Giles ,'Beneath You'
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."
Speaking of fun fluff, I've read Rachel Caine's first two Weather Warden novels recently, and enjoyed them a great deal. Fast, funny, suspenseful modern fantasies, with a not-that-original but entertainly mouthy female narrator.
And a couple of main characters who bear a striking resemblance (physical and personality wise) to Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill. Which is only a surprise if you don't know Rachel Caine's other online identity... *grin*
I've read all the Honorverse books. As noted, they are based on the Napoleonic Wars with Honor Harrington standing in for Horatio Hornblower. There isn't a lot of characterization, and most of the interesting characters tend to be on the opposing side. Of the more recent books, the better ones are those where Harrington is offstage. They have the same problem Star Trek had. Captains are more interesting than admirals. Weber seems to be acknowledging this by writing books set in the verse that aren't about Harrington.
Also, it's not a real cat. It's a sapient alien that looks vaguely like a cat, except for the six limbs and opposable thumbs.
Opposable thumbs? A cat that can open its own tins of catfood?
...but I bet it doesn't, even so, right? 'Cause it likes having minions to do it. Yeah.
A cat with opposable thumbs? Are you sure it's not a horror novel?
'Cause it likes having minions to do it. Yeah.
And jumping on the counter to supervise. Or is that just Max?
Also, it's not a real cat. It's a sapient alien that looks vaguely like a cat, except for the six limbs and opposable thumbs.
And this somehow makes it better?
And this somehow makes it better?
Opposable thumbs make everything better. Consider for example...the banana tree. Even better with opposable thumbs.
Hec, the implications of that are strange and off putting from here.
Hec, the implications of that are strange and off putting from here.
It's all the Freudian imagery. Angster, heal thyself.
Opposable thumbs make everything better. Consider for example...the banana tree. Even better with opposable thumbs.
Hec, the implications of that are strange and off putting from here.
I'm with Erika here. Substitute the word "boobies" or "testicles" for "the banana tree" and you get into a whole weird area.