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- Posted on 2008-06-24
Worst hardcover book I've ever seen! (Contents get 4 stars.)
The stories in 'More than Honor' are good to great, and I have read them multiple times. I decided to get the hardcover version for durability and to match my other Honor Harrington books. Here is what Simon and Schuster foist upon us:
-- The hardcover book is the same size as a mass market paperback.
-- There is almost no white space around the medium-sized text.
-- The paper is cheap, thin, light-gray newsprint.
-- The book must be wide open to read the binding edges of the pages.
-- The cover is a glossy sheet glued over cardboard: no dust jacket.
Book club hardcover books are better than this. Baer should issue its own hardcover version instead of farming it out to another publisher. (All other hardcovers in the series are printed by Baer.) This is one case where the less expensive mass market paperback book is of higher quality than the hardcover.
Score: 1
- Posted on 2008-02-25
Faux Hardcover Book!
I bought this book in paperback, and very much enjoyed it. I am not going to duplicate the other fine reviews of the content.
I ordered the "hardcover" from Amazon because I was switching all of my Honor titles to hardcover editions. What I received was a little 6" x 4" mass-market paperback with a hard, shiny cover on it.
Very disappointing for the price.
Score: 3
- Posted on 2007-09-23
It isn't really a hardback.
I have the entire Honor Harrington series, and have added the hardback editions that were originally only published in paperback. (On Basilisk Station, the Honor of the Queen,The Short Victorious War, Field of Dishonor, and Flag in Exile.) When I saw More Than Honor listed as hardback, I assumed it was a real hardback special edition as were the others I have listed. However, this is merely a paperback that has been hardbacked. In order to do this, the pages themselves must be trimmed, and the hard cover is glued onto the book's endpages. If I'd wanted to hardback my paperbacks, I could have gotten it done for a bit less, as there are companies that offer this service. Since what I received should, in my opinion, have been advertised as a rebound paperback with hard covers, I was a tad miffed. Unless you really want a hard bound paperback copy of the book, which is itself well worth the reading, don't bother with this edition. You can purchase a realio truelio paperback, for far less, and get the same stories.
Score: 1 - Posted on 2006-07-07
Exceptional!
Another exception book by David Weber in the Honor Harrington series. I love the female heroine, which is not common in the sci-fi genre of this type, and she is totally believable, totally relatable, and simply amazing! I have read each and every book of this series and except for one, I found them all to be equally compelling. Now, I want one of those cats! (read the book to find out what I mean!)
Score: 5
- Posted on 2005-12-10
Background info on the Honorverse.
More Than Honor is a collection of short stories set in David Weber's Honorverse, or the universe of Weber's Honor Harrington series. This book contains three short stories and one essay, none of which are about Harrington herself, but provide lots of background information enhancing the reader's understanding of the Honerverse. The first story, Weber's A Beautiful Friendship, recounts the first contact between humans and treecats, and how the relationshihp between the two species developed. We learn much from this story about the 'cats and their culture. David Drake checks in with the next story, A Grand Tour, about Hakyon Nessler, who encounters some disreputable naval officers committing an act of piracy, and how he takes matters into his own hands in dealing with them. S.M. Stirling delivers the third story, A Whiff of Grapeshot, set on Haven. This story is about Esther McQueen, the head of the military, and the suppression of the Leveller Revolt. The essay, The Universe of Honor Harrington, is written by Weber himself. Weber gives us a condensed history of the Honorverse, with some added insight into the technology and science of the the Honor Harrington universe, as well as the history and the political landscapes of the star nations within that universe. If you're looking for an Honor Harrington story, you'll want to skip this book, but if you would like to deepen your understanding of the Honorverse, then More Than Honor is an oustanding read.
Score: 4