- Hardcover: 371 pages
- Publisher: Turtleback Books (Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1417618841
- ISBN-13: 978-1417618842
- Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,346,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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New York Times bestselling author David Weber invites David Drake and S.M. Stirling, two of today's top writers of military science fiction, to join him in an exploration of Honor Harrington's universe.
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David Weber is one of the top science fiction writers of the 1990s whose acclaimed Honor Harrington series has gained him a devoted and dedicated readership. His many other books include the epic fantasies Oath of Swords and The War God's Own (also Baen).
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Read this book for the first short story: Why commando raids to obtain small amounts of a plant? Treecats give new meanings to the words: telepath, spy, caution. This even explains why treecats can be sentient, but never bothered to come down from the 'trees.'
David Drake didn't bother to read any of the HH stories before mailing his garbage in. Read any WW1 'white man's burden' story instead, you'll feel better. (Drake's idea of making the Manties look good is to insult them less than his other characters.) He offers an excuse at the end: Parts of the story actually happened in Egypt long ago. I guess this makes it God's fault?
S.M. Stirling did read the books, an excellent emulation. He manages to make the PRH leadership into worthwhile people, with courage, strenght and problems.. After all, Honor needs 'great' enemies to overcome..
The last part is by Weber again, and is a condensed history. Some rehash of the HH appendixes, but much is new: How the Solarian league and Haven came to be.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The 3 stories were well written in themselves, but the only thing connecting them to Honor is that they are in Weber's galaxy including Manticore and the Peeps. Weber's short story was interesting since it explained the treecats. The others were just stories that seemed to throw in a mention of Manticore or the Peeps to be published in the book. Honor's name was never even included except for a technical "brief" by Weber explaining how the ships work and the planets' politics, etc. I use the term "brief" since it was closer to a military briefing than a story. If you love Honor and are hoping to find out what happens next in her life, don't bother with this book. If you're looking for a decent read of short stories by some good authors, go for it.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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If you've managed to read any of my other reviews, you know I staunchly support Honor, and the military necsseties. Now, we have 1 story by DF Weber, in which he introduces the treecats as more than Honor's quizzical, mischeveous emotional guru. Learn a little something intruiging about the Harrington lineage too.. 1 story from David Drake, which starts out making me wonder if anything interesting could possibly occur, then it does. Better than the Slammers even. 1 story from SM Stirling, who may have abandoned the 5th millennium of his own creation, but writes quite well in Honor's. If SM Stirling wrote for the Peeps, and DF Weber wrote for the Manties, there'd be hell to pay on both sides, something akin to 2 of Niven & Pournelle's Motie warriors duking it out. No survivors. They're that good. Not to spoil it for you, but if things evolve from Stirlings contribution, God help the Manties. Either that, or the Peeps may actually be salvageable after all. Read it. For the warm fuzzies of the first story, the triumph of the second, or the bitter hope of the third.
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i did enjoy this book
i did enjoy this book it was nice to see some more of the worls of the honor series
Published on 9 Jun 2000
dull, boring, slow
I saw the book. I bought the book. I tried to read the book. I threw the book away. David Weber should not have put his name to this book. Read more
Published on 17 May 1999
Not an Honor story, but good anyway
It's easy to say the Weber story was my favorite, and the Stirling story the next favorite, but I either adore David Drake's work or cannot stand it. This one I did both. Read more
Published on 2 May 1998
The title is the key; there is more in Manticore than Honor!
The books contains three short stories. The first, by David Weber himself, provides an excellent 'first contact' story about the Sphinxan treecats. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 1998
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