in a series. I wonder if the second one is out." It wasn't. My second thought was "I hope the next one has better editor."
This is a very solid...

Pros: A world so real that it is a shock to return to the present.
Cons: David Drake draws so heavily on Hornblower that I keep getting a wift of salt spray and black powder.

In On Basilisk Station we meet Honor Harrington of the Royal Manticore Navy. We follow her as she reports in to take command of her very first independent ftl command. The daughter of yeomen of moderate means her climb to command has come by way of raw...

Pros: Good plotline
Cons: Goes into too much tech detail sometimes

Well, this being my first try at this... I pickup up David Webers book on a whim, I must admit I enjoy space opera, and yet I do enjoy Star Wars books, I find them somehow inconsistent, ok now, About the Honor Harrington Novels. This first Book starts...

Pros: Well-developed world, great characters, start of a best-selling, well-loved series
Cons: Heavy military and science "fact" passages

David Weber has become one of the Fast Rising Stars of Science Fiction. He has worked with several great authors to create wonderful new worlds, and has grown a large population of fans with his solo writings. And a large part of his success is due to a ...

Pros: Fast Paced Action
Cons: Story line drags a bit

David Weber has written a fantastic novel which in my opinion rates with such great authors as Paol Anderson and Jerry Pournelle. On Basilisk Station is a Fantastic Novel about Honor's fight against superiors who had thought she was a threat to their...