Wednesday, February 16, 2011

David Weber used to write good books

David Weber used to write good books. The "Prince Roger" series was very good. It had lots of detail about the environment and the challenges the people faced. The "Honor Harrington" series however are just long. Vast amount of page space is spent discussing things that have already been discussed, often several times. We hear about a space battle first hand, from each of the major participants, several after battle rehashes as the battle is discussed by people who weren't there, and then several more times just to be sure. It is clear that the author is getting paid by the word and has absolutely nothing to say. This is unfortunate because he used to be a good author.


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