“Honor Harrington” makes appearance in “Space Opera” anthology
Maybe I’m the only one who missed this. “The Space Opera Renaissance” was published almost two years ago, but no one told *me* that David Weber contributed “Ms. Midshipwoman Honor Harrington”!
Honor Harrington is one of the best characters in science fiction. While Weber does go a bit long with the military spec-fic, his development of this character is very engaging. This story takes place before “On Basilisk Station”, the first published novel in the Honor Harrington series, and covers her first post-Saganami Island cruise. The Harrington series goes on for another 10 books, so if you like it, there’s plenty more where this came from.
Weber’s Harrington is capable and intelligent and, in this story as in the others set later in this timeline, her “otherness” comes not from being a woman in the fleet, but from her exceptional companion, Nimitz. It’s not that Weber doesn’t address the gender issue - he does quite often, in fact - but he makes it secondary to the character and plot development.
This is a must read for fans of this character, and a nice beginning taste of Weber’s style for folks who like space opera but haven’t read these books. Highly recommended. (Lots of other goodies in this anthology as well.)
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