On Basilisk Station
Set up for ruin by a superior who hates her, Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace. Her demoralized crew blame her for their ship's humiliating posting; the major local industry is smuggling; the merchant cartels want her head; parliament isn't even sure it wants to...
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Set up for ruin by a superior who hates her, Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace. Her demoralized crew blame her for their ship's humiliating posting; the major local industry is smuggling; the merchant cartels want her head; parliament isn't even sure it wants to keep the place; the star-conquering 'Republic' of Haven is making threatening noises; and Honor has only a single, over-age light cruiser with an armament that doesn't work to police the entire star system. But the people who are out to get her have made one mistake. They've made her angry ...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780671577728 (0671577727)
Publish date: September 7th 1998
Publisher: Baen Books
Pages no: 432
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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