Revisiting Old Friends

[desertvixen]

 So, in one of the "take one leave one" bookshelves, I found a copy of On Basilisk Station by David Weber.  Yes, the beginning of the Honor Harrington series.  It made me miss the others.

 So, I went to B&N.com and ordered some.  I figure I can seed them around after reading.

 Just finished The Honor of the Queen this evening.  I almost brought my copy with me initially - I also took a copy to Basic Training with me.  In short, I really, really love this book.  This book is what made me a whole-hearted fan of the series.

 It introduces a slew of important characters, most importantly the Grayson inhabitants.  There's a sort of innocence in the book I enjoy, and I think of all the series, this book ties with Honor Among Enemies for best standalone.  Maybe even best book.  Alistair McKeon cheats death, Rafe Cardones and Andreas Venizelos kick some ass, Scotty Tremaine is his usual self, Susan Hibson and Tomas Ramirez lay some waste to religious fanatic sadist bastards and Allison Harrington makes her debut.

 It also has the first direct interaction between Honor and White Haven, which of course leads to one of the more-discussed subplots of the series, which David Weber eventually solves by pulling a solution out of his fourth-point of contact, that I don't think really satisfied anyone reading the series.  (Deus-ex-treecat, as it were)

 Starting The Short Victorious War (which, of course, is neither) and bracing myself for David Weber's first attempt at writing a romantic relationship in the series.  It also introduces one of the most lasting "name jokes" in the series.  After that, I'll read a few other things before I dive into Field of Dishonor (now with much better artwork, thank God).

 DV

Comments

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

Can't imagine why you like Harkness. :) Of course it took an NCO to handle all the hard stuff!!

He is pretty awesome.

I'm pretty good, actually, on the books, I'm covered up to War of Honor. I'm going to donate the copies around, except for Honor of the Queen, I think.

The two books with the capture/escape are great.

I just got completely pissed when he took out a character I really enjoyed. More so when it was revealed that he'd toyed with actually killing off Honor, and decided to kill my guy instead.

Not to mention the way too pat resolution of the Honor/White Haven thing.

DV

[amykay73.livejournal.com]

Do you have a Christmas wishlist - in case someone wanted to send a little gift over for the holidays but was unsure what you needed? This post made me wonder if you have a book want list, so I thought I'd ask.

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

See next post.

DV

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

They finally got rid of the LaToya Harrington cover? Wheee!

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

Yes. The new cover shows what's supposed to be Honor leaving to go to her duel with Pavel Young.

The new ones are quite good, although I liked the original for Honor of the Queen.

DV

[betray802.livejournal.com]

I'm so far behind on that. Ugh.

I do keep hearing rumors of a movie and/or TV series. Sci-Fi's going to need something to fill in BSG's slot, I suppose. CGI treecats, or animatronic? I'm thinking CGI, to get all the different personality nuances.

I also love Harkness. Gods know he doesn't love the regs, but by thunder, he'll get the job done! Funny how so many of my favorite characters fit that description ... (Airwolf S2 in DVD player ritenao.)

Okay, off to look up wish list.

Music of the Moment: Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon (JAG song)

[desert-vixen.livejournal.com]

The last time I heard the rumors, they were talking about either Claudia Christian or Claudia Black to play Honor, and I think it was going to be a puppet/CGI mix.

Personally - I don't think it would work. When I picture Honor, I always picture the David Mattingly covers (especially Echoes of Honor, the one I'm rereading now, with someone on this thread's namesake....)

DV