Oh, is it out now?
open up another window and check fave bookstore
Seems I need to pick up something after work. 
I’m reading Shadows of Saganami right now, I’m only a couple of chapters into that on right now though.
Does that mean The Spirit of Saganami is in paperback?
Brian
What is this Spirit of Saganami book that everyone is talking about? I thought it was the Shadow of Saganami?
It is indeed Shadow of Saganami and my limited search didn’t find it in paperback.
Brian
I’m occasionally a cheapass, and for that I’m glad the first 13 books in the series are available at http://www.baen.com/library/ although some digging is necessary for anything past the first nine.
[hijack] April 2006 [/hijack]
Yes…sorry about that everyone. Shadow not Spirit. It was late last night.
Afaik its not in paperback yet…but then I never bother to wait for the paperbacks on series I’m dieing to read.
As others have said, she most definitely has flaws…some minor, some major. She is far from perfect. One other thing I really like is that, while something like 70% of humans (IIRC) are able to regenerate, Honor isn’t one of them. So she pays an ever higher price for the things she does…not just mentally for those who die under her command but physically. To me that makes her VERY human and far from ‘perfect’…but in a good way that strikes an emotional cord. Add that the obviously vulnerability of her Treecat, and the sword over her head if Nimitz dies and the fact that she is driven to succeed at all costs (both to herself and to those around her, even those she most loves) and its quite an emotional ride every time the missiles start to fly.
Always a good place to start. IIRC that book was a pretty good one…though the story gets better from there IMHO. If you read and liked Horatio Hornblower you’ll both recognize and like this series.
-XT
No worries…feel free to hijack any thread I start with news about Eric Flint and the Ring of Fire series. But…I could have sworn that the next book was going to be called something different. I knew it was going to be a 1634 book, but I thought it had a different title than The Ram Rebellion. I wonder if EF changed the name for some reason?
-XT
I finished Shadow of Sagami Sunday and will pick up At All Cost my next time at the bookstore.
N9IWP my copy is paperback I picked it up at Barnes & Noble.
Did anyone notice…{Shadow Spoiler}
He never went back to what happened on Split after the raid on Camp Freedom (which contained only one cell). At last mention Norbrandt’s mourning her dead and planning revenge and she stills has modern weapons
I’m going from memory here…its been a while since I read Shadow. I think though that after the battle in which the Manties uncovered Manpowers involvement (and in which several Solie battle crusiers were destroyed), as well as with the relevation that Manpower had been providing the weapons, that for all intents and purposes the rebellion was over…Manticor was going to annex the entire cluster and Manpower wasn’t going to be able to stop them short of all out war. It was a major propaganda coup for the Manties. So, even if Norbrandt COULD still fight on (actually, I thought they tied that up but I’m probably misremembering), what would be the point? Its a done deal, at least thats how I remember it. They make several references to all this in At All Cost BTW.
-XT
Woops…that didn’t come out right. Can someone report my last post so a mod can clean up the encoding so folks that don’t want to read the spoiler won’t? No idea what I did wrong there. 
-XT
The next one was supposed to be 1634: The Baltic War, and then another 1634 book. I don’t remember seeing The Ram Rebellion on the list at all. 
But I won’t complain except for the length of time I have to wait for it.
Lok
I won’t complain either, though I’d really like him to get back to the main story line sometime before I grow too old to read it. I want to find out whats going to happen with the new ships, what France is going to do and whats going to happen to Cromwell and England! I can understand why he’s doing a lot of the back story and it really fleshes things out but I’m dieing to find out whats going to happen as the story moves forward.
-XT
OK, xtisme, I fixed your coding. For future ref, it would’ve been a little faster/easier if you would have reported the post above yours and just made it clear in the REPORT what you were asking for. Otherwise, you have to hope someone comes along and sees your request and reports it for you, so just delays the process.
And, for everyone’s attention, spoiler tags and quote tags unfortunately are wonky together (a quote within a spoiler is visible.) So, “preview” is your friend.
Is ‘wonky’ the technical term?
Thanks Dexter…and thanks for the advice for future reference. I don’t use the report button much and hadn’t thought about reporting the post above mine. Will do in the future.
-XT
Navigating peculiarities of local honour codes is one of those things which Honor does not do well. More like, she follows her own honour code wherever and whenever she is, and if the local honour code matches, so much the better. If the local code doesn’t match, she clobbers the naysayers until it does.
It’s like how one of my classmates describes his method for difficult homework assignments: “Square peg. Round hole. Big hammer.”
ROFL. I suppose he is a fan of the “get bigger hammer” theory as well.
I have been quite impressed with the Honor Harrington books. Only Cherryh gets more of my attention than Weber. Trouble is, he’s starting to run out of room, which is what leads to the “shadow” concept. I think (without having read the new one) that he’ll be hard pressed to really take the series anywhere now that he has decent people running the Republic. Yes, lots of plots can be thought of, but part of what makes HH so great is that she is a shining beacon opposed to utter blackness, usually.
Time he started a new universe, or went to the other side of the same one, much as Cherryh did.
Actually the series is headed into a completely different direction than it was before. I won’t get into that direction as you haven’t read the latest book, but its worth reading…and trust me there is a TON of room out there in where its headed. As for the Shadow book…I think that the new trend for guys who write series for Baen (and Tor) are to write books in the same universe that only touch on the main story in a tangential way. I’ve noticed several authors who write for this publisher do this…and they also collaborate with each other on writing these books. I don’t think it really has anything to do with a faltering story line…its more about getting authors to collaborate together, bringing in new blood to write with established authors and so transfer some of the experience and perhaps fame to them…and of course, its about the money.
Just MHO there. But if nothing else check the book out from the library or get it when it comes out in paperback…I don’t think you’ll be sorry.
-XT
What as a place to start? The beginning or Field of Dishonor? 
I’ll see if the library has On Basilisk Station, if not see it’s at the Baen free library.
I have a bad habit of starting series halfway through, or near the end of what’s been written so far. Then I end up going back and reading the rest (usually). I did enjoy the Horatio Hornblower that I read. Been meaning to go back and read the rest of that too!
Well, while I wouldn’t recommend starting in the middle, this is probably one series where you could (IMO you could do the same for Horatio Hornblower too if you wanted too :)). Still, if you can get On Basilisk Station, I certainly recommend it…if nothing else for the climatic battle scene at the end.
-XT