The Honorverse

[Ruckdog]

Anyone else into the Honor Harrington series as much as I am? I've been going through and re-reading (well, listening to) the books, in preparation for the upcoming movie that is supposed to be hitting sometime in 2016. If you haven't read any of the books yet, I highly recommend you check out the first book in the series, On Basilisk Station. You can even download it for free from the publisher's website:

http://www.baenebooks.com/p-304-on-basilisk-station.aspx

I'll warn you though, it is a very addicting series!

[Landlubber]

I read On Basilisk Station about seven years ago and I remember enjoying it, but for some reason I never got any farther in the Honorverse.  I've actually had my sci-fi nerd cred called into question because I haven't read that series (and also because I've never seen Babylon 5 and Doctor Who).  So, I guess I'll have to get into those.

If it counts, I have read the Horatio Hornblower novels, on which the Honor Harrington series is loosely based, and thoroughly enjoyed them.

Didn't know they were doing an Honor Harrington movie, will have to look that up.

[Ruckdog]

Here is the link to the studio that is working on it:

http://evgstudios.com/worlds/tales-of-honor

If they pull this off, it could very well launch HH as the next big SF franchise, probably the biggest thing since Star Trek and Star Wars. If they don't....we'll have another Wing Commander movie on our hands, I guess. What I find interesting is that Evergreen is going completely cross-platform on this thing. They are pushing games, apps, graphic novels, and the like along with the movie. Reminds me of Yogurt in Space Balls...

EDIT: Looks like they have greatly expanded the Tales of Honor portion of their website:

http://tales-of-honor.com/honor-harrington

The iOS game appears to be just around the corner, which is exciting. I'm not sure how I feel about them changing up the looks of the ships so much...I get the point about it possibly being too confusing, but then again a key part of the series is that ships look generally similar because they all work in similar ways, and form follows function. Still, I can probably get past that if the rest of it is really well made . A lot of the concept art reminds me a lot of the Mass Effect series, which is a good thing.

[MadDrB]

I've actually had my sci-fi nerd cred called into question because I haven't read that series (and also because I've never seen Babylon 5 and Doctor Who).  So, I guess I'll have to get into those.

If it counts, I have read the Horatio Hornblower novels, on which the Honor Harrington series is loosely based, and thoroughly enjoyed them.

Same here!  And I read all of the Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brien.  Isn't there something like "historical" nerd cred?

[Ruckdog]

I would certainly say so! The Master & Commander series and the Hornblower Space series are on my to read list, however I have not had a chance to read them yet. Maybe someday

[Landlubber]

Your historical nerd cred is secure, MadDrB. 

I need to read the Aubrey-Maturin novels.  There are quite a few, aren't there?  Only 11 in the Hornblower series, I think.

[Landlubber]

I would certainly say so! The Master & Commander series and the Hornblower Space series are on my to read list, however I have not had a chance to read them yet. Maybe someday

[Ruckdog]

It's funny...I spent my high school reading years on Tom Clancy, WEB Griffin, and non-fiction history books (almost exclusively focused on naval history from 1900 on). The age of sail just never really called to me, I guess.

[Landlubber]

I'm not sure what drew me to the Hornblower novels.  I read them all while stationed in Hawaii--maybe it was being so close to the ocean that made them look interesting to me.  (I also read Old Man and the Sea while we lived there, probably for the same reason.)

Next time I read through them, though, I'm keeping the iPad close by so I can look up some of the more obscure naval terms!

[Ruckdog]

Still going on my HH kick. I'm steadily re-reading the novels. I have also downloaded the iOS game, but much to my dismay it requries an internet connection to play, and I've been sorely lakcing in my internet connectivity the last few weeks. Now that I'm back, I'll have to play it some more and let you know what I think.