KTravlos | 15 Apr 2014 5:45 p.m. PST |
It seems that the Honoverse is getting a big media push. If you like it, it may be worth checking some of the stuff out. tales-of-honor.com/comics |
Privateer4hire | 15 Apr 2014 5:57 p.m. PST |
Would have liked to see a movie of the first book or two. |
KTravlos | 15 Apr 2014 6:00 p.m. PST |
they say that if they raise enough capital with the other projects they may produce a film. |
Shagnasty | 15 Apr 2014 6:09 p.m. PST |
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Dynaman8789 | 15 Apr 2014 6:34 p.m. PST |
Can't wait to see all those exciting "conference room" scenes done up in comic book form
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Senor Cartmanez | 15 Apr 2014 6:39 p.m. PST |
I really don't want to see a movie, as Hollywood would surely screw it up. At best an animated film would work. I checked out the free preview for the comics and liked what I saw. The ships are actually more appealing than the dreadfully silly stuff we've seen on the novels' covers so far. |
Tgerritsen | 15 Apr 2014 8:50 p.m. PST |
I checked out of the Honorverse after she got came back from the prison world. I felt the first couple of books were pretty good, but I got tired of her being too perfect in every situation and always the smartest, most capable person in the room by an incredibly wide margin. I like my heroes fallible, and yet able to overcome their weaknesses (or not from time to time), thank you very much. It always felt like, "Little did her enemy know that Honor just happened to be an expert in left handed swordplay while simultaneously dancing the little known 1734 court dance of an Old Earth country known as Austria. He would rue the day he challenged Honor Harrington!" It's top cow, and the art looks good, so I suspect it has a pretty decent change at success. Maybe I'll check it out, though I suspect she'll be just as obnoxious by the fourth book as her literary equivalent. |
Einar Gosric | 15 Apr 2014 9:29 p.m. PST |
I enjoy the books well enough, although the ships are a bit big for my tastes. She is a bit of a Miss Perfect though and i am rather tired of her constantly anguishing over the deaths of enemy crew members. Don't get me wrong i like that in a character but it has gotten so it seems that Weber just uses it as a way to make the deity that walks among us a bit more sympathetic. |
The Archer | 16 Apr 2014 5:46 a.m. PST |
Interesting premise
. and yeah, she is too perfect. But its fiction
so such things require a bit disbelief. :) I don't mind it so much- she does get suckered on occasion and I do look forward to the next book in the series. |
TheBeast | 16 Apr 2014 5:53 a.m. PST |
Obviously, we all come away with different things; I couldn't get past the first book with Weber's seesaw style. 'They saw the impossibility of their task, but they knew they must make the attempt, but their foe had the numbers, but they hadn't counted on the reserve from the colonies, but it wasn't a killing blow, but
but
but
' I made it through several of the Starfire-related novels with the same flaws, But they may have been a bit tempered by Steve White's collaboration. But I've yet to read White's Starfire solo work. But, those were actually written with other co-authors. But
But
Lastly, is there good and evil in the world? Of course. Is everyone who disagrees with me, contends with me, evil? I find that to be the most dangerous hubris. What the hey, some of my best friends are evil. Just ask them. Doug |
wminsing | 16 Apr 2014 6:44 a.m. PST |
I also dropped off reading the series for all of the reasons listed above, but I think the first few stories were quite good. Neat interpretation of the ship design aesthetic in the comics as well. -Will |
KTravlos | 16 Apr 2014 7:44 a.m. PST |
I liked the early books. My man issues with Honorverse which led me slowly give up is the simplistic politics (yes it seems deep, but it actually is very shallow), the very very unappealing presentation of my profession (Professor, and yes I am shallow. I am hated and disparaged by enough people in real life for what I do for political reasons for me to have to eat it in my entertainment ), and the increasing techno-bable. I gave up once it became a "evil conspiracy vs. good guys" story. I am not saying it is bad, only that it does not appeal to me. That said there is a rich potential to the series and I will probably support this effort. |
FingerandToeGlenn | 16 Apr 2014 7:47 a.m. PST |
I always thought the first two or three books were pretty good, but by the sixth or so I realized he was writing the same book over and over, kind of like that daVinci Code guy. That said, the comics might actually be better as they're forced to tighten up the story. |
flicking wargamer | 16 Apr 2014 8:33 a.m. PST |
Weber lost me when all the battles turned into Side one launched 10000 missiles, which battled other missiles, which were counter by 10000 missiles coming the other way, which, oh, the other side had no idea how to counter (even though their tech was similar), so the one side is destroyed. Repeat in the next battle. |
Cergorach | 16 Apr 2014 12:02 p.m. PST |
Weber lost me when all the battles turned into Side one launched 10000 missiles, which battled other missiles, which were counter by 10000 missiles coming the other way, which, oh, the other side had no idea how to counter (even though their tech was similar), so the one side is destroyed. Repeat in the next battle.
I always found it interesting that because of the distances involved technology could be developed in isolation, unlike on earth where travel and communication speed can be very high. Think of the Honorverse tech direction as cyberwarfare, where a day-0 exploit can be used to win battles. Or don't you think that China and the USA don't have tech that is pretty much 'invisible' to their enemies? Think Stealth, cyberwarfare, biological weapons, etc. But honestly the (space) battles aren't the most interesting thing about the Honor Harington books imho. |
KTravlos | 16 Apr 2014 3:13 p.m. PST |
yes, the battles are the least interesting, the inter-personal dynamics are, and the politics was to a point. |
brass1 | 17 Apr 2014 9:55 a.m. PST |
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