David Weber writes too slow. Is there any other series out there that comes close? I’d like to get started on another good series I can sink my teeth into.
Ah, so I’m not the only one wondering why it’s taking so long. I’ve heard rumors of a sequel to Crown of Slaves, but that was close to a year ago, and still nothing more than rumor.
But to your question: Personally, I kept hearing about how Honor Harrington is Horatio Hornblower in space, and so decided to check out that series. It’s historical rather than science-fiction, of course, but other than that, it is in fact very stylistically similar.
Or, of course, you could read other series by Weber. I’ll recommend Oath of Swords and The War God’s Own, the first two Bahzel Bahnakson books (the third one, though, Wind Rider’s Oath, could have been a lot better, though). They’re the story of a paladin berserker who’s initially very reluctant to answer the War God’s call, and even when he does, answers it in a very unique way.
You ever read Lois Mcmaster Bujold? If you like Weber I think you would like the Miles Vorkosigan books.
I hope I spelled that right. Didn’t bother to look it up.
He does have a number of concurrent books at any given time. On Armageddon Reef and 1634 just came out recently.
My strong desire is that he kills Hamish , so we can get on with the good stuff when the war with TFN begins.
My guess is that its getting boring for him, so he may be stretching the series to keep it from getting lame and predictable. HH books usually go bout two years between , so I am assuming another couple of months at least.
Declan
Elizabeth Moon and second the bujold recomendation.
Declan
I went looking on the Baen website for any additional info on the sequel to crowns, and this popped up on the bar
Its mainly a Reef interview , but at the very bottom he gives out some future info on whats coming up.
Declan
Third the Bujold.
Also, there’s David Brin - different part of the genre, but the Uplift Saga is wall-to-wall goodness, IMO
Elizabeth Moon has already been mentioned - I think I prefer her current Vatta’s War series to the Serrano Legacy books… Or there’s
Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet series (only 2 books so far, though),
Ian Douglas’s - The Heritage Trilogy
Mike Shepherd’s Kris Longknife books (4 so far)
And, curiously, I’ve just noticed that all three of these authors are psudonyms!
Try the Sten books by Chris Bunch and Alan Cole.
I also recommend Bujold. I only discovered those recently and they’re excellent.
Tanya Huff’s Valor series is good: Valor’s Choice, The Better Part of Valor, and the new one comes out next month: The Heart of Valor. They’re military sci-fi, and the heroine is a Staff Sergeant.
More hesitantly I’d say give David Feintuch a try - his series starts with Midshipman’s Hope. They’re a little juvenile, but I kindof liked them. They’re Hornblower-in-space also.
I’m also going to recommend Bujold’s Vorkosigan books and Elizabeth Moon. I love the Paksenarrion series, and I named a dog Simon because he reminded me of Simon Illyan (before).
StG
I read Midshipman’s Hope, as I picked it up from the author at WorldCon 2001, but I didn’t like it enough to continue with the series. I thought that the book suffered from introducing a solution to a problem “just in time” too many times. As one example:
At one point, the crew determines that the computer is fundamentally hosed. Suddenly they remember that every ship carries a complete backup image of the computer system as of the end of the last voyage. This point had not previously been presented in the book.
Thanks for the suggestions so far. I guess I should mention I’m not into much fantasy, but the Bujold and Sheperd books look promising. I read the Feintuch books, they were good but the protagonist was kind of depressing. For the Bujold books, can someone tell me a good place to start?
Yes, Feintuch’s protagonist was depressing. Have you ever read the Horatio Hornblower books? I find him depressing too.
You can get omnibus editions of the Bujold books now, and that will save you some money if you’re buying them new. I like that they include the short stories. The wikipedia page lists the books in order and also lists the omnibus volumes. The Vorkosigan saga starts with Shards of Honor and Barrayar, which are about Miles’s parents, then they begin featuring Miles himself in The Warrior’s Apprentice. Three of the novels in this series are Hugo winners.
I liked The Helmsman series by Bill Baldwin, but I dont think he’s writing anymore…
You should also check out Steve White. He’s a sometimes Weber collaborator who does the same sort of epic space combat. The Stars at War is a collection of three of his novels all set in the same universe, although they’re not direct sequels to each other.
For Bujold’s Vorkosigan series, start with Shards of Honor, which tells how Miles’ parents met, and sets up the world of Barrayar and it’s place in the explored galaxy.
I’m having a hard time parsing this. How would killing the First Space Lord help with getting on with action? And who are TFN? The most likely next opponents are Mesa and/or the Solarian league.
Or is there also a character named Hamish in one of the other series mentioned here?
If you lliked Honor Harrington, you just might be a llama.
Just kidding. May I recommend Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin? Here’s a previous thread about it: Any other fans of G.R.R. Martin's "Tuf Voyaging"? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
The Hammer’s Slammers series by David Drake is pretty good, particularly the early ones. It’s about an interplanetary mercenary armor regiment in the distant future.
That was llame.
Sorry. That’s just how I rolll.