Comments | osaraba: How David Weber spoils his readers.

osaraba

How David Weber spoils his readers.

Apr 21, 2010 15:04

Recently picked up David Weber's A Mighty Fortress, #4 in the Safehold series, and I haven't been able to put it down. Weber is probably my favorite author -- he really knows how to write space opera (a subgenre of military SF), which I absolutely love, and yet which seems to be somewhat difficult to find ( Read more... )

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idreamedmusic April 21 2010, 19:57:28 UTC

I read some of the Honor Harrington series some years ago and enjoyed them.
Oddly, during uni, I pretty much stopped reading sci-fi. Or, well, much of anything not uni-related (not complaining, read a lot of great stuff as well). Sounds like I need to check out some of his other work ;)

osaraba April 21 2010, 20:02:23 UTC

Oooh, I really do love the Honor Harrington series. Did you get bored of it, or just no time for leisure reading? That is, did you not go back to it because you were bored of it, or just no time?

It gets very complex, and maybe even a bit frustrating -- but fascinating for all that! The Safehold series is more wet-navy type battles and a bit less complex than the Honorverse, but it's only 4 books in (supposedly out of 8), so who knows!

I do highly recommend it if you've got the time for it; it's an enjoyable series! =D

idreamedmusic April 21 2010, 20:06:30 UTC

I got some of the series from a friend and ran out of books ;) This was before amazon and moving to Berlin which has easy access to English books.

Have you read anything by Gordon R. Dickson? Liked him a lot as well. And Dick. And Heinlein. And Haldeman. I used to devour sci-fi books ;)

osaraba April 21 2010, 20:16:30 UTC

I'm almost ashamed to admit that I haven't read any of the "classic" SF authors! I did start reading Dickson's The Dragon and The George in high school, but... just couldn't get into it. And I can't remember why.

I have read William Gibson's Neuromancer, of course, but in general (for SF) I tend to stick to highly character-driven military SF (John Ringo, Elizabeth Moon, Tanya Huff -- none of which are anywhere near as satisfying as David Weber).

I have a "I know I won't like it" feeling when it comes to some of the classic stuff, and I don't know WHY! I keep trying to get past it (though clearly that hasn't worked yet).

A friend of mine has highly recommended Dune, and I think that'll be next on my list when I want to try something "new".

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