Some of the tango pirates were really privateers for the dancing queen.
BWAH!
'Serenity'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Some of the tango pirates were really privateers for the dancing queen.
BWAH!
OK, I know a lot of you like the Honor Harrington books. I've been feeling in a very space-opera mood lately, and picked up the first one at the used bookstore the other day, just cracked it open.
Someone please tell me it gets better. I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
Someone please tell me it gets better. I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
Intelligent empathic tree cat...
The first book isn't too bad. I think the second is better.
I mean, I'm only ten pages in, but...dude. Empathic tree cat? Seriously?
Yeah, that's about as far as I got before I decided I'd be better off just rereading the Vorkosigan series.
Oddly, the tree cat didn't bother me. It was the pages and pages of description of battle maneuvers that led me to decide I didn't have any interest in reading the rest of the series.
The tree cat was fairly minor, although annoying, and I'm okay with battle manuevers. I eventually gave up on the series because the Mary Sue-ness increased exponentially.
Lately, I've been much happier with the side books and novellas in the Honorverse, mostly because the bizarre soap that HH's personal life has become is way off stage. I just finished the latest HH book, and it was better than the previous one. It did need to have its battle scenes edited down a lot, but except for a lot of painful eye rolling about her personal stuff (which there was less of this time out, fortunately), I enjoyed it well enough.
I eventually gave up on the series because the Mary Sue-ness increased exponentially.
Wow. I had no idea there even was a level of Mary Sue beyond empathic treecat.
Wow. I had no idea there even was a level of Mary Sue beyond empathic treecat.
Well, now Harrington is also empathic via her link with the cat. Also, the cats turned out to be sentient, and they've been teaching them sign language.
Do the cats have violet eyes, perchance?