The second story, "Changer of Worlds," provides some wonderful insight into the ways of the other major intelligent species of the Honorverse; the treecats, who are not just cute telepathic kitties. The third story, "From the Highlands," introduces us to some other major characters in the Honorverse and what they're up to; including Victor Cachat, Peep intelligence agent, Anton Zilwicki, the world's most unlikely Manticoran Navy intelligence officer; Cathy Montaigne, renegade Liberal eventually to be a force to be reckoned with in Manticoran politics; and the Ballroom, a secret terrorist organization of escaped slaves dedicated to wiping out slavery by whatever means necessary.
Oh yes, and Zilwicki's daughter Helen, a force to be reckoned with on her own. This story, written by Eric Flint, is full of his subtle humour, sharp wit, and clever plot and counterplot elements. It reads just like a spy thriller with some comedy thrown in. The only story I thought we could have done without was the last one, "Nightfall. I agree; it wasn't necessary.
Since we already read how it started, and we already knew how it ended, and it was just a lot of pain and bloodshed in between, and we didn't learn anything about any of the characters or the events, I don't see the point of it. So; three out of four great stories ain't bad. Well worth reading, anyway. Mar 02, Jim rated it really liked it. From Library Journal In "Ms. Feb 12, Joshua Zucker rated it really liked it. I picked this up for a little light diversion.
The first story got me what I was looking for. It was fun, but didn't give us any new insight into the character of Honor Harrington that we already knew so well, and nothing much happened, and the space combat part of the plot was, like I usually think of Weber's combat scenes, overly drawn out and detailed while interesting in principle and strategy.
Then, to my surprise, the second title story was totally different, and gave us insight into anoth I picked this up for a little light diversion. Then, to my surprise, the second title story was totally different, and gave us insight into another species in a quite well-written short story. It made me wish to know more of the surrounding context which I no doubt would if I'd read all the Honor books.
The third story "From the Highlands" was a suspenseful spy thriller with some lovely characters, including some I didn't know before as well as some filling in of backstory on characters I'd encountered in other books. Multiple points of view really worked well here. And sometimes I really love Weber's politics: Even the mostly-unrealistic love-at-first-sight subplot was almost believable and besides I liked the characters enough that it was OK with me to have them like each other too. The final story was a depressing tale of power struggles in Communistic politics that shows how those power struggles lead to paranoia and mass death.
I didn't really want to finish it, but I hoped that there'd be some bigger lesson in the end, or some character who would transcend, or Ending with this story almost got me to knock the rating down a star or two, but it's really a pretty small part of the book as a whole, one of the shorter stories, so I left it with a rating based mostly on story 3 which I enjoyed a ton. Aug 30, Jennifer rated it really liked it Shelves: Jan 19, Mike Franklin rated it really liked it Shelves: The three stories from Weber are very good indeed, though I did find coming to a junior Honor after years of reading about her purely as captain through to admiral a little disconcerting!
And maybe Weber does present the seventeen-year-old Ms Midshipmwoman Harrington as a little too accomplished and perfect for her age. This anthology contains four stories, Ms. The first tells the story of Honor's first cruise as a midshipwoman, under the usual challenging circumstances. Changer of Worlds gives a nice back story for the Treecats. Nightfall gives the details of a significant event in Nouveau Paris which I won't spoil.
We This anthology contains four stories, Ms. We read about this event from a distance in Ashes of Victory. I particularly liked 'From the Highlands' which I didn't expect since it wasn't written by David Weber. I really liked the characters and would love to hear more from them.
Knowing that the Zilwickis appear in Crown of Slaves, I will go back and try it again. I tried it some time ago but abandoned it because there seemed to be too much politics. Knowing the characters now will make a big difference. Might need to check out Eric Flint too. Mar 04, John rated it really liked it Shelves: Midshipwoman Harrington - David Weber - 4.
No surprise, she saves the ship -- which only needed it due to an incompetent bully male officer who had been placed on the ship to take Harrington down by the Youngs. Read after 'Honor 3 in the Honoverse collection of short stories - 3 of the four in this volume are by Weber.
Read after 'Honor Among Enemies'. Features a side story of how Anton Zilwicki met Lady Catherine. Read after 'War of Honor'.
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Read after 'Ashes of Victory'. Feels like something that was originally in that book and the editor made Weber leave out. Doesn't add much to what happens in that book, but does expand on a little of what happens on Haven. Apr 27, Marina Sinelnikova rated it liked it Shelves: My favorite story in this collection is "From the Highlands". Fun suspenseful story, interesting characters, fleshes out a bit more of the world and gives nice havenite characters. I think out of the main characters I prefer Victor - Anton rather suffers from the Honor-Harrington syndrome, that is, the other characters spend a bit too much time discussing how special he is.
Still, less than HH herself, so it did not spoil things much. Still, readable action moments. The treecat story was curious but I do not much like treecats so I wasn't much emotionally engaged. The Haven story kind of lacked resolution to me - there was a plot, it failed, Saint Juste stayed in power. What was it about? Just a story about misunderstanding that led the plot to fail?
It would have been better as a part of a longer story. Jun 24, Annette rated it liked it.
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Midshipwoman Honor Harrington" and "From the Highlands" are the two must-reads in this collection. The former gives Honor's fans a peek at her very first cruise as a Naval officer. I doubt I will give anything away if I let slip that she saves the ship Quite a well written "Ms.
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Quite a well written, engaging little drama. Not bad, just repetitious. Hard to build much drama with the 'cats alone, as they simply don't have very interesting conflicts. Collection of stories that sheds a fair amount of light on Honor Harrington and her treecat, and on some internal politics of Haven.
The first story actually comes before book 1 in the Honor series; and "Changer of Worlds" and the Haven story must be why he calls this collection 3. I have read this in both ebook and audio format: I gave the ebook 4 stars, and would give the audio 3, as I had a number of issues with the narration. Mispronounced words, accents which vary between narrators David Collection of stories that sheds a fair amount of light on Honor Harrington and her treecat, and on some internal politics of Haven.
Mispronounced words, accents which vary between narrators David Weber, you should insist on consistency here: French makes sense, with all the French Revolution carry-overs, so stick with it, please Jun 02, Bill rated it it was amazing. Following the Honor Harrington stories in chronological order: From the Highlands by Eric Flint follows Echoes of Honor and is a prequel for Crown of Slaves ; the daughter of a Manticorian intelligence agent is kidnapped on Earth and is the Following the Honor Harrington stories in chronological order: From the Highlands by Eric Flint follows Echoes of Honor and is a prequel for Crown of Slaves ; the daughter of a Manticorian intelligence agent is kidnapped on Earth and is the backdrop for a tangle of Havenite, Manticorian, Solarian, and Mesan intrigue.
Jan 26, Jan rated it really liked it Shelves: Some of these stories seem to have been incorporated into the books. Enjoyed all of them. Honor's first cruise as midshipmen speaks to the difficulties of the first tour for most young officers. The background of the treecats adds depth to their stories.
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Enjoyed the background of Victor, Ginny and Kevin as well as the expanded story of how Zilwicki and Lady Catherine meet in the rescue of his daughter, Helen, Berry and Lars. The latest uprising in Haven also answered some questions I had as I h Some of these stories seem to have been incorporated into the books.
The latest uprising in Haven also answered some questions I had as I had hopped around in the space opera. Nov 19, Roger rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Honor Harrington fans, military sci-fi fans. If you've been reading the main Honor Harrington series, these anthologies are a good way to fill in some of the background that is occasionally referenced in the main series.
Eric Flint's From The Highlands was a great read as this novella sets up the genetic slavery story line covered in Crown of Slaves and others. Flint is a better writer than Weber stylistically, but Weber's two stories, Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington and Nightfall do well to bookend the collection as well as bookend significan If you've been reading the main Honor Harrington series, these anthologies are a good way to fill in some of the background that is occasionally referenced in the main series.
Midshipwoman Harrington and Nightfall do well to bookend the collection as well as bookend significant events within the broader Honorverse history. Highly recommended if you're a fan. Sep 19, Gerold Whittaker rated it liked it Shelves: A strange book in that it is made up of several short stories. I thought the last story was going to tie the preceding stories together, but not so. I enjoyed some of the stories - indeed, saddened when they ended - while others were a little less enjoyable.
The best story in my opinion was "Honor Harrington, Midshipwoman" - Honor's "snotty" cruise. I read the free e-book version, downloaded from: Feb 16, Chuck rated it really liked it Shelves: I really liked "Honor Harrington, Midshipwoman". While reading this short story it struck me that David Weber is not just outstanding at world building, and at describing fantastic space battles. His descriptions of leadership, although fictional, are exemplary.
The student of leadership has much to learn from Mr. Weber, and from how he describes Honor's interactions with others. This story gets 5 stars! The other three stories are good 4 star material. Nov 05, Stabitha marked it as to-read. I've read the first two stories. I love the story about Honor on her first "snotty" cruise.
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Much of it focuses on Honor being subordinate to the cowardly, incompetent Santino, who makes a brief cameo in Echoes of Honor. The second story is the one I was really looking forward to-- it's from the treecat perspective! I can't wait to read more treecat stories. This series is such a guilty pleasure Jan 25, Cyn Mcdonald rated it liked it Shelves: As usual, I found the treecat story most enjoyable, and the one about the Peeps most unsettling.
Some of their people are truly evil. For anyone wanting to start reading about the Honorverse, Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington would be a good place to start. Wait to read the other stories until you know more and can see the connections. Sep 22, Colleen rated it it was amazing. David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. The political makeup and history of the series frequently echoes actual history, particularly that of Europe in the last half of the second millennium.
The series is consciously modeled on the Horatio Hornblower series by C. This "rethink" and redesign caused Weber to move the series' internal chronology up by about 20 years and begat the Crown of Slaves novel, first in the "Crown of Slaves" sub-series based on a number of the short stories of the first four collections. In this scenario, proxies for Manticore and Haven oppose the same hidden enemy, the genetic slavers and powers behind the government and corporations of the planet of Mesa.
Mesa is later revealed in Mission of Honor to be part of a secret cabal of about a dozen highly capable planets that are busily building a secret navy using advanced technologies at a secret planet and known to itself as the Mesan Alignment. The Mesan Alignment's navy has new technology and conducts a sneak attack on Manticore in PD during the twelfth mainline novel, Mission of Honor. The Mesans have a year-old [7] secret program to reinstitute purposeful genetic engineering of humans and break up the Solarian League, while taking down all opponents opposing such genetic engineering.
This makes the staunchly anti-genetic-slavery star nations of Haven, Manticore, and various associates of the planet Beowulf primary targets of the Mesan Alignment. The "Crown of Slaves" sub-series books and last two mainline Honorverse novels detail the rising extent of this threat. As the two sub-series progress, albeit with somewhat-separate casts of characters, each is expected by Weber to carry the detailed storyline events particular to their astrographical region forward and tie together into an ongoing plotline concerning the massive and monolithic Solarian League, which foreshadowing in the most recent novels suggests is about to undergo severe disruption.
This book confirms the Solarian League is officially now the new Mesan cat's paw, effectively at war with both the Star Empire of Manticore and the Republic of Haven, as it has been manipulated into error after error by the operatives of the Mesan Alignment. Many of Weber's books are available at the Baen Free Library ; chapters of some texts are otherwise available online. Among a handful of anthologies, the thirteen Honor-centered novels, and two subordinate sub-series starring some different characters, the universe first explored in On Basilisk Station has a diasporal historical background for the backstory storyline , in which mankind, over almost two millennia, migrated to systems beyond the Sol system, first in slower-than-light starships, then by increasingly efficient and effective hyperspace drive-propulsion systems.
Early daughter colonies also spawned colonies, forming regional networks of related populations. With travel limited to slower-than-light speeds, any marginally habitable nearby planet was of interest, and Earth's scientists went through a period in which they regularly genetically modified the human genome for survival positive adaptations to marginal environments, such as heavy gravity, thin atmosphere, thick atmospheres, or toxic environments e. Some corporate entities also began breeding for super soldiers and superior intellects, good looks, sexual prowess, etc.
Long-established and advanced daughter colonies like Beowulf mounted a variety of rescue missions and initiated a thousand-year effort to clean up the Earth gene pool. For a time, the cultural centre moved off the Earth as it took about years for the planetary economy to recover its pre-eminence within its shell of highly populated, highly developed planets.
By the Gregorian calendar currently in use, the Honorverse novels are dated beginning with year A. The FTL hyperspace propulsion system in the stories is around years old at the time period in which the novels are placed. This technology uses the ability to "sail" along a vast network of "gravity waves" on different successively higher hyperbands, each higher band giving a more-efficient speed multiplier but requiring more powerful therefore bulkier and more expensive engines to reach; the higher bands significantly shortening transit times on a given gravity wave for a given base speed, which is limited by particle densities and radiation shielding as Newtonian speeds increase.
Analogous to prevailing winds creating certain favoured trade routes, the relatively static fixed gravity waves form favoured travel paths. A lack of gravity waves in some regions means that they must be plodded across by relatively slower means. These favorite routes and desert crossing points are susceptible to illegitimate exploitation by pirates and commerce-raiding warships, both interested in preying on the rich pickings of the interstellar merchant cargo ships that carry upwards of 2—7 million metric tonnes of cargo.
Within each hyperband, ships have a local speed limited by particle densities that, at high relative speeds, become cosmic radiation. Better physical shielding or a better particle shield generator enables faster speeds within the band, on which base speed, multiplied by that band's multiplier, results in shorter journey times. Merchant ships have immense size and thin walls with virtually no physical shielding, as well as cheaper, relatively weak particle shield generators and hyper generators.
Commercial carriers, like sailing ships and freight trains of Old Earth, trade off journey time by increased size and volume carried, so as to keep shipping costs economical. Military vessels, having no profit motive and already physically shielded, also carry better particle shield generators and can attain much faster interstellar voyage times both within a band, and because their better protections enables them to enter higher hyperbands with higher local particle counts, but higher speed multipliers.
The interaction of gravity effects also manifest in much rarer, generally widely scattered wormholes , through which hyperdrive equipped ships can travel virtually instantaneously between the wormhole's end points. In some systems, several of these wormholes are found to be co-located forming an irresistible trading nexus, perhaps because their ends have some mathematical affinity: The greatest known aggregation of these co-located "Junctions" or Terminus Loci occurs in the Manticore binary star system , whose wormholes connect the wormhole junction to six later seven other star systems, giving the Manticore system an astrographic position to be coveted, and an immense revenue stream from transit tolls, manufacturing and trade, and a large carrying trade.
The stories include numerous dependent and independent polities and several major star nations including two giant aggregations of many planets, Haven and the Solarian League. Protagonist Honor Harrington is a citizen of the Star Kingdom of Manticore which is, during the first 20 or so works of the series, the key rival and the main stellar protagonist against the star-conquering People's Republic of Haven ; these two nations are consciously based on Imperial Britain and Napoleonic France, although Haven also seems to be influenced by the former Soviet Union. The first books deal with a universe of escalating tensions and military incidents until war breaks out in the third novel and lasts until the formal peace in A Rising Thunder , the thirteenth mainline novel.
Each star nation suffers horrendous losses at the end of the eleventh novel, At All Costs , during the Battle of Manticore, when Haven makes an all-out bid to conquer the Star Kingdom before general deployment of a feared 'super weapon'. In the anthologies, Eric Flint and Weber wrote stories that birthed the first sub-series, resulting in the novels Crown of Slaves and Torch of Freedom. The sub-series introduced some far-more dangerous adversaries, the interstellar corporations of Mesa: Manpower Unlimited, Jessyk Combine, and others.
This group was then revealed to be part of the even more dangerous and hidden secret adversaries of the shadowy Mesan Alignment. The Alignment included corrupted leaders of Solarian Core worlds promoting the destruction of the old order. Mesan puppet masters are revealed to be pulling the strings of corrupt Solarian League bureaucrats and admirals in both the sub-series and the main series.
Enormously ambitious, the Alignment plans the overthrow of the Solarian League, and the complete destruction of the Star Kingdom of Manticore, Haven, Beowulf, and all of those polities' historic allies. Disruptive technological advances have been few in the Honorverse for most of the years leading up to the series; as the series opens, that technological stagnation has led to a similar stagnation in both military strategy and tactics. The Honor Harrington series was produced several times in audiobook format. At first in cassette 90 min format by Library of Congress , narrated by Madelyn Buzzard books 1—10 , later by Audible Frontiers beginning in , narrated by Allyson Johnson.
The Honorverse is a tightly plotted, highly organized invention that was designed with a specific overarching storyline. Its storyline has shifted from the original plan to include new enemies, and did not result in the battle death of heroine Honor Harrington, as was planned originally for book five, [6] and then later for book eleven. Like some of the strategy employed by co-author Eric Flint in his series , the series has recently, starting with War of Honor , begun incorporating a broader viewpoint from more than one central character, many of whom, like in the series, appeared in other series works as supporting characters.
Stories in the Worlds of Honor collections directly lead to events and character stars of the Crown of Slaves CoS sub-series, whereas the Shadow of Saganami ' s star cast and some of the characters of the CoS derive directly from the mainline novels. Both contain purposely invented new protagonist characters as well. Weber deliberately has synchronized events in the mainline series with the tellings of local knowledge and vice versa in both sub-series.
In other words, the broad front on which he is now telling the overall story is geographically distinct, but synchronized in his timeline: Short fiction in the series serves as deep backstory or, like the short stories centred directly on Honor Harrington, exposes episodes of her earlier career in much the same way C.
Forester revealed the not-yet-in-command life of the young Horatio Hornblower. Some of the more important of these tales reveal a greater knowledge of Sphinx's native species, letting the reader in on knowledge not known even to the Honorverse occupants. Among these tales are the revealed history of how treecats and humans first bonded, how the treecats protected and bonded with the Royal family, and other treecat tales of greater or lesser importance, such as how the treecat society decided to migrate to the stars.
Other short stories expose points of view and life problems from places around the larger universe. Some offer insights to life behind enemy lines in the view of its citizens and their experience, or that of a protagonist in the Verge, or in the Solarian League. This series features Stephanie Harrington, Honor Harrington's distant ancestor, and the first human to be adopted by a treecat:. This series, which begins eleven years after the first book in The Star Kingdom series, features Travis Uriah Long, an enlisted Navy man and later an officer, and is centered on the small Manticoran Navy of that time.
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