What WC items did you get for Christmas?

Mjr. Whoopass said:
I've read a few space combat Sci-Fi books, and I've found the WC books to be the best yet. I enjoyed David Weber's "In Death Ground" and "The Shiva Option", but the 2 WC books I've read so far were MUCH more enjoyable for me. The WC books focus more on fighter combat and I think do a much better job of developing likeable characters that you enjoy following and are sorry if they die. Even if I've played the games before, it just enhances it for me because I already have an attachment to the characters from the beginning.
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David Weber's books always interest me in a strange way. Granted, I've only read the blurbs on the back cover, but the series sounds so cheesy.
 
d3r3k said:
David Weber's books always interest me in a strange way. Granted, I've only read the blurbs on the back cover, but the series sounds so cheesy.
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Yeah, same here - I always felt that it sounded terribly cheesy. That having been said, I very nearly bought one of his books when it showed up here in Poland... using the End Run cover art. I kinda regret not buying it actually, it would've been a nice item to add to my WC collection (even if I already have End Run :p ).
 
d3r3k said:
David Weber's books always interest me in a strange way. Granted, I've only read the blurbs on the back cover, but the series sounds so cheesy.
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The WC books I've read are MUCH better IMO. The Honor Harrington and some of the other series' Weber has done never appealed to me. I read In Death Ground and the Shiva Option because they have some pretty detailed space combat.

They do seem a bit like cheesy ripoffs from Wing Commander. They have the aggressive Catlike race that were enemies, but were defeated by the humans, and they have the enemy bug race that the humans and cats team up to defeat.
 
They do seem a bit like cheesy ripoffs from Wing Commander. They have the aggressive Catlike race that were enemies, but were defeated by the humans, and they have the enemy bug race that the humans and cats team up to defeat.
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The Starfire universe predates Wing Commander. :)

I got into the Honor Harrington series a few years ago, and while David Weber is a genius at developing backgrounds and universe, he is quite possibly the worst author of prose I have ever read. The first three books are fairly tolerable sci-fi against-all-odds stories; the fourth was a muddled intrigue I barely got halfway through. I'd say it's still worth a look unless you're turned off by painfully obvious historical allusions ("Rob. S. Pierre?").
 
And I believe the Starfire universe is predated by Niven's 1966 short story "The Warriors", where the Kzin were introduced. I'm pretty sure the Chanur series started before Weber wrote the Starfire series, too. :p

As for Weber's other works, may I suggest starting another thread in the OT zone, if you (generic "you") are looking continue the conversation?

(That's a hint, people.)
 
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