On Basilisk Station
Exiled to Basilisk Station by a superior out to ruin her, Commander Honor Harrington must battle corrupt merchants, dangerous smugglers, and aborigines whose drug of choice is a homicide-inducing hallucinogen.
Exiled to Basilisk Station by a superior out to ruin her, Commander Honor Harrington must battle corrupt merchants, dangerous smugglers, and aborigines whose drug of choice is a homicide-inducing hallucinogen.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780671721633 (0671721631)
Publish date: February 27th 2001
Publisher: Baen
Pages no: 422
Edition language: English
Series: Honor Harrington (#1)
On Basilisk Station is the first Honor Harrington novel (which is a very long-running series at this point, I believe), and is an example of that species of science fiction generally known as "space opera." It's also clearly modeled on the Horatio Hornblower stories (the author's note thanks C.S. ...
For some reason my writer brain intruded constantly throughout my reading of this book. Certainly my reader brain kept me reading, wondering what would happen next, but my writer brain would not shut up. I think part of that is because this is the first military scifi book I've read (ever? surely no...
This book isn’t good. I was told it was “Space Opera” but this is more like “Military Space Adventure”. Think Star Trek but with more guns death and jargon.Did I mention the jargon. If you aren’t into the military, or care about how big people’s guns are then this book will loose you quick with it’s...
This book isn’t good. I was told it was “Space Opera” but this is more like “Military Space Adventure”. Think Star Trek but with more guns death and jargon.Did I mention the jargon. If you aren’t into the military, or care about how big people’s guns are then this book will loose you quick with it’s...
For my thoughts on the book, plot, characters, etc. please see my review. As can be seen from my review above, I love this series and have revisited Manticore and its universe many times. Most of the books so far have been five stars or high fours. So when this and a later audiobook came up on sal...
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