Comments on: On Basilisk Station, The Charwoman’s Shadow http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/10/14/on-basilisk-station-the-charwomans-shadow/ Cheating on the Kobayashi Maru since 2001 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:26:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Meril http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/10/14/on-basilisk-station-the-charwomans-shadow/#comment-134 Mon, 21 Oct 2002 02:48:44 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/10/14/on-basilisk-station-the-charwomans-shadow/#comment-134 And now I know I'm driving Liz nuts by all my Harrington blogging... ^_^; The series seems to run out of steam during the seventh book, and honestly I'm more enthused with the other characters than I am with Honor. I'm thinking the main plot of OBS was less about the battle over Medusa and more about the relationship between Honor and Alistair McKeon, and for that matter Honor and her misfit crew of irritations, but I tend to interpret things in that way. Most military SF is more battle or character-focused; there's a reason it's called "space opera." Dunsany was an influence on Lovecraft, for what it's worth... _The Worm Ouroboros_...gee, I thought I was the only person on the planet who read it. I kind of liked it. And now I know I’m driving Liz nuts by all my Harrington blogging… ^_^;

The series seems to run out of steam during the seventh book, and honestly I’m more enthused with the other characters than I am with Honor. I’m thinking the main plot of OBS was less about the battle over Medusa and more about the relationship between Honor and Alistair McKeon, and for that matter Honor and her misfit crew of irritations, but I tend to interpret things in that way.

Most military SF is more battle or character-focused; there’s a reason it’s called “space opera.”

Dunsany was an influence on Lovecraft, for what it’s worth…

_The Worm Ouroboros_…gee, I thought I was the only person on the planet who read it. I kind of liked it.

]]> by: LizB http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/10/14/on-basilisk-station-the-charwomans-shadow/#comment-133 Tue, 15 Oct 2002 01:38:54 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/10/14/on-basilisk-station-the-charwomans-shadow/#comment-133 I didn't like the Honor Harrington books when I read them. I gave up half way through On Basilisk Station. According to a friend in a science fiction bookstore, the series doesn't improve. I didn’t like the Honor Harrington books when I read them. I gave up half way through On Basilisk Station. According to a friend in a science fiction bookstore, the series doesn’t improve.

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