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*''[[Old Soldiers]]'' ISBN 1-4165-0898-8 ([http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/12-HellHathNoFuryCD/HellHathNoFuryCD/Old%20Soldiers/index.htm ''read online'']) |
*''[[Old Soldiers]]'' ISBN 1-4165-0898-8 ([http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/12-HellHathNoFuryCD/HellHathNoFuryCD/Old%20Soldiers/index.htm ''read online'']) |
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*''[[Path of the Fury]]'' ISBN 0-671-72147-X ([http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/12-HellHathNoFuryCD/HellHathNoFuryCD ''read online'']) |
*''[[Path of the Fury]]'' ISBN 0-671-72147-X ([http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/12-HellHathNoFuryCD/HellHathNoFuryCD ''read online'']) |
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*''In Fury Born'' ([http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200604/1416520546.htm?blurb] (April '06) ISBN 1-4165-2054-6 is an expanded reissue of ''[[Path of the Fury]]'' |
*''[[In Fury Born]]'' ([http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200604/1416520546.htm?blurb] (April '06) ISBN 1-4165-2054-6 is an expanded reissue of ''[[Path of the Fury]]'' |
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=== Safehold series === |
=== Safehold series === |
Revision as of 12:04, 23 August 2008
David Weber | |
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Occupation | Novelist, short story author |
Genre | Science fiction (military science fiction), fantasy |
Notable works | Honor Harrington series |
David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952. In his stories, he creates a consistent and rationally explained technology and society. Even when dealing with fantasy themes, the magical powers are treated like another technology with supporting rational laws and principles.
Many of his stories have military, particularly naval, themes, and fit into the military science fiction genre. He challenges current gender roles in the military by assuming that a gender-neutral military service will exist in his futures, and by frequently placing female leading characters in what have previously been seen as traditionally male roles, he has explored the challenges faced by women in the military and politics.
His most popular and enduring character is Honor Harrington whose alliterated name is an homage to C. S. Forester's character Horatio Hornblower and her last name from a fleet doctor in Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander. Her story, together with the "Honorverse" she inhabits, has been developed through 13 novels and four shared-universe anthologies, as of spring 2006 (other works are in production).
Published works
Many of Weber's books are available online, either in their entirety as part of the Baen Free Library or, in the case of more recent books, in the form of sample chapters (typically the first 25-33% of the work). Where the links below include '/library/' in the URL, they are the whole text of the book. Weber's publisher, Baen Books, is a pioneer in the sale of books in various electronic formats and all the linked titles below can be downloaded for payment if they are not available for free.
The hardback edition of War of Honor contained "The Honorverse CD", a compilation of texts which amongst other things held electronic copies of the entire Honor series to that point (including the anthologies up to Changer of Worlds). The CD label explicitly states that the contents are freely distributable and the CD itself has been mirrored on various websites. This CD was only the first: there have now been seven other CDs released by Baen with different books.
Honor Harrington series
- (Note: External links are to online copies of the books at two sites run by Baen Books: baen.com and webscription.net. The complete and unabridged ebooks from the At All Costs CD are also available online.
- On Basilisk Station [1] (1993) ISBN 0-671-57793-X (read online)
- The Honor of the Queen [2] (1993) ISBN 0-671-57864-2 (read online)
- The Short Victorious War [3] (1994) ISBN 0-671-87596-5- (read online)
- Field of Dishonor [4] (1994) ISBN 0-671-57820-0 (read online)
- Flag in Exile [5] (1995) ISBN 0-671-31980-9 (read online)
- Honor Among Enemies [6] (1996) ISBN 0-671-87723-2 (read online)
- In Enemy Hands [7] (1997) ISBN 0-671-57770-0 (read online)
- Echoes of Honor [8] (1998) ISBN 0-671-57833-2 (read online)
- Ashes of Victory [9] (2000) ISBN 0-671-57854-5 (read online)
- War of Honor [10] (October 2002) ISBN 0-7434-3545-1 (read online)
- At All Costs [11] (November 2005) ISBN 1-4165-0911-9 (read online)
Worlds of Honor collections
Short stories related to the Honor Harrington Series - edited by David Weber
- More Than Honor [12] (1998) ISBN 0-671-87857-3 (read online)
- Worlds of Honor [13] (1999) ISBN 0-671-57855-3 (read online)
- Changer of Worlds [14] (2001) ISBN 0-671-31975-2 (read online)
- The Service of the Sword [15] (2003) ISBN 0-7434-3599-0 (read online)
Novels related to the Honor Harrington series
- Crown of Slaves [16] (2003) ISBN 0-7434-7148-2 (read online)
- The Shadow of Saganami [17] (2004) ISBN 0-7434-8852-0 (read online)
- Storm from the Shadows (sequel to Shadow of Saganami) forthcoming (March 3 2009) ISBN 1-4165-9147-8 (read excerpt online)
- Sequel to Crown is currently being written and is expected in 2009
Heirs of Empire series
- Mutineers' Moon [18] ISBN 0-671-72085-6 (read online)
- The Armageddon Inheritance [19] ISBN 0-671-72197-6 (read online)
- Heirs of Empire [20] ISBN 0-671-87707-0 (read online)
- Empire From the Ashes [21] ISBN 0-7434-3593-1 (hardcover) ISBN 141650933X (trade paperback) (read online) is an omnibus re-issue of Mutineers' Moon, The Armageddon Inheritance, and Heirs of Empire.
War God series
- Oath of Swords [22] ISBN 0-671-87642-2 (read online)
- The War God's Own [23] ISBN 0-671-87873-5 (read online)
- Wind Rider's Oath [24] ISBN 0-7434-8821-0 (read online)
- Oath of Swords and Sword Brother [25] ISBN 1-4165-2086-4
- Sword Brother is the fourth part to this series; however, Sword Brother is only a novella and was bundled with Oath of Swords.
Other novels
- The Apocalypse Troll [26] ISBN 0-671-57845-6 (read online)
- The Excalibur Alternative [27] ISBN 0-671-31860-8 (read online)
- Bolo! [28] (January '05) ISBN 0-7434-9872-0 (read online)
- Old Soldiers ISBN 1-4165-0898-8 (read online)
- Path of the Fury ISBN 0-671-72147-X (read online)
- In Fury Born ([29] (April '06) ISBN 1-4165-2054-6 is an expanded reissue of Path of the Fury
Safehold series
- Off Armageddon Reef (January '07) ISBN 0-7653-1500-9
- By Schism Rent Asunder (July 22, 2008)[2]
- By Heresies Distressed (Spring, 2009)
Collaborations
These books are based on the Starfire games.
- Insurrection ISBN 0-671-72024-4 (read online)
- Crusade ISBN 0-671-72111-9 (read online)
- In Death Ground excerpt ISBN 0-671-87779-8 (read online)
- The Shiva Option excerpt ISBN 0-671-31848-9 (read online)
- The Stars at War ISBN 0-7434-8841-5 (read online) is an omnibus hardcover re-issue of Crusade and In Death Ground
- The Stars at War II ISBN 0-7434-9912-3 (read online) is an omnibus hardcover re-issue of The Shiva Option and Insurrection with 20,000 words of connecting material and restored edits.
Empire of Man series.
- March Upcountry [30] ISBN 0-671-31985-X (read online)
- March to the Sea [31] ISBN 0-671-31826-8 (read online)
- March to the Stars [32] ISBN 0-7434-3562-1 (read online)
- We Few [33] (April '05) ISBN 0-7434-9881-X (read online)
With Eric Flint
In the 1632 series:
- 1633 [34] ISBN 0-7434-3542-7 (read online)
- 1634: The Baltic War ISBN 1-4165-2102-X (read online)
In the Honor Harrington series:
- Crown of Slaves [35] ISBN 0-7434-7148-2 (read online)
With Linda Evans
Multiverse series.
- (Note: The complete and unabridged ebooks from the "Hell Hath No Fury" CD are also available online.
- Hell's Gate [36] ISBN 1-4165-0939-9 (read online)
- Hell Hath No Fury [37] ISBN 1-4165-2101-1 (read online)
Common themes
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Common language
Many technical terms for advanced technology often appear in different settings. For example the word "molycirc", as a form of computing technology, appears in the Honorverse, The Apocalypse Troll, and the Heirs of Empire series, as well as the anthology Bolo!, and his newest book Off Armageddon Reef; in addition, a number of sayings or expressions appear across series and within a series between two distinctly different groups (such as "From your lips to God's ears!" or "hoisted by your own petard")
Common names
There have also been repeated use of several names across his novels. For example, a DeVries is found in both Path of the Fury and in the Honorverse series (cf. the mentat Piter de Vries and the later Bene Tleilaxu construct of the same name in the Dune series by Frank Herbert). The name Hauptman is also seen, though not as a cartel or family, but as a missile system in the Fury universe. The name Foraker has also been used in the Honorverse and in the background of Starfire and the Empire From the Ashes series.
The Honorverse series is loosely based on the French Revolution and draws many names and references from that time period. A character called Oscar Saint-Just figured prominently in Crusade, the Honorverse and Louis de Saint-Just was a leader in the French Revolution. The character "Rob (S.) Pierre" plays a very similar role in the revolutionary movement in the People's Republic of Haven as the historical Robespierre in the French Revolution.
There has also been a repeated use of the same basic heroine. Honor Harrington, David Weber's most famous character, as well as the heroines in The Path of the Fury, and Crusade, a female main character of mixed Asian-European descent who is a military officer, tactical genius, was considered unattractive until maturity, and ends up being a major turning-point in history (note: the main character in Off Armageddon Reef is of pure European stock, but was immersed in Asian practices such as Kendo).
References
- ^ Anvil, Christopher (First printing, April 2003). "Introduction by David Weber". The Interstellar Patrol. edited by Eric Flint, Cover art by Mark Hennessey-Barratt. P.O. Box 1403, Riverdale, NY 10471: Baen Publishing Enterprises. pp. p. 3. ISBN ISBN 0-7434-3600-8.
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"I'm delighted that someone is making Christopher Anvil's work available once again. Especially the Interstellar Patrol stories. Vaughan Roberts, Morrissey, and Hammell have always been three of my very favorite characters, and I've always loved Anvil's . . . peculiar sense of humor.This article may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion as a non-free file that is not used in any articles or was only used in a now deleted article and is very unlikely to have any use on any other valid article. See CSD F5.If this article does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with the given reason for deletion, you can click the button below and leave a message explaining why you believe it should not be deleted. You can also visit the talk page to check if you have received a response to your message.
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I suppose, if I'm going to be honest, that Roberts' J-class ship is another of my favorite characters. In fact, although I hadn't realized it until I sat down to write this introduction, I suspect that there was a lot of the Patrol boat's computer hiding somewhere in the depths of my memory when I created Dahak for the Mutineers' Moon series. After all, Dahak is simply another self-aware ship kidnapping itself a captain on a somewhat larger scale. They even have a few personality traits in common.This article may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion as a non-free file that is not used in any articles or was only used in a now deleted article and is very unlikely to have any use on any other valid article. See CSD F5.If this article does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with the given reason for deletion, you can click the button below and leave a message explaining why you believe it should not be deleted. You can also visit the talk page to check if you have received a response to your message.
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External links
- Bibliography on SciFan
- alt.books.david-weber Usenet group on Google Groups
- Baen Books' catalogue for David Weber
- Baen Free Library - including 8 complete David Weber titles
- Baen CD-ROMs - books not in free library
- Joe Buckley's InfoDump including maps, timeline and collection of Weber's posts on Honorverse
- Weber's Words of Wisdom - random snippets, maps, 3rd party stuff, passworded to prevent searchbot abuse (use samantha/berry with site owner's blessings)
- David's Home Placeholder
- Artist David Mattingly's web page
- David Weber at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database