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Page Count: 880
Printing Date: August 31, 2002
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NO ONE WANTED ANOTHER WAR
Thomas Theisman didn't. After risking his life and a fresh round of civil war to overthrow the Committee of Public Safety's reign of terror and restore the Republic of Haven's ancient Constitution, an interstellar war was the last thing he wanted.
Baron High Ridge didn't. The Prime Minister of Manticore was perfectly happy with the war he had. No one was shooting anyone else at the moment, and as long as he could spin out negotiations on the formal treaty of peace, his government could continue to milk all those 'hostilities only' tax measures for their own partisan projects.
His Imperial Majesty Gustav didn't. Now that the fighting between the Star Kingdom and the Havenites had ended, the Andermani Emperor had his own plans for Silesia, and he was confident he could achieve them without a war of his own.
Protector Benjamin didn't. His people had made too deep a commitment to the Manticoran Alliance, in blood as well as treasure, for him to want to risk seeing it all thrown away.
And Honor Harrington certainly didn't. The 'Salamander' had seen the inside of too many furnaces already, knew too much about how much war cost.
Unfortunately, what they wanted didn't matter....
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David Weber's Honor Harrington series continues in this 10th novel, which picks up the action several years after the previous volume, Ashes of Victory. With a ceasefire in place with the Peeps, the new government of the Star Kingdom ignores the wishes of Queen Elizabeth and then threatens the very fabric of the Manticore Alliance against the People's Republic of Haven. We find Honor in the role of a senior political advisor, performing with her usual flair and élan.
With War of Honor coming in at over 800 pages, Weber has room to expand subplots and secondary characters and bring to the reader a feeling of depth and completeness seldom seen in science fiction novels. Favorite characters from past stories return, many of them growing in stature from unimportant secondary characters to major players in the 'Honorverse.' Weber serves up trouble in Silesia, the excitement of a new wormhole junction, scheming in Manticorian politics, strange events deep in Peep territory, and plenty of exploding spaceships--and, as publisher Jim Baen says, 'We like exploding spaceships.' --Ron Peterson
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This is really the very first abridged audiobook I've listened to. I did the previous 9 in the series in unabridged audiobook, but the abridged copy was what the library had.
As far as I can tell, they abridged it by throwing the pages in the air and picking up 10% of them, putting them back in order and reading them.
I went out to Baen and bought the eBook copy for my Sony reader, and I'm reading it there. I expect that the book is as good as the rest of the series, but I can't tell from the abridged audiobook version.
I expect that the book itself is 5 stars, but this version is 1 because I can't give zero.
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I am a newcomer to the Harrington series and have loved it so far.
I am legally blind, so I've listened to all of the books thus far. I do not remember who the narrator for the very first 9 books were, but she was excellent. While she was not a voice actor, she was easy to listen to and she got all of the acronymns correct. I wish I could say that Barbara Rosenthahl was as good, but I cannot. In fact, she really annoys me to no end. Her over-the-top voices seem purely based on the character's perceived ethnicity (LaFollette = Irish, Jiscar = French, Whitehaven = English...but Honor Harrington has an American accent)???
Furthermore, her reading style does leave a lot to be desired. How do I pout this without groasing people out. Her "mouth noises" are just plain nasty. You can hear her swallow. At times, it sounds like she has too much saliva in her mouth. I know this sounds extremely anal, but it really distracts from the reading.
As for the story, it is what I have come to expect from David Weber. Lots of political background, but not enough space battles. This is what got me hooked to begin with.
All in all, its not a great book...but I'm going to muttle through it.
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I enjoyed reading this book and the series as a whole, so I picked up an audiobook copy of it to listen to in the car during the commute. I was, in a word, disappointed.
Barbara Rosenblat's reading is flat, and her intonations and inflections are unnatural and stilted. I find it hard to listen to, as her artistic take on the conversations and her impersonations of military personnel are completely off and unrealistic. Her mispronunciations of simple words sometimes makes it hard to understand what's going on, and her overall characterization is low, in that it is very hard to tell which character is speaking at any time. All in all, I get the feeling she ignored the actual content and militaristic theme of the book in lieu of a very generic, pulp reading.
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This is a long book and is not action packed. Because of this it might not be to the linking of everyone. This book is however very important for setting the board for important events in the series and does a great job at it.
Some of Mr. Weber's descriptions are a bit long and can become a trifle annoying. Fortunately such descriptions are not so frequent in the book and do not compromise the actual story being told.
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War of Honor [10]
Slid to rock bottom.
Honor is correct about everything. Anyone who doubts Honor is wrong and evil. The only people who disappoint her have no morality or common decency.
The Andermani liaison apologizes for having doubted her; Honor is written as being able to ignore the law since she is perfect.
All of her officers always show her respect and never criticize any of her actions. Honor always controls her anger and rage. Honor refuses to believe anything evil about the people she supports and admires.
Honor's Grayson bodyguard commander shows his fanaticism by making sure that Honor is always alone at the target practice range. Also, Honor's noble titles allow her to take her guards everywhere. This is a privilege that she alone has and no one else deserves because they lack her achievements.
Harrington has been given too much respect and glory. She is Manticore's only hero/heroine, White Haven and the other admirals/captains are written as second-rate and/or third-rate officers.
The treecats have been given too many privileges and exceptions, however they are not held responsible for anything.
The Queen of Manticore once again fails to control her temper.
Weber needs to write a plot where the Queen of Manticore loses her temper too often and leads the kingdom to ruin while also dishonoring her royal house.
The character of Honor's mother is long overdue to make a mistake that results in exile and dishonor from all of society and she returns only after having completely changed her ways; she no longer teases anyone.
Honor immediately wants to seek vengeance on the evil tabloid writer. However she would lecture someone else about the need for restraint and justice.
Weber needs to write that genetic engineering is not evil. Genetic engineering has always been portrayed as causing people to become/stay evil. He has never written about the evils of cybernetic surgery. The ethics of genetic engineering have always been written in good-and-evil terms. Cybernetics have been written as being irrelevant to a person's morality.
The things that Honor Harrington can do without failure
----tactics
----strategy
----martial arts
----duels using a gun or sword
----hang gliding
----politics
----leadership
----character judgment
----emotional control
----ethical behavior
----moral behavior
----bravery
----courage
----integrity
----honor
----common decency
----non biased actions
If you want excellent writing with the correct shades of gray/grey then read the books by Tom Clancy, Patrick Robinson, Joe Buff, and John Ringo.
Expect this style of good-and-evil writing in all of the anthology short story collections.
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