Beginnings: Worlds of Honor 6 (Honor Harrington - Worlds of Honor)

I am not normally a fan of anthologies. But this book is exceptional. You do not need to know anything about Honor Harrington to enjoy it. But if you do, it is mind blowing.The back story it illuminates is beyond gratifying. It also helps that the writing is superb. What does not help is that it contains all the copy editing b.s. which Baen has allowed in almost every book of this series. They are irritating and make one come to a full stop, disrupting the flow of the story.Nonetheless I recommend this book. While it would be far better to start with On Basilisk Station and learn about Honor as the series unfolds, this book is also a damn fine way to be introduced to the Honorverse.The story Beauty and the Beast is worth the price of admission by itself. The other stories are equally valuable. All are eminently good reads.I am on my third read in the week since it arrived.You cannot go wrong.

This anthology has five very different short stories:By the Book by Charles E. GannonA Call to Arms by Timothy ZahnBeauty and the Beast by David WeberBest Laid Plans by David Weber andObligated Service by Joelle PresbySome of these I wasn't as fond of, and others I loved.Gannon's By the Book I would have enjoyed in a collection of SF mysteries. It didn't really have the feel of the Honor Harrington universe. I felt as though it had a Honorverse envelope wrapped around a mystery set in Earth's not-distant future.Zahn's A Call to Arms was much better. Set in Manticore's more distant past when Manticore didn't have the end-all and be-all of technology, this military science fiction story had me on my toes throughout.Weber's Beauty and the Beast was perhaps my favorite. In the story of how Honor's parents came to know each other, I could see the hints of the people they would become. And yes, there are truly villainous bad guys.Weber's second story Best Laid Plans made me smile. A young Honor Harrington has an adventure.Presby's Obligated Service, for me, was an absorbing story. It wasn't always comfortable to read, but it made me think. In so many of the books, we see the more upper-crust Grayson citizens. This is more of a look at the underside of that life as a young woman tries to make her way in the Grayson navy.This is absolutely written for fans of the series. If it weren't for the story By the Book, the collection would be a solid 4.5 stars, rounded up to five. That first story drags it down to a four-star book for me.

Any time I can visit the Honor verse I'll jump aboard. This sixth anthology didn't disappoint. Like Honor I can't stand coffee and drink Hot Chocolate instead, one of the first things I liked about the character.

Five fun stories.Gannon's "By the Book" opens with young lieutenant Lee Strong leading a rescue for a ship captured by space pirates. After the gripping opening action, the lieutenant plays detective in treacherous politics at the space station where he delivers the rescued ship. The story's ending was surprising but satisfying.Zahn's "A Call to Arms" begins with a hiring interview for a mercenary admiral. The story then takes us to a Royal Manticoran Navy ship running simulated space battles. Some great space action.Weber's "Beauty and the Beast" features newly promoted lieutenant Alfred Harrington pursuing a medical education on Beowulf where mutual attraction flares with fellow student Allison Chou. Villains strike, and the action gets tight. Great characters, plot, and insights into Honor's parents.Weber's "Best Laid Plans" stars 12-year-old Honor Harrington and a tree cat."Obligated Service" by newbie author Presby features a midshipwoman from Grayson. Good character development and story.There was no Table of Contents in this book. To aid navigation on the Kindle, I added my own bookmarks for each story by searching on author name: Gannon, Zahn, Weber and Presby.

I loved it! I love anything available by this author, David Weber so knew that whatever he writes is about to make me love it. And he is one of them since he writes about Honor Harrington in the hospital again so I knew that I could be lucky enough to get to read my book overnight I so went back off home and took off my sling and for a while I took off the phone charger and also took off my glasses and also took off my oxygen intake because I was really pissed at when my book ends I was just thinking of how my book just ends there so that I was able to remember that it was still a damn good book one of my favorite authors David Weber had written and I needed read it to be able to read again and so I can see how he himself would be one of those authors who are not in the same position as my oxygen sling because it hurts so much that I can't possibly see him again and because seeing he was just an author of our own life again meant that he was the author of the beginning too that meant I would go back to my home able to read not needed is Itoobe able to read what I love about David Weber is that he's the author of the story in Beginning theAge most about diaspora biology and the kids coming homFrom my oxygen intake levels I could not have my sling on at least empire but at the reminded levels of oxygen intake I can still read it is by h

… you’ll like this book. It’s very good and more linked to the HH universe than some stories from 1-5.

I think all Honor Harrington books are fantastic and that all females looking for a beyond reproach role model look no farther. David keep up the Awesome writing.

Nachdem ich auch die anderen Honor Harrington Bände besitze war ich gespannt auf diese insgesamt sechste Anthologie mit verschiedenen Geschichten. Ich wurde nicht enttäuscht und habe das Buch in zwei Tagen verschlungen.Die erste Geschichte spielt zur Zeit der ersten Kolonistenschiffe auf der Erde. Die Erdregierung besteht zu dieser Zeit aus einer Koaliation der "Grünen" und der "Neo-Ludditten" und in dieser technikfeindlichen Atmosphäre besteht die Versuchung, die Raumfahrt ganz einzustellen. Auf der Erde gibt es mehr und mehr Zensur und es bahnt sich ein Konflikt zwischen den "Downsidern" - den Bewohnern der Erde - und den "Upsidern" - im Sonnensystem und in Weltraumhabitaten lebenden Menschen über diesen Konflikt an. In dieser Situation versucht ein Leutnant der Zollpatroullie herauszufinden, warum ein Raumschiff entführt wurde und kommt dabei bis auf den Mond Callisto, von dem aus die Kolonistenschiffe zu fernen Sternen starten.In der zweiten Geschichte "A Call To Arms" erfahren wir von den ersten Anfängen der Royal Manticoran Navy. Diese Geschichte ist in meinen Augen schon deshalb besonders gelungen, weil sehr glaubhaft geschildert wird, wie "primitiv" die Schiffe zu dieser Zeit waren. Die RMN ist vergleichsweise schwach und außer dem aktuellen König möchte sie auch niemand stärken. In dieser Situation plant ein im Sol-System beheimateter Großkonzern, mit Hilfe einer Söldnerflotte Manticore zu übernehmen. Die kleine RMN steht einer anscheinend unlösbaren Aufgabe entgegen.In der dritten Geschichte erfahren wir mehr über Honors Vater, den Beginn seiner medizinischen Karriere und wie er Honors Mutter kennenlernte. Dies führt uns auf den Planeten Beowulf, die größte und beste medizinische Fakultät des erforschten Universums und zu einer Entführung, in der Agenten von Mesa ihre Finger haben.In Weber's "Best Laid Plans" erfahren wir, wie sich Honor und Nimitz kennenlernten - beginnend mit einem fast heimlichen Ausflug von Honor, um ein Geburtstagsgeschenk für ihre Mutter in der Wildnis von Sphinx zu besorgen und zwei Baumkatzengeschwistern auf der Pirsch.Last but not least gibt es von einer neuen Autorin im Weber-Universum eine im "hier und jetzt" des Honorversums spielende Geschichte einer Midshipwomen von Grayson. Die Protagonistin scheint dabei zunächst eine Art Anti-Heldin zu sein, die nur zur GSN gegangen ist, um Geld für die Familie zu verdienen, deshalb ständig pleite ist, schüchtern und so schnell wie möglich in den zivilen Sektor wechseln möchte. Ein Aufenthalt als einzige Frau auf einem von Chauvinisten geführten Schiff gibt ihr den Rest bis sie später mit der eigentlich längst überfälligen Beförderung zum Ensign auf ein anderes Schiff abgeschoben wird. Hier erlebt sie den Überfall des Alignment auf Mesa mit, hilft bei den Rettungsarbeiten und findet schließlich auch einen neuen Fokus für ihr Leben.Insgesamt hat mir die Sammlung recht gut gefallen, die Geschichte um Honors Eltern gefällt mir am Besten. Von meiner Seite aus klare Kaufempfehlung.

good book

As with the other books in the series, there are slow passages but this book seemed to have more. The last story in particular seemed aimless till near the very end. I persevered out of loyalty and out of interest to see if the pace picked up - it just about did.