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Fumesucker

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1. Honor is a great character and Weber has the military jargon down cold and is quite a good writer.

Reply to Old Troop (Original post)

Sun Jan 8, 2012, 07:46 PM

Jan 2012

But I'm not sure that the HH books are real standouts for ideas..

I'd prefer to see Miles Vorkosigan stories on film first, Miles has been my favorite character in SF for quite a while, I've been reading Bujold since "Falling Free" was serialized in Analog..

http://fyreflybooks.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/lois-mcmaster-bujold-falling-free/

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Why hasn't David Weber's Honor Harrington series [View all] Old Troop Jan 2012 OP

Honor is a great character and Weber has the military jargon down cold and is quite a good writer. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #1

I'd rather see it as a series, reminiscent of the old adventure serial genre. TygrBright Jan 2012 #4

According to the author, a film is in the works. Staph Jan 2012 #2

Good question. The first couple are top-notch milspec/space opera fare. TygrBright Jan 2012 #3

Better yet jambo101 May 2012 #5

That'd be the better format, yeah. I can't see his books pacing well within one movie. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #6