Empire from the Ashes is a compilation of David Weber’s Mutineers’ Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance and Heirs of Empire. Obviously science fiction, with a very heavy dose of space opera tacked on. Fun early Weber, particularly if you enjoy space battles… which is pretty much something you’re going to get from late David Weber, too. And everything science fictional in between.
#commissionearned
I’m putting up David Weber and John Ringo’s March Upcountry (Empire of Man Book 1) mostly as a reminder that it’s time for me to reread the series. It’s a good series, mixing survival and political machinations in an entertaining fashion. Check it out… no, wait, you probably already have.
Mutineer’s Moon, by David Weber. Gee, I wonder why I picked a book about a guy who discovers the moon is actually this really big starship and the origin of the human species on Earth?
It’s a puzzler, let me tell you.
#commissionearned
He’s reportedly in the hospital with COVID. On the bright side, David Weber is also reportedly doing better, so there’s that. I’m sure prayers would still be appreciated.
Sorry to start the day with bad news.
I think that I messed up my buying history by not buying A Call to Duty by David Weber and Timothy Zahn? Which is really weird. A Honorverse book should normally be on auto-purchase. Really, really weird. Ach, well, it happens.
David Weber and John Ringo’s* Empire of Man military science fiction series was great fun: if you’ve never read it, Empire of Man (Books 1 & 2) and Throne of Stars (Books 3 & 4) have been collected for your amusement. Worth your time to peruse, if you haven’t. Although I imagine that Weber / Ringo fans are not exactly under-represented among my own readers…
*I originally wrote that as ‘David Ringo.’ Which is not a slam, I swear.
To wit: “Any con which disinvites a guest for any reason other than demonstrated misbehavior on that guest’s part (such misbehavior to include threats of violence but not simply threats to someone else’s complacency) will go on to our list (“Oh, we have a little list! We have a little list!”) of conventions at which we will be forever missed.” Not that nearly as many people would care about my decision to not attend; but I suspect that more than a few con committees might be worried about David Weber’s decision, and you never know. Maybe this stance of mine will be actually meaningful, some day.
But whether or not it ever does become meaningful, this is what I am going to.
David Weber’s Uncompromising Honor* — the first new Honor Harrington novel starring Honor herself — is only available as an eARC, but it’s the Book of the Week anyway. I know that a lot of you don’t like eARCs as much as I do, but the brutal truth of it is that the print version of the book isn’t going to be coming out until October. Which is why I dropped everything and got the eARC the moment it came out. Your call, folks.
And so, adieu to Vanguard. Geary vs Harrington… no. Don’t be absurd, Moe. They’d never fight each other and the rest of the galaxy would fall all over itself to surrender before the two teamed up. Continue reading Book of the Week: Uncompromising Honor.
We’re getting a short story collection (Target Rich Environment) from Larry Correia in September, a new Honor Harrington (Uncompromising Honor) from David Weber in October, and a new series in the Black Tides Rising universe (The Valley of the Shadow) from John Ringo and Mike Massa in November. Plus I could have sworn that a new Heirs of Alexandria book was coming down the pike, but maybe not. These three from Baen are going to be worth it, right there. It’s been years since we had an actual Honor Harrington Honor Harrington novel. Can’t wait!
ARC being ‘Advance Reader Copy’ and ‘A Call to Arms‘ being David Weber’s latest Honorverse novel (Manticore Ascendant series). Alas, Baen Publishing still doesn’t think that I’m worth buttering up with free books, so I had to shell out fifteen bucks for a before-it’s-published. Heh. ‘Had.’ As if I didn’t cheerfully drop the cash to read the books months before it came out in print. Baen’s probably being smart in not sending me free books…
