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It's a reasonably good sci-fi story, but it's not really Honorverse. Early RMN story of some action you've never heard of. It's recognizable as as Honorverse and well written. Great story. Provides a lot of depth to momma and daddy Harrington. Very nice. Obligated Service - Joelle Presby: This one felt really gritty to me, and the main character is a little bleak. It definitely shows a little of the dark side of both Grayson and Manticoran officers. Beginnings is a superior Honorverse anthology - better than In Fire Forged though that has its own charm too. It also marks a departure from earlier anthologies, in so far it starts breaking new ground in the honorverse universe, both in the very beginning before Manticore, hyperspace and all, early in the PD period and in the upcoming Timothy Zahn series set when Manticore changes from a rich but quaint and unimportant state to the commercial power of the Honor times, change due of course to th Beginnings is a superior Honorverse anthology - better than In Fire Forged though that has its own charm too. It also marks a departure from earlier anthologies, in so far it starts breaking new ground in the honorverse universe, both in the very beginning before Manticore, hyperspace and all, early in the PD period and in the upcoming Timothy Zahn series set when Manticore changes from a rich but quaint and unimportant state to the commercial power of the Honor times, change due of course to the discovery of the wormhole for reference the YA Stephanie Harrington series takes place somewhat before this and may later cover aspects of it too The military change when to a superpower is covered btw in House of Steel. But there is also a lot of regular stuff - the meeting of Honor's parents on Beowulf, the meeting of Honor with Laughs Brightly and a "regular woman" 's take on Grayson social revolution which we have so far seem through privileged eyes, but not through the eyes of poorer women coming from very conservative steadings and households, where the Protector is known as "Crazy Benjie", women are still property and the modernization is to be postponed and given token acceptance only.. The Weber stories were excellent though completely predictable from when newly commissioned Lt Alfred Harrington, former enlisted Marine, decorated with the highest enlisted award for classified action is met by "Uncle Jacques" at the spaceport on Grendel to be helped to settle in his medical studies on Beowulf, scene switching soon to one Alison Chu meditating on how to ditch faster her current boyfriend, the arrogant Illescue surprise, surprise The Grayson story also excels through its "common girl" POV contrasting nicely with the Abigail Hearns stories from earlier books. Feb 01, Timothy Maguire rated it it was ok Recommends it for: Weber's diehard fans. I'm going to open this review with three open letters to the people responsible for Beginnings: Dear Charles E Gannon, I have no doubt that if you look hard enough on the campus you work on, you will find one or more 'Green' or environmental groups. I would like to suggest that you attend one of their meetings. You do not need to really do anything there, though some engagement would not do much harm. I am sure you will find no one suggesting a one-state government, especially not one that engages I'm going to open this review with three open letters to the people responsible for Beginnings: Dear Charles E Gannon, I have no doubt that if you look hard enough on the campus you work on, you will find one or more 'Green' or environmental groups. I am sure you will find no one suggesting a one-state government, especially not one that engages in historical revisionism, scientific denialism or political purges. As you might imagine, I found your portrayal of 'Greens' as willing to engage in all of the above as more than a little offensive. While By The Book was flawed in many other ways, your inclusion of such lazy, inaccurate strawmen politics was simply the final straw. I have no doubt that your story was included in Beginnings to increase readers' awareness of your work and on that front, it is not hard not to say that it failed. Next time, you may wish to base your story on something more than personal prejudices. It was, quite simply, an eye-opener, making me want to write my own novels. Since then, I have ravenously consumed your body of work. While I won't pretend I have enjoyed every single one, that's always been due to my own personal preferences. Yet it is hard not to say that for the first time I've been disappointed by one of your books. Beyond the offensive stereotypes it uses as villains, the sheer blatantness by which it is crudely welded into the Honorverse is an insult to the intelligence of everyone reading it. I have no doubt that its inclusion was the idea of the editors at Baen, but it simply reflects poorly upon you that you went along with it. Yours faithfully, Timothy Maguire Dear Baen editorial team, I get that you consider yourself to be a right-wing publishing house. It's hard not to think so when you publish Tea-party handbooks after all. Yet, I have to ask: why are you so willing to let it be such utter dross? By The Book is, quite frankly, a bad story. It's driven by lazy, often poorly thought-out ideas, relies on a central character so bland you can almost see through him and is so badly tied to the Honorverse it's supposed to be set in that you can all but see the lines where it was converted across. This isn't the first time you seem to have published something based on its politics and I suppose it's better that it's just one short story rather than some of your other howlers The Last Centurion, anyone? I'd like to suggest a new position in your editorial team: Quality Control Officer. This doesn't really need to be a new staff member, but it should probably be someone who doesn't attend the local Tea Party rallies. Their job would be, quite simply, to point out when you're letting your enthusiasm for an author's opinions blind you to the failings of their writing. I think you'll find it helps. Yours sincerely, Timothy Maguire PS: I was a little disappointed to see that you didn't bother including Joelle Presby's bio on Beginnings' dust jacket. Given that her story was the highlight of this book, that's a little sad. As it's also a commentary on institutionalised sexism, it's also a little embarrassing when she's the only woman writing in the book. Let's get down to the basics. Beginnings is the 6th Worlds of Honor anthology published in David Weber's Honorverse, collecting five stories themed around 'beginnings'. So I'll go over each one individually as the quality varies wildly. I'll try and keep it short, but this is one flawed story. To be honest, if I was asked to teach a course on Creative Writing, By The Book would be on the syllabus as an example of how not to do it. In short, it's a generic story told very badly whose sole redeeming feature it that it's utterly irrelevant to the universe it's set in. By The Book's constant flaw is that it's generic in all the worst ways. It's about the exploits of a rebellious captain serving under an evil regime. It's about the conflict between those living on Earth and those living in space. It's about determining the fate of the human race. The plot is a who- dunnit in space that relies almost entirely on supposition rather than anything that looks convincingly like investigation. Stop me if you've seen this before. It's the second longest story in the book Only one of Weber's own is longer and I honestly couldn't tell you why. It's also told spectacularly badly. Virtually ever political group and label has to be laboriously explained to our fearless lead, because he's somehow managed to get to a high rank in a highly political military without learning any of it. The villains are strawmen we never see during the course of the novel. The finale basically invents an explanation for everything that's happened that conveniently allows the hero to determine the fate of the human race. A minor plot point relies on the entire cast failing to understand the basic concept of quarantine in short, the main character completely violates the quarantine he himself put into place. The main character is somehow a decent guy, totally lacking the inane stupidity that drives the rest of the 'Dirtsiders'. This is, of course, due to him being brought up by a bunch of people who still believe in the US Constitution. The sole solace of this story is also one of it's worse features. The only connection between By The Book and the Honorverse it's supposed to be set in is a crudely taped-on epilogue, giving a historian's perspective on how this affected the history of the Honorverse spoiler alert: it didn't. This is one of the laziest ways to connect two stories I've ever seen. Add in the fact that it's also not very well written on a scale with the rest of the story, to be honest and well it's all a bit of a waste. It's entirely obvious that the epilogue was added on afterwards and solely to tie it to the Honorverse. The only good thing that comes from it is that you can easily pretend the whole thing has nothing to do with the Honorverse. Over all, By The Book is simply one of the worst short stories I've read in recent years. It's driven entirely by lazy stereotypes, the main character's so frikking perfect one-dimensional seems like a compliment and the plot seems to mostly rely on a general dose of stupidity. How this got into a book with this large an expected readership is incomprehensible. A Call To Arms Timothy Zahn 4 Stars Given its predecessor, it's hard not to massively over-egg this simply just for having the temerity to be decent. However, A Cal To Arms is a genuinely decent, engaging story, possessing the only moment of this book where I went 'That was awesome! Its only real flaw is that it reads like it's a bit of a rehash of many Honorverse themes without a lot of originality. Setting the story in the early days of Manticore initially seems like an odd choice, but once the plot gets going, this really works. Zahn uses the technological limitations of the setting 'Autocannons, really? It also emphasizes in many ways the timeless nature of the conflicts that are at the core of the Manticorian Navy. A nice touch is the finale, which emphasizes the political conflicts, to produce a bittersweet ending. What works less well is that it uses a lot of the same tropes as many other Honorverse stories. The clash between patronage and professionalism is something that's been done over and over in this setting and this doesn't do as much new with it excepting the bittersweet ending. A few extra touches, a page or two here or there could also have done wonders to flesh this story out a bit more. A Call To Arms is perhaps more satisfactory than great. It's got some great moments, but the overall story is perhaps a bit more weak than I'd like. While this shows a lot of initial promise, it really fails to do as well as could be hoped. Unfortunately, the most interesting parts of the story are generally ignored in favour of a fairly extraneous subplot and what's hard to describe as anything other than a really odd narrative choice. Let's get to the story's main problem. Early on in the novel, Alfred and Abigail form a powerful psychic connection, which not only allows them to know what the other is feeling, but also their bearing. While this is the story's main driver, it suffers on a number of levels. Firstly, this connection isn't even hinted at during the novels that the Harringtons have appeared in, which makes the idea a little hard to swallow, but it's also a level of psychic ability the series really hasn't shown in humans it's more treecat level. Now while this isn't in itself, a huge problem, the way it's used to resolve the plot is. In short, this psychic connection allows Weber to short-cut around the problems his characters face. This plot point's sole saving grace is that both characters regularly mock its absurdity, making some unfavourable comparisons to bad romance novels. Far more interesting are the problems that Alfred faces outside of this psychic connection. His lust for violence and his horror at it are some of the most effective parts of the narrative. This side of Honor's father is a surprise, but a welcome one. Also interesting is his desire to find a cure to neural disruptor effects. Not only is this a fun bit of foreshadowing, but it's also a good way of illustrating his guilt over the battles he's been in. Both of these elements of the story are, to be honest, far more interesting than the psychic connection, but they receive far less time. To be honest, I found that Beauty and the Beast had more potential than satisfaction. Parts of it feel simply trite and overdone, with a plot that's unfortunately exceedingly predictable. It's a quick, short piece that hits a few high notes, but is unfavourably close to a story from a previous Worlds of Honor book. The short problem with this is that this preceding story which introduced Stephanie Harrington, the first person to bond with a treecat, which formed the core of Weber's young adult novel is simply better. It's a more interesting story, a better take and is simply a lot more thrilling. In comparison, Best Laid Plans has a lot less going for it. It's less engaging, with smaller stakes and a simpler narrative. Still, that said, it's fun to see Honor being utterly uninterested in bonding with a treecat. It's a take on her character that's missing from the main novels, in particular because of the way it reflects on her ambitions. Unfortunately, this is only a small part of the story and doesn't do a whole lot to raise it up. Obligated Service Joelle Presby 5 Stars Quite simply, the highlight of this book, Presby's story is an excellent piece dissecting the institutional and occasionally unconscious sexism of the Honorverse's Graysons, managing to be something quite unique. Out of all the Mil SF I've ever read, this is one of the very few books that's really made me think. What's kind of awesome about this is that Presby doesn't write about a great leader or a skilled warrior, but rather an ordinary woman. Claire's just a skilled engineer with some severally lacking social skills who just wants to finish her term of enlistment and get a decent job. She's only in the Navy because it offers her an opportunity she can't find anywhere else. I'll be honest and say I've never seen a character like her in a SF novel before and she's extremely welcome. Even better for a kind of grim, depressing version of 'better' is the dissection of the often unconscious sexism that fills her life. It's one thing to read about the unfairness of gender stereotypes, but it's another thing to see a character being ordered to beauty clinics to fix skin scars or upbraided in the street about her dress by strangers purely because of her dress. It's exceedingly well written and, again, genuinely unique. I dare anyone to not be enraged by the frequent, petty problems inflicted on Claire, just because of her gender. What really works in this novel is that most of her problems come not from genuine misogyny, but rather simple thoughtlessness. Claire's cousin, the 'man of the house', piles indignities on her because he's too young and feckless to take responsibilities for his actions. Several other characters take offensive actions simply because they're making incorrect assumptions. Only her first captain acts stupidly because of genuine misogyny, making bizarre assumptions that rely entirely on his belief that Claire can't possibly be anything other that an incompetent sex addict. Claire in many ways is also guilty of this, having internalised many of these ideas and her rebellions against it are some of the most impressive parts of the story. Overall, I found Obligated Service to be excellent. The really good news is that apparently Presby and Weber are planning to collaborate on a novel in the future, which I won't deny I'm really looking forwards to. Obligated Service is, quite simply, excellent, a depiction of unconscious sexism that manages to not only make it pervasive and offensive, but also really stupid. Overall thoughts I bought Beginnings primarily because it was signed by David Weber and as a result I wasn't disappointed. That said, I was quite disappointed by its contents. With the exception of Presby and Zahn's entries, the stories were nowhere near as satisfying as I'd hoped. Both of Weber's entries were below what I expected and it's hard to look at Gannon's opener as anything other than utterly terrible. It's not something I would recommend as a hardback and as a paperback it's only for the dedicated fan. Stories were good, even interesting but nothing that truly stood out. The best of the stories was Weber's second entry, about a young Honor Harrington and everyone's favorite treecat, with some strong overtones of the fortuitous meeting of their ancestors Stephanie Harrington and Climbs Quickly. Charles Gannon's opening story "By the Book" was remarkably well matched in tone to most of Weber's work and had some good backstory on the early diaspora period. Zahn's "A Call to Arms" was the most rea Stories were good, even interesting but nothing that truly stood out. Zahn's "A Call to Arms" was the most readable of the five stories in this collection and filled in a perspective that the early Honorverse books talked about but didn't show in any detail. Weber's first entry "Beauty and the Beast" was the most disappointing. While Weber gave some good insight into Honor's father, Alfred, and her Uncle Jacques, that same insight was entirely lacking for her mother, Alison, by far the most interesting of the Harrington clan to me. It also featured an insta-love story and I despise that trope, even with the not- subtle almost-telepathy angle, which was more plot device than good storytelling. Joelle Presby's "Obligated Service" had potential but was confusing for the varying degrees of not-well-described backwater thinking in all her characters, who didn't even all conform to the same legal system or seem to have any clue that this was the case. Recommended for Honor Harrington fans as fun but not necessary for the larger series. Not the place to start with the expansive Honorverse; if you're curious, On Basilisk Station is your best bet. Nov 17, Larry Lennhoff rated it liked it Shelves: sci-fi-space-opera. Beginnings is a collection of stories dealing with the origins of various established features and characters in the Honorverse. I didn't care for this story, which shows us the very early history of the Honor verse before the discovery of FTL travel or artificial gravity. At first I thought it felt like a story the author had written independently and then just sold to this collection. That's Beginnings is a collection of stories dealing with the origins of various established features and characters in the Honorverse. That's easy to do, since the story is set well before any of the existing people or institutions we are familiar with existed. But on thinking about it some more I realize the author has in fact used some of Weber's tropes - just some of the one's I like the least. In particle, just as in the early Honorverse a caricature of left wing politics is used to demonize the opposition. I also think the author was trying to imitate the theme of the hero being willing to make great sacrifices as it turns out, of other people for their cause. The differences, in my eyes, is that whereas Honor made great sacrifices to avert clear and present dangers, and the people she put at risk tended to ones who had volunteered for the career, if not for the particular danger, the heroes of this story are averting a risk they think is coming in a century or so, and the consent of those they put at risk is not solicited. A Call to Arms Timothy Zahn A story of the early history of Manticore, post plague, but before the discovery of the wormhole junction. A good workmanlike job, the story seemed to me to exist mostly to provide the setting for further stories set at that time. Those two sentences showed that the main character was going to be Honor's father Alfred Harrington, and my response was 'this story should be called How I Met Your Mother. It furthers the deification of the Harrington line; it creates a relationship between Honor's parents that does not seem to match that we see later in the books, and it takes one of the few characters that functioned in the military in a non-warrior capacity and showed that he was a superlative warrior, he just chose to do otherwise. The equation of all virtues with military virtue is one of the tropes of the Honorverse I don't care for. Best Laid Plans David Weber. This story on the other hand I enjoyed a great deal. It shows how Honor and Nimitz came to bond. I enjoyed seeing both characters at an early stage, and the view of paths not taken by each of them. Obligated Service Joelle Presby. I'm not sure what this story shows the start of, but I liked it a great deal. My favorite Star Trek was DS 9, and this story reminded me of that by showing the nitty gritty and the seamier side of the Honorverse. Focusing on an ordinary Grayson steader and her friends and family gives us a look at what things are like for people in the trenches, a perspective that often goes lacking in the Honorverse. Dec 01, Caleb rated it liked it Shelves: anthologies , science-fiction , own-kindle-ebook , arc , zread. This anthology was the usual mixed bag. I won't give you any spoilers but here are the stories it contained: By the Book -- Charles E. Gannon this story takes place during the time period of colony ships leaving Old Earth. It didn't seem to fit with the rest of the stories and was by far the weakest of the lot. By far the best of the lot. Like all ARCs it was full of spelling and grammar errors. If that really bug you, you may want to wait for the print version. Jan 22, Jean rated it really liked it Shelves: audio , science-fiction. It is a story about Lt. Lee strong of the Custom Patrol of the Earth Union. Lead character is Lt. Travis Long. It also gives some background information about both Alfred Harrington and Allison Chou. The story is mainly about the resistance of Grayson men to accept women in the Grayson Navy. Each story had a different narrator who did a good job narrating the stories. Jul 04, Thomas rated it it was amazing. I got a Hardback copy of this anthology at Libertycon and read it on the flight home. You would expect Weber to write well in the Honor Universe but Presby's story fit into the Honor universe perfectly. I expect to see a Joelle Presby novel published by a major publishing company in the next year or two. Apr 10, Dan Brown rated it really liked it. The title says it all. Each of the stories represents a beginning of one form or another. Two of the stories are penned by Weber, one dealing with Honor's parents meeting, and one about a young Honor meeting a certain treecat. The other three stories range from not bad surprising for Zahn to pretty damn'd good. View 1 comment. Apr 06, Melinda rated it it was ok Shelves: alternate-reality. The stories that weren't direct Honor backstory- yawn. The ones that were, were a bit too 'neat. Jul 29, Kathy Davie rated it really liked it Shelves: military , sci-fi. Five short stories in the sixth in the Worlds of Honor military science fiction anthology series which is a part of the Honorverse. My rating on this would have been a "5", except that Presby's story brought it down a point. The Stories Charles E. Gannon 's " By the Book " is a clever story of betrayals, sabotage, and terrorism as sidelined members of a universe-wide government struggle to achieve their own respect and battle the arrogance and callous indifference of those in power. And man, the power Five short stories in the sixth in the Worlds of Honor military science fiction anthology series which is a part of the Honorverse. And man, the powers-that-be must be really bad as there are so many dissidents including their own leaders as well as the downtrodden. An interesting possibility of what could occur if terrified Greenies should rise to power, and much too and Brave New World for me to want to live there: revising history, destroying books, a terrifying use of propaganda, and the manipulation of the system to punish or destroy the unwanted. And, LOL, the manipulation of the system by the "rebels" to achieve their own ends is priceless. It's incredible how very much information and world building Gannon manages to pack into a mere 94 pages! I gotta find out if this is part of a series, 'cause I wanna read more. Timothy Zahn 's " A Call to Arms " is part of the Honorverse and provides a window on some of the earlier issues the navy experienced. It's sad that most of the navy is more concerned with weaseling their way up the promotion ladder than in being prepared, although I suppose that's reasonable since said navy hasn't experienced a battle of any sort in over years. Still there's no reason to treat Long as the captain did, jerk. Reading this had my heart in my mouth! The battle tactics, the suicide thrust…! Egads… Weber or Zahn might want to change that first Epilogue to a Prologue, though. It was irritating that Zahn left me hanging about the fate of the Phoenix! I liked Brad. The Characters Yeah, I know, I don't normally track the characters of short stories, but I want the information for myself since this plays directly into the Honorverse with the Royal Manticoran Navy, and I didn't see much point in holding it back from y'all. Long , a. A fact that is not welcomed by those over and under him on HMS Phoenix which is commanded by that jerk, Captain Castillo. I mean, no one has threatened their navy in, well, a century. Ensign Locatelli is onboard through nepotismhis uncle is Admiral Carlton Locatelli , and he expects this to grease his way upward. Lieutenant Commander Bajek is the ship's weapon's officer. Brad Fornier is one of the capable ones and also sympathetic. Commander Vance Sladek is the Phoenix 's executive officer. Lieutenant Commander Alfred Woodburn is the ship's tactical officer. Lieutenant Rusk. Captain Shapira is part of Heissman's task force. King Edward is the current ruler of Manticore. Jeremiah Lyn is short and unassuming in appearance and works for the Axelrod Corporation; he's hiring the Volsung Mercenaries for his employer's ambitions. Captain Sweeney Imbar is the commander of the Odin. Captain Blakeley is a scrappy if snarky fighter. McConnovitch is a data scavenger. Captain Olver 's ship, the Naglfar , is playing the dying "swan". Which of course, I loved. I do adore getting the backstory on characters I love. And Weber provides both humor and dramatic tension in this. The Characters Lieutenant Karl Alfred Harrington has just been promoted from sergeant and received the Osterman Cross for his very hush-hush action on Clematis. Upon accepting his promotion, Harrington requested a transfer into the Navy and to attend the Ignaz Semmelweis University of Beowulf in Grendel , the most prestigious medical school in the galaxy. She wants to carve her own way, on her own merits and is studying gene therapy and surgery. He portrays a dilettante but is actually in an undercover role with the Biological Survey Corps BSC , which is actually more of a black ops military unit that coordinates frequently with the Audubon Ballroom. Sojourner X is a genetically modified slave who escaped; he's now a professor at the university, an informer with Jacques, and a member of the Ballroom. Colonel Sean Hamilton-Mitsotakis is Jacques' superior. Franz Iliescu is a jerk of a Manticoran with a huge chip on his shoulder studying at the university and very annoyed with Harrington's presence. Penelope Mwo-chi is probably the most highly qualified neurosurgeon in the galaxy and the reason why Harrington wants to attend this school. Manpower is an extremely wealthy private corporation which manufactures genetically modified slaves and is located on Mesa. The Solarian League is Earth. And it all begins with an illicit field trip into dangerous territory for a bouquet of her mother's favorite tulips. Lucky for Honor, that Laughs Brightly and Sharp Nose are there inspecting the promise, or lack thereof, of the pods that are important as part of the treecats' winter diet. The Characters Honor Harrington the treecats call her Dances on Clouds is thirteen years old and quite adventurousvery like her ancestress, Stephanie Harrington. Laughs Brightly , descended from Climbs Quickly, is a mischievous scout with the Bright Water Clan of treecats, and he has no intention of bonding with a human. Sharp Nose is his younger brother; Songstress is the clan's newest memory singer and the daughter of their mother's sister. Death Fang's Bane Clan is how the treecats refer to Stephanie's descendants. Allison Harrington is her mother. Skip to main content. More items related to this product. Best-selling in Fiction. Save on Fiction Trending price is based on prices over last 90 days. You may also like. Paperback Books David Weber. Books David Weber. Weber's Paperback Books. Hardback Books David Weber. Fiction Books in English David Weber. David Walliams Paperback Books. About this product Product Information The hottest military science fiction series of all time continues with a collection of tales by New York Times bestselling authors Timothy Zahn, Charles E. Gann, and David Weber. 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The war with the Republic of Haven has resumed. View Product. Changer of Worlds Worlds of Honor Series 3. Along the way, she has become the legend known as the Salamander from Crusade Starfire Series 2. When the Human-Orion war to end all interstellar wars collapses into an uneasy peace, mistrust When the Human-Orion war to end all interstellar wars collapses into an uneasy peace, mistrust and fear swells on both sides. Responding to hails from a patrolling Orion sentry, a ship using ancient human codes from a long lost colony Empire from the Ashes Dahak Series 4. For Colin MacIntyre, it began with a routine training flight over the moon. For Dahak, For Dahak, a self-aware Imperial battleship, it began millennia ago, standing guard against an unknown enemy which once devastated the galaxy-and now has returned. So Dahak grabbed Fire Season Star Kingdom Series 2. Publishers Weekly bestseller in hardcover. First Time in Paperback. A Beautiful Friendship. New York Times, Flag in Exile Honor Harrington Series 5. Hounded into retirement and disgrace by political enemies, cut to the heart by the murder Hounded into retirement and disgrace by political enemies, cut to the heart by the murder of the man she loved, and bereft of confidence in herself and her abilities, Captain Honor Harrington has retreated to the planet Grayson to take Honor among Enemies Honor Harrington Series 6. For Captain Honor Harrington, it's sometimes hard to know who the enemy really is. Despite political foes, professional jealousies, and the scandal that drove her into exile, she's been offered a chance to reclaim her career as an officer of In Death Ground Starfire Series 3. The Bugs have a superior drive technology, overwhelming numbers, and a strategy that's mind-numbingly alien. But they have finally encountered a food source that's too stubborn to go down easy. For the humans and Orions of the Grand Alliance choosing Parts of it feel simply trite and overdone, with a plot that's unfortunately exceedingly predictable. It's a quick, short piece that hits a few high notes, but is unfavourably close to a story from a previous Worlds of Honor book. The short problem with this is that this preceding story which introduced Stephanie Harrington, the first person to bond with a treecat, which formed the core of Weber's young adult novel is simply better. It's a more interesting story, a better take and is simply a lot more thrilling. In comparison, Best Laid Plans has a lot less going for it. It's less engaging, with smaller stakes and a simpler narrative. Still, that said, it's fun to see Honor being utterly uninterested in bonding with a treecat. It's a take on her character that's missing from the main novels, in particular because of the way it reflects on her ambitions. Unfortunately, this is only a small part of the story and doesn't do a whole lot to raise it up. Obligated Service Joelle Presby 5 Stars Quite simply, the highlight of this book, Presby's story is an excellent piece dissecting the institutional and occasionally unconscious sexism of the Honorverse's Graysons, managing to be something quite unique. Out of all the Mil SF I've ever read, this is one of the very few books that's really made me think. What's kind of awesome about this is that Presby doesn't write about a great leader or a skilled warrior, but rather an ordinary woman. Claire's just a skilled engineer with some severally lacking social skills who just wants to finish her term of enlistment and get a decent job. She's only in the Navy because it offers her an opportunity she can't find anywhere else. I'll be honest and say I've never seen a character like her in a SF novel before and she's extremely welcome. Even better for a kind of grim, depressing version of 'better' is the dissection of the often unconscious sexism that fills her life. It's one thing to read about the unfairness of gender stereotypes, but it's another thing to see a character being ordered to beauty clinics to fix skin scars or upbraided in the street about her dress by strangers purely because of her dress. It's exceedingly well written and, again, genuinely unique. I dare anyone to not be enraged by the frequent, petty problems inflicted on Claire, just because of her gender. What really works in this novel is that most of her problems come not from genuine misogyny, but rather simple thoughtlessness. Claire's cousin, the 'man of the house', piles indignities on her because he's too young and feckless to take responsibilities for his actions. Several other characters take offensive actions simply because they're making incorrect assumptions. Only her first captain acts stupidly because of genuine misogyny, making bizarre assumptions that rely entirely on his belief that Claire can't possibly be anything other that an incompetent sex addict. Claire in many ways is also guilty of this, having internalised many of these ideas and her rebellions against it are some of the most impressive parts of the story. Overall, I found Obligated Service to be excellent. The really good news is that apparently Presby and Weber are planning to collaborate on a novel in the future, which I won't deny I'm really looking forwards to. Obligated Service is, quite simply, excellent, a depiction of unconscious sexism that manages to not only make it pervasive and offensive, but also really stupid. Overall thoughts I bought Beginnings primarily because it was signed by David Weber and as a result I wasn't disappointed. That said, I was quite disappointed by its contents. With the exception of Presby and Zahn's entries, the stories were nowhere near as satisfying as I'd hoped. Both of Weber's entries were below what I expected and it's hard to look at Gannon's opener as anything other than utterly terrible. It's not something I would recommend as a hardback and as a paperback it's only for the dedicated fan. Stories were good, even interesting but nothing that truly stood out. The best of the stories was Weber's second entry, about a young Honor Harrington and everyone's favorite treecat, with some strong overtones of the fortuitous meeting of their ancestors Stephanie Harrington and Climbs Quickly. Charles Gannon's opening story "By the Book" was remarkably well matched in tone to most of Weber's work and had some good backstory on the early diaspora period. Zahn's "A Call to Arms" was the most rea Stories were good, even interesting but nothing that truly stood out. Zahn's "A Call to Arms" was the most readable of the five stories in this collection and filled in a perspective that the early Honorverse books talked about but didn't show in any detail. Weber's first entry "Beauty and the Beast" was the most disappointing. While Weber gave some good insight into Honor's father, Alfred, and her Uncle Jacques, that same insight was entirely lacking for her mother, Alison, by far the most interesting of the Harrington clan to me. It also featured an insta-love story and I despise that trope, even with the not-subtle almost-telepathy angle, which was more plot device than good storytelling. Joelle Presby's "Obligated Service" had potential but was confusing for the varying degrees of not- well-described backwater thinking in all her characters, who didn't even all conform to the same legal system or seem to have any clue that this was the case. Recommended for Honor Harrington fans as fun but not necessary for the larger series. Not the place to start with the expansive Honorverse; if you're curious, On Basilisk Station is your best bet. Nov 17, Larry Lennhoff rated it liked it Shelves: sci-fi-space-opera. Beginnings is a collection of stories dealing with the origins of various established features and characters in the Honorverse. I didn't care for this story, which shows us the very early history of the Honor verse before the discovery of FTL travel or artificial gravity. At first I thought it felt like a story the author had written independently and then just sold to this collection. That's Beginnings is a collection of stories dealing with the origins of various established features and characters in the Honorverse. That's easy to do, since the story is set well before any of the existing people or institutions we are familiar with existed. But on thinking about it some more I realize the author has in fact used some of Weber's tropes - just some of the one's I like the least. In particle, just as in the early Honorverse a caricature of left wing politics is used to demonize the opposition. I also think the author was trying to imitate the theme of the hero being willing to make great sacrifices as it turns out, of other people for their cause. The differences, in my eyes, is that whereas Honor made great sacrifices to avert clear and present dangers, and the people she put at risk tended to ones who had volunteered for the career, if not for the particular danger, the heroes of this story are averting a risk they think is coming in a century or so, and the consent of those they put at risk is not solicited. A Call to Arms Timothy Zahn A story of the early history of Manticore, post plague, but before the discovery of the wormhole junction. A good workmanlike job, the story seemed to me to exist mostly to provide the setting for further stories set at that time. Those two sentences showed that the main character was going to be Honor's father Alfred Harrington, and my response was 'this story should be called How I Met Your Mother. It furthers the deification of the Harrington line; it creates a relationship between Honor's parents that does not seem to match that we see later in the books, and it takes one of the few characters that functioned in the military in a non-warrior capacity and showed that he was a superlative warrior, he just chose to do otherwise. The equation of all virtues with military virtue is one of the tropes of the Honorverse I don't care for. Best Laid Plans David Weber. This story on the other hand I enjoyed a great deal. It shows how Honor and Nimitz came to bond. I enjoyed seeing both characters at an early stage, and the view of paths not taken by each of them. Obligated Service Joelle Presby. I'm not sure what this story shows the start of, but I liked it a great deal. My favorite Star Trek was DS 9, and this story reminded me of that by showing the nitty gritty and the seamier side of the Honorverse. Focusing on an ordinary Grayson steader and her friends and family gives us a look at what things are like for people in the trenches, a perspective that often goes lacking in the Honorverse. Dec 01, Caleb rated it liked it Shelves: anthologies , science- fiction , own-kindle-ebook , arc , zread. This anthology was the usual mixed bag. I won't give you any spoilers but here are the stories it contained: By the Book -- Charles E. Gannon this story takes place during the time period of colony ships leaving Old Earth. It didn't seem to fit with the rest of the stories and was by far the weakest of the lot. By far the best of the lot. Like all ARCs it was full of spelling and grammar errors. If that really bug you, you may want to wait for the print version. Jan 22, Jean rated it really liked it Shelves: audio , science-fiction. It is a story about Lt. Lee strong of the Custom Patrol of the Earth Union. Lead character is Lt. Travis Long. It also gives some background information about both Alfred Harrington and Allison Chou. The story is mainly about the resistance of Grayson men to accept women in the Grayson Navy. Each story had a different narrator who did a good job narrating the stories. Jul 04, Thomas rated it it was amazing. I got a Hardback copy of this anthology at Libertycon and read it on the flight home. You would expect Weber to write well in the Honor Universe but Presby's story fit into the Honor universe perfectly. I expect to see a Joelle Presby novel published by a major publishing company in the next year or two. Apr 10, Dan Brown rated it really liked it. The title says it all. Each of the stories represents a beginning of one form or another. Two of the stories are penned by Weber, one dealing with Honor's parents meeting, and one about a young Honor meeting a certain treecat. The other three stories range from not bad surprising for Zahn to pretty damn'd good. View 1 comment. Apr 06, Melinda rated it it was ok Shelves: alternate-reality. The stories that weren't direct Honor backstory- yawn. The ones that were, were a bit too 'neat. Jul 29, Kathy Davie rated it really liked it Shelves: military , sci-fi. Five short stories in the sixth in the Worlds of Honor military science fiction anthology series which is a part of the Honorverse. My rating on this would have been a "5", except that Presby's story brought it down a point. The Stories Charles E. Gannon 's " By the Book " is a clever story of betrayals, sabotage, and terrorism as sidelined members of a universe-wide government struggle to achieve their own respect and battle the arrogance and callous indifference of those in power. And man, the power Five short stories in the sixth in the Worlds of Honor military science fiction anthology series which is a part of the Honorverse. And man, the powers-that-be must be really bad as there are so many dissidents including their own leaders as well as the downtrodden. An interesting possibility of what could occur if terrified Greenies should rise to power, and much too and Brave New World for me to want to live there: revising history, destroying books, a terrifying use of propaganda, and the manipulation of the system to punish or destroy the unwanted. And, LOL, the manipulation of the system by the "rebels" to achieve their own ends is priceless. It's incredible how very much information and world building Gannon manages to pack into a mere 94 pages! I gotta find out if this is part of a series, 'cause I wanna read more. Timothy Zahn 's " A Call to Arms " is part of the Honorverse and provides a window on some of the earlier issues the navy experienced. It's sad that most of the navy is more concerned with weaseling their way up the promotion ladder than in being prepared, although I suppose that's reasonable since said navy hasn't experienced a battle of any sort in over years. Still there's no reason to treat Long as the captain did, jerk. Reading this had my heart in my mouth! The battle tactics, the suicide thrust…! Egads… Weber or Zahn might want to change that first Epilogue to a Prologue, though. It was irritating that Zahn left me hanging about the fate of the Phoenix! I liked Brad. The Characters Yeah, I know, I don't normally track the characters of short stories, but I want the information for myself since this plays directly into the Honorverse with the Royal Manticoran Navy, and I didn't see much point in holding it back from y'all. Long , a. A fact that is not welcomed by those over and under him on HMS Phoenix which is commanded by that jerk, Captain Castillo. I mean, no one has threatened their navy in, well, a century. Ensign Locatelli is onboard through nepotismhis uncle is Admiral Carlton Locatelli , and he expects this to grease his way upward. Lieutenant Commander Bajek is the ship's weapon's officer. Brad Fornier is one of the capable ones and also sympathetic. Commander Vance Sladek is the Phoenix 's executive officer. Lieutenant Commander Alfred Woodburn is the ship's tactical officer. Lieutenant Rusk. Captain Shapira is part of Heissman's task force. King Edward is the current ruler of Manticore. Jeremiah Lyn is short and unassuming in appearance and works for the Axelrod Corporation; he's hiring the Volsung Mercenaries for his employer's ambitions. Captain Sweeney Imbar is the commander of the Odin. Captain Blakeley is a scrappy if snarky fighter. McConnovitch is a data scavenger. Captain Olver 's ship, the Naglfar , is playing the dying "swan". Which of course, I loved. I do adore getting the backstory on characters I love. And Weber provides both humor and dramatic tension in this. The Characters Lieutenant Karl Alfred Harrington has just been promoted from sergeant and received the Osterman Cross for his very hush-hush action on Clematis. Upon accepting his promotion, Harrington requested a transfer into the Navy and to attend the Ignaz Semmelweis University of Beowulf in Grendel , the most prestigious medical school in the galaxy. She wants to carve her own way, on her own merits and is studying gene therapy and surgery. He portrays a dilettante but is actually in an undercover role with the Biological Survey Corps BSC , which is actually more of a black ops military unit that coordinates frequently with the Audubon Ballroom. Sojourner X is a genetically modified slave who escaped; he's now a professor at the university, an informer with Jacques, and a member of the Ballroom. Colonel Sean Hamilton-Mitsotakis is Jacques' superior. Franz Iliescu is a jerk of a Manticoran with a huge chip on his shoulder studying at the university and very annoyed with Harrington's presence. Penelope Mwo-chi is probably the most highly qualified neurosurgeon in the galaxy and the reason why Harrington wants to attend this school. Manpower is an extremely wealthy private corporation which manufactures genetically modified slaves and is located on Mesa. The Solarian League is Earth. And it all begins with an illicit field trip into dangerous territory for a bouquet of her mother's favorite tulips. Lucky for Honor, that Laughs Brightly and Sharp Nose are there inspecting the promise, or lack thereof, of the pods that are important as part of the treecats' winter diet. The Characters Honor Harrington the treecats call her Dances on Clouds is thirteen years old and quite adventurousvery like her ancestress, Stephanie Harrington. Laughs Brightly , descended from Climbs Quickly, is a mischievous scout with the Bright Water Clan of treecats, and he has no intention of bonding with a human. Sharp Nose is his younger brother; Songstress is the clan's newest memory singer and the daughter of their mother's sister. Death Fang's Bane Clan is how the treecats refer to Stephanie's descendants. Allison Harrington is her mother. Joelle Presby 's " Obligated Service " was terrible. Oh, it was, um, emotional enough, but Presby didn't keep it together enough for me to understand the subplots going on. It took forever before I figured out that the Grayson Navy officers were trying to scare off the Grayson women. I still don't understand what Claire's underlying reason was for staying in the navy. Oh, it was easy enough at the very end, thank god, but I struggled throughout the story. It read more like Presby had ideas that she dropped in place but forgot to connect and smooth out. It was just too disconnected for me. It takes place in the early days of the Grayson Navy's cooperation with Manticore. The Cover The cover is Baen-proud with brilliant colors and dramatic action as a fleet of spaceships hover over an armor-clad man racing through flames with an unconscious woman over his shoulders as the bad guys are firing at him. The title reflects the time period in which the short stories are set; they are Beginnings and take us back in time. May 28, Steven Lee rated it liked it. Another one of the short story anthologies set in the Honorverse universe. This book is the sixth collection and features the authors David Weber, Charles E. Gannon, Joelle Presby and Timothy Zahn. I enjoyed this "Worlds of Honor" book more than others in the series, however, these books are only only good as the stories within. Th Another one of the short story anthologies set in the Honorverse universe. The story follows the life of a young enlisted woman in the Grayson Navy. The young commoner exposes the sexism and classism that troubles Grayson society that Weber has previously minimized. It takes place centuries before the core stories and reveals some of the politics of Earth in the early exploration period. I didn't care for 'The Best Laid Plans'. The story tells the fateful meeting of Honor Harrington and Nimitz. I've never cared for the stories from the tree-cats perspective and as the series has moved forward I have become annoyed at Honor's Mary-Sue status. She might be the least interesting character in the series by the later books. It is the entirely saccharine story of how Alfred and Allison Harrington met. It's over the top and way too long. Allison Chou's abduction is meaningless because we know she gets free and is in no real danger. I'd happily recommend skipping this one. It's set early in Manticore's history when an early Solarian plot is launched to conquer the kingdom. It probably gets simple pass for having some naval combat and politics in the story. So as you can see some highs and some lows. Read at your own discretion. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Beginnings is great anthology collection with things kicking off with a detective story and then bouncing around all over the place with great stories and introductions to new character and expanding on events in the other books! It is frustrating, infuriating and draws out far too long to be any kind of enjoyable, even when in the end it seems as if it takes a turn to the better with Benjamin's heir apparent taking her side. Two of the stories were not bad per se, just weird in their placement in the Honorverse "By the book" is placed in the 24th century old reckoning or years Post Diaspora in an environment we have not yet heard anything about with an eco dictatorship ruling earth "Greens and Neo-Luddites" that is Ecofreaks and machine haters and oppressing every human in range, including the already underprivileged "Upsiders" living on the moons, asteroids and spacestations of the Solar System. An officer nominally from the privileged class, but secretly from a family not well renowned because of their worldviews is now pushed into the examination of a crime against a support vessel delivering spare parts and food to the station starting all spaceships leaving the system, scratching on the thin veneer disguising a widespread conspiracy against the ruling system. And it has lots of the usual crime procedural stuff like not telling every clue the detective has got, leaving out lots of red herrings and deliberately lying in interrogations so the reader won't get the conclusion too early Not quite my sort of beer, but if you need to confuse your readers because your crime is so simple and plain, feel free to. Just don't expect me to return for another story :p "A call to arms" on the other hand is playing around the time the Starkingdom of Manticore starts having a navy because of all the external threats starting to show Mercenaries try to overrun it for a company that might be a mesan sockpuppet and a lone Tacofficer responsible for outwitting and outfighting them despite having all the advantages about the home team on their side. The concept does sound solid and actually the story had some of the best character portrayals in the whole anthology, but here i took offense to the veeeery primitive nature of the weaponry and the reaaally hard hit tactics and strategy seemingly had to take because of that. Oh and "Movie physics" striking back in the overuse of course change descriptions even when they already have gravitic wedges in use. So meh Now this one "Best laid plans" of course stars Honor Harrington and "Laughs brightly" who soon is to become Nimitz but it goes through much the same motions as the previous tale. A lone girl being in the wilderness where she should not be, having not quite told her parents what she was planning Again solid writing, but just not very exciting as we knew the basics Honor bonded with Nimitz early in life going still through puberty afterwards and a blind fool must recognize the parallels to great-many-greats-granny Stef from the story shown here. All in all an enjoyable book with the quality of texts known and expected from the authors invited to share in the honorverse with Weber, but nothing special when i remember some of the other anthologies, certainly not spectacular enough to shine on its own without the rest of the 'verse helping! Aug 18, Richard rated it liked it Shelves: science-fiction , series , anthology. My goal was to read the Honor Harrington stories in order. That means having 5 or 6 books going at once. I had to cheat and read the last story way ahead of it chronological order, but it was worth it. Fun story's These short story's fill in some of the information just briefly talked about in the Honnor Universe. They are funny, sometimes a little sad, and give great back ground information. I highly recommend reading this book! Does what it says on the tin. The first story is super political, with lots of resonances with the anti-science, anti-protest Trump administration, although from the date and the names of the bad guys Greens that clearly not what it's aimed at. Once we get away from Sol the fun gets going. Once again David Weber and friends have contributed new stories to and enlarged the background of our favorite heroine, Honor Harrington. We love treecats! Great stories This book is a read. I thoroughly enjoyed every single story. I hope to find more stories with Ensign Claire in them. Nov 19, Anne rated it liked it. Good stories. May 31, Robin rated it it was amazing. Very enjoyable collection of shorts in an interesting universe. All stories were well-written, with only a few typos. Stands alone well, even though in a continuing universe. Jun 01, Knurrwolf rated it it was amazing. One more really great collection of stories from the Honorverse. Especially nice was the story about the past of Honors parents. The Author list was what first drew me to this Honorverse Anthology. Charles Gannon has worked with a relative who's who of SFF: Eric Flint, Larry Niven, and a host of others in numerous sci-fi anthologies, and that's not even counting his own impressive Fire with Fire series. Joelle Presby is the newcomer of the bunch, but she is slated to take over wo The Author list was what first drew me to this Honorverse Anthology. Joelle Presby is the newcomer of the bunch, but she is slated to take over working with Weber on his Multiverse Storyline, with the 3rd book in that series, The Road to Hell, coming out March 1, If you haven't been introduced to her yet, take note now, and watch for her name to spread throughout the SFF genre in the coming months. So, now that I got my fanboy out the way, onto this novel. There are 5 stories total in the Worlds of Honor 6. There are 2 stories by Weber himself, One shining light on how Honor met her beloved treecat, Nimitz, and another about the first meeting of her parents. Both were amazing and answered questions about the history that I have had since I first started reading in the Honorverse. I am not much of a romance lover, but the treecat has quickly became a fantasy animal that I would love to run into one day. Charles Gannon went even farther back to before man had left the Solar System, and an interesting who-dun-it mystery about attempted sabotage and political intrigue involving the first trips of the Outbounders beyond our home system. Joelle Presby's, Obligated Service, was the first story I have read that was fully about the Grayson Space Navy, and their integration of women into it. I would love to see more stories like this from her, and hope that Weber and Baen can find a way to let her continue telling these stories. It was an amazing source of conflict when Honor herself started changing minds and views as the Hero of Grayson, and think that similar conflict and drama could be told in the stories of the women that are starting their careers in the opportunity that she created. All in all, I love anthologies for quick read nature of them. You get introduced into multiple perspectives and author types, while staying inside the same universe that you have come to love and enjoy. Jul 03, Carl Bussema rated it really liked it. That's probably above average for a compilation book in the Honorverse, and I really liked 4 or 5 stars every story except the first. The first story sorry, I don't have my copy with me, so no titles took place sometime around , , somewhere in there. As such, it has basically nothing at all to do with the Honorverse. Not at all clear why this was included. It was a complicated story that 4 great stories and atrocious one. It was a complicated story that introduced multiple competing political factions in very short order and expected the reader to remember each of their agendas as the rest of the story unfolded. There was absolutely nothing I liked about this story: 0 out of 5. Next up we have Zahn. He's written for Honorverse before, and this was a great story of the early days of the Manties, when they were just getting some ships out to protect their fledgling empire and merchant traffic. In true Honorverse style, we have good junior officers thinking outside the box, and some nice space battles. And since this was so early, it's amusing to think of things like "4 missiles" being a lot, compared to modern Honorverse's Missle Pods and their massive salvos.

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Barnes and Noble. Mysterious Galaxy. Powell's Books. Uncle Hugo's. University of Washington University Bookstore. University of Wisconsin University Bookstore. Only registered users can write reviews. Please, log in or register. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Buy Ebooks. All Books. Baen Community. Baen's Bar. About Baen. Free Library. Monthly Bundles. Please login or sign up for a new account. Remember me not recommended for public devices. I forgot my password Password Reset. Sign up for a new account. Fiction Books in English David Weber. David Walliams Paperback Books. About this product Product Information The hottest military science fiction series of all time continues with a collection of tales by New York Times bestselling authors Timothy Zahn, Charles E. Gann, and David Weber. The mission: to boldly explore David Weber's Horverse; to deliver all the action, courage, derring-do, and pulse- pounding excitement of space naval adventure with tales set in a world touched by the greatness of one epic heroine: Hor Harrington. This sixth volume in the popular Worlds of Hor series includes stories by Papal Stakes co-author and best seller Charles E. It's rounded out with an all-new David-Weber-authored vella featuring a young Manticoran Royal Navy commander who goes by the name Harrington. Additional Product Features Author Biography. With over seven and a half million copies of his books in print and seventeen titles on the New York Times bestseller list, David Weber is the science fiction publishing phenomenon of the new millennium. In the hugely popular Honor Harrington series, the spirit of C. While Weber is best known for his spirited, modern-minded space operas, he is also the creator of the Oath of Swords fantasy series and the Dahak science fiction saga. Weber has also engaged in a steady stream of bestselling collaborations, including his Starfire series with Steve White, which produced the New York Times bestseller The Shiva Option among others. Weber's collaboration with alternate history master Eric Flint led to the bestselling The Baltic War, and his planetary adventure novels with military science fiction ace and multiple national best-seller John Ringo includes the blockbusters March to the Stars and We Few.

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