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  Honor Harrington - SCIFIPEDIA
This long-running (seventeen volumes and counting) military sf series, Honor Harrington, by David Weber chronicles the adventures of Honor Harrington, an officer in the Royal Manticoran Space Navy, in a far-future interstellar civilization that mostly parallels the society and politics of England and France during the early nineteenth century.
Harrington, first introduced as a young, earnest commander in her second posting commanding a major warship, earns the ire of her superiors with a feat of tactical brilliance in a training simulation, and for her sins she and her ship are assigned a backwater posting far from any expected action.
Over the course of the series Harrington’s reputation (and the accolades heaped upon her) grow accordingly; by book eleven she is an Admiral in two different navies, a confidante of the Queen, a national hero and high-ranking noble on two different worlds and fabulously wealthy in the bargain.
scifipedia.scifi.com /index.php/Honor_Harrington   (581 words)

  
 Honor Harrington
Honor Harrington fanatics, or Honorites, band together and show the world how crazy science fiction fans can be!
Description of military ranks in David Weber's books about Honor Harrington.
A collection of things of interest to me, particularly Honor Harrington and books on the Age of Sail
f.webring.com /hub?ring=honor_h   (187 words)

  
  Honor Harrington
Honor was born on October 1, 3961 AD on Sphinx, the third inhabited planet of the Star Kingdom of Manticore.
Honor is one of the few people adopted by a Sphinxian treecat (whom she has named Nimitz), and she has devoted considerable research to them.
Harrington has a eighth-degree fl belt in the martial art of coup de vitesse, and set a sailplane record at the Naval Academy (for combined altitude, time spent aloft, and acrobatics) which (as of the latest book) seems to have remained unbroken.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Honor_Harrington.php   (1486 words)

  
 Honor Harrington -- David Weber
That he is personally afraid of Honor Harrington, after she beat him nearly to death in a fight in which he jumped her when she was naked, wet, and completely surprised, does not require cowardice; it hardly requires more than low animal cunning, which Weber is willing to grant him.
Harrington comes charging home from Grayson, determined to kill Summervale and die, but her friends manage to find out that Summervale was hired, and who hired him.
And in order to damage Harrington politically on Grayson, the reactionaries have to make her appear to be responsible, not for uppity insistence on justice from her betters, but for the real crime of skimming funds and using inferior materials in the building of a school dome, causing the deaths of thirty children.
www.nesfa.org /reviews/Carey/honorharrington.htm   (2174 words)

  
 Why I Go On Death Rides With Honor Harrington
Honor's befuddlement at Grayson mores is a classic example of how an expert in a certain field can have significant problems when she has to stretch herself outside her zone of comfort and start considering the wider ramifications of her actions.
Honor's actions during the raid of the Masadan Blackbird outpost and loss of control with Houseman in front of the Graysons show that her temper is often just barely held in check and is one of her greatest liabilities.
Honor's past luck in the romantic department was abysmal at best, and she tended to rely on her empathic relationship with her treecat Nimitz and a couple of close friendships for emotional support.
www.warriorgoddess.org /honor.htm   (7892 words)

  
 Echoes of Honor
Honor Harrington, a naval flag officer in a future war, is captured by the enemy.
With a few friends from her ship, Honor struggles to survive on the brutal penal planet Hades, and to gain the means to escape from the heavily guarded world.
Honor, maimed by her erstwhile jailers has to strengthen her body as well as her ragged band to survive and subvert the nearly perfect prison the Havenites have created on the planet Hades.
home.sprynet.com /sprynet/dbrukman/Echoes-of-Honor.html   (750 words)

  
 Author David Weber Interviewed.
I knew that if the Honor novels worked, she was inevitably going to be compared to Hornblower, which is one reason I dedicated the first book to C. Forrester and the reason I selected her initials with malice aforethought.
In the case of the Honor Harrington novels, I deliberately set out to create a situation in which the proper foil for an avowedly "democratic" state which was actually totalitarian was inevitably going to be an avowedly "monarchial" system which actually enshrined the rights of the individual.
Honor herself is getting a bit senior now to take individual cruisers or battlecruisers on white-knuckled death rides, but I imagine she can probably do the same thing with an entire fleet, if she really puts her mind to it.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /sfnews2/02_july/news0702_1.shtml   (7734 words)

  
 Possible Future Events - Honor Harrington Series
This means that Honor (as Admiral the Steadholder Harrington) could be in charge of a joint Manticore-Grayson taskforce as long as the senior Manticore officer was a Vice Admiral or a very new Admiral of the Red (note that the GSN contingent should not be a nominal force).
Honor is almost certainly going to dragged into the same court and her career is gone too.
Harrington's political problems will interfere with the out of zone promotions (which must be approved by the House of Lords) necessary for her to command major Manticore formations (Vice Admiral of the Red is 3 such promotions above Commodore).
www.drizzle.com /~robertaw/hh_speculations1996.html   (3761 words)

  
 Honor Harrington Series
But Honor must also contend with the contemptuous attitude of the Grayson military and political leaders who clearly think Honor should be barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen cooking dinner… not anywhere near the bridge of a starship.
Honor’s relationship with another officer is a mere aside as opposed to being serious plot development.
Honor is portrayed in a more human light (as opposed to being deified in earlier volumes) and this made me like her character even more than I already did.
www.futurefiction.com /honor_harrington_series.htm   (1269 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Echoes of Honour (Honor Harrington): Books: David Weber   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Outraged by the execution of Honor Harrington, the Manticoran Alliance vows revenge despite dwindling resources, while the very much alive Honor, trapped on the inescapable prison planet of Hell, vows to free herself and her people.
We are able to see honor when she has no command, and it allows the reader to delve further into her character than ever before.
Honor and her colleagues are stuck on the Peeps' prison planet with limited food and in an ecology where they can't eat the food.
www.amazon.co.uk /Echoes-Honour-Honor-Harrington-David/dp/0671578332   (1139 words)

  
 Buy On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington (Paperback))
In essence, Honor has been given a ship of her own, her first captaincy of a real warship.
When she shows that it can work, other PTB decide that she is an embarrassement to them and send her packing to Basilisk station, the armpit assignment of her majesties space navy.
Honor, compentant as any good hero should be, cleans up house and finds that perhaps all is not as simple as the assignment would have it appear.
www.topcitybooks.com /productimages/On-Basilisk-Station-Honor-Harrington-Paperback.html   (661 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Honor Among Enemies Honor Harrington Vi: Books: David Weber   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Honor and her companion Nimitz find unexpected friends (and enemies) along the way, and fans of this series' space battles will not be disappointed.
Packing enough punch to blast a starship to smithereens, the first hardcover in Weber's Honor Harrington series (Field of Dishonor, etc.) includes such an abundance of tactical and political maneuvering that only fierce fans of military SF are likely to remain enthralled.
Honor must not only battle pirates but also keep the bullies on the crew from gnawing away at the morale, and the lives, of her newbie officers.
www.amazon.ca /Honor-Among-Enemies-Harrington-Vi/dp/0671877836   (1944 words)

  
 Press Releases - Baen Books   (Site not responding. Last check: )
She has a ferocious temper which it is very dangerous to arouse, but that dangerous side of her personality is controlled and focused by her sense of compassion and her willingness to assume responsibility for fixing problems, whoever created them.
It doesn't matter to Honor whether or not a problem is "her fault." What matters to her is that there is a problem which needs to be solved, and she digs in to do just that.
Most of all, Honor Harrington is someone who knows who she is, whether I do or not.
www.baen.com /hh_essay.htm   (425 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: War of Honor (A Honor Harrington Novel): Books: David Weber   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Honor Harington and Lord White Haven are the chief spokesmen for the opposition as custs are introduced that would destroy Manticore's naval strength.
Harrington (mostly to die or fail in the attempt) to resolve the situation without too much bloodshed.
Honor Harrington has been compared by some reviewers to Horatio Hornblower and it can be quite fun spotting the references to the French Revolutionary period with which Dave Weber sprinkles the series.
www.amazon.co.uk /War-Honor-Harrington-Novel/dp/0743471679   (1945 words)

  
 The Honor Harrington Series by David Weber   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nimitz generally rides on Honor's left shoulder, gripping the special padding built into that part of her uniform with the claws of his 4 rearmost paws.
Honor is a citizen of the Star Nation of Manticore, a single star system with three habitable planets.
Honor is an officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy, rising through the ranks as the series unfolds.
www.sheldonbrown.org /honorharrington.html   (674 words)

  
 Poltergeist - Honor Harrington
Pierwszy raz w powieści z cyklu Honor Harrington występują postacie znane dotąd jedynie z opowiadań - Anton Zilwicki wraz z pociechami i Victor Cachat.
Chcialbym na stronie ruszyć z działem fanfików, więc jeżeli ktoś z was popisał sie kunsztem piora i stworzył opowiadanko dziejące się w realiach Honor Harrington lub StarFire i chcialby sie nim podzielic, to zapraszam piszcie
Tak więc moi drodzy startujemy z nowym działem Poltergeista poświęconym Honor Harrington.
honor.polter.pl   (369 words)

  
 Xena and Honor Harrington: A Comparison Between Two Great Ladies
Honor Harrington is a captain in the military who was created by David Weber in a series of science fiction novels.
Honor and Xena have both, from time to time, needed to be kept from judging themselves harshly and to put things in perspective.
Honor went after this enemy and killed him in a duel, nearly destroying her career and her life.
www.whoosh.org /issue15/dick1.html   (1041 words)

  
 Libri.de - David Weber: Honor - Harrington 6. Ehre unter Feinden.
Honor erhält diesmal endlich die Chance, ihre Karriere als Offizierin wiederaufzunehmen.
Manchmal ist es für Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington alles andere als leicht zu entscheiden, wer der Feind wirklich ist.
Und Honor ist sorgsam für diese Mission ausgewählt worden - von zwei unversöhnlichen und sehr einflußreichen Erzfeinden.
www.libri.de /shop/action/productDetails/1476070/david_weber_honor_harrington_6_ehre_unter_feinden_3404232232.html   (300 words)

  
 Amazon.com: On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington): Books: David Weber
Honor Harrington is sent in disgrace to the forlorn outpost of Basilisk Station, where military authorities hope she will be forgotten about.
THE FLUFFY BALL OF FUR in Honor Harrington's lap stirred and put forth a round, pick-eared head as the steady pulse of the shuttle's thrusters died.
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington) by David Weber in Front Matter
www.amazon.com /Basilisk-Station-Honor-Harrington/dp/0743435710   (939 words)

  
 Honor Harrington's Universe
As a Homage to Honor Harrington, I have made a page with listings of Military Ranks in the different military services mentioned in the Honor Harrington Novels.
There is also a page with a calculator written in JavaScript, that can convert between the different Date Formats used in Honor Harrington's world.
Pearls of Weber: Honor Harrington - A collection of posts by David Weber containing background information for his stories.
web.telia.com /~u54504162/honor   (292 words)

  
 David Weber's Worlds
The story of Honor's middy cruise is pretty standard, with Honor shining and the defeat of both her internal and some external enemies.
Too many things are going on for him to focus on Honor and her crew the way we would like, but if he had skipped over some of the other stories being told, it would have weakened later books in the series.
We don't have any deathrides with Honor (Well OK, one small one,) the various battles are very short, and there is a lot of talking and exposition, but it is still a good book.
www.bright.net /~tomb/reviews/weber.html   (1424 words)

  
 Amazon.de: On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington (Hardcover)): English Books: David Weber,George Ed. Weber   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Young Captain Harrington gets her first assignment on HMS Fearless, only to find out that She's going to be refit and wasted for some pointless military strategy.
In a series of tactical exercises though, HH is able to make some impression with her downgraded ship, wich infuriates the other side's commander, so that she's ordered to basilisk station, an important but neglected outpost.
The Honor Harrington series is an extremely well written story about the life of a military officer in a space-faring society.
www.amazon.de /Basilisk-Station-Honor-Harrington-Hardcover/dp/067157793X   (1813 words)

  
 Honor Harrington #9 Speculations Comments
In general, David Weber has prologues to the Honor Harrington titles, prologues that are foreshadowing for a major plot element in that book.
And the honors, and the joyous scenes on Grayson, etc. But, upon thinking of this and how much text it would consume, I find myself wishing that more progress would be made in the overall series story arc.
Weber has also stated that Honor will be in Silesia sometime in the future (but not, I suspect, this book if it has serious amounts of text devoted to Honor's return).
www.drizzle.com /~robertaw/hh_honor9-speculations.html   (1341 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks:
But Her Majesty's Foreign Office had overlooked a "minor cultural difference" when they chose Honor Harrington to carry the flag: women on the planet Grayson are wit...
The Manticoran Alliance is stunned and infuriated by Honor's death and grimly resolved to avenge it.
The Host and His Guests: David Weber himself is on board, first telling how young Honor Harrington and her treecat Nimitz faced the impossible task of rescuing the victims of an avalanche in a sub-zero blizzard, then revealing a chap...
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/Series35.htm   (1232 words)

  
 Book: On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington (Paperback)) - UsingEnglish.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The series' kickoff puts a giddy Commander Harrington at the helm of her first serious starship, the HMS Fearless.
Against all odds (just the way Honor likes it), she still manages a clever coup in tactical war games, a feat that earns her accolades--and enemies.
But that outpost soon proves to be a powder keg, and it's up to Harrington and the Fearless crew to thwart the aggressive plans of the Haven Republic.
www.usingenglish.com /amazon/us/0743435710.html   (323 words)

  
 Vox’s bookshelf :: David Weber’s Honor Harrington Series   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Honor Harrington’s saga is at present comprised of 17 (yes, seventeen :) books, (tho it’s only 16 listed right now in that link…the latest one isn’t in the list yet for some reason).
These 11 books are the story of the main character, Honor Stephanie Harrington, member of the Manticoran Space Navy, and her involvment in the war between The Kingdom of Manticore and the People’s Republic of Haven.
Through the series we get to see Honor go from a naive and apolitical Capitan in On Basilisk Station to a tremendously knowledgeable noblewoman in two worlds as well as an Admiral in two navies.
linuxuanl.org /~vox/2006/03/12/david-webers-honor-harrington-series   (594 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: The Shadow of Saganami [Honor Harrington Series #16] by David Weber
Honor Among Enemies [Honor Harrington Series #6] [MultiFormat] by David Weber
The most they can look forward to is the capture of the occasional pirate cruiser and the boring duty of supporting the Cluster's peaceful integration with the Star Kingdom at the freely expressed will of eighty percent of the Cluster's citizens.
Pirates, terrorists, genetic slavers, smuggled weapons, long-standing personal hatreds, and a vicious alliance of corporate greed, bureaucratic arrogance, and a corrupt local star nation with a powerful fleet, are all coming together, and only Hexapuma, her war-weary captain, and Honor Harrington's students stand in the path.
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook31412.htm   (1495 words)

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