Re: [GZG] [OT] Books (Weber/White/Meier)

Roger wrote on 07/18/2008 10:01:36 AM:

>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 08:52:33AM -0500, Doug Evans wrote:
> >Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Is Stars At War just a retitling of In
Death
> >Ground/The Shiva Option?
>
> More or less. (TSAW I is Crusade and In Death Ground; TSAW II is
> The Shiva Option and Insurrection.)

Huge thanks! I could tell by the snippets that the bug war was split
between the two volumes, so Dean's comment that these were the four
books
in two volumes confused me. Not sure it's what I would have wanted, as I
always felt the bug war was one book, though a monster in one jacket...

Reminds me of the last two Pirates of the Caribbean.

> I started _Exodus_ but got very bogged down in long passages of "we
have
> to misunderstand each other comprehensively even though we're all
smart
> and pleasant people, or we won't have the war that the readers insist
> on". It's also only book one of a series.

All smart and pleasant people? That'll be a change!

I prefer the 'flawed in different ways' conflicts, but heroic vs. slime
is
more dramatic.

> All these are available as free etext from Baen, by the way - CD9 and
> CD12 will get you all the books that have been mentioned. If anyone's
> having trouble finding them, give me a shout (but expect delays).
>

I was there trying to figure out the above, and hadn't actually found
the
downloads. I was concerned with Mr. Baen's passing that they might have
changed the business model. Truly, it's an honor to his memory.

And, yes, I purchased all four Weber/White Starfire collaborations, one
hard bound (ouch). ;->=

I'll eventually give Exodus a look, though, I fear, I'll prefer to wait
on
the reader's digest version of the series.

Was that cover really necessary, i.e., related to book reality?

Also, did you get the same see-saw narrative (They came in force, though
they knew they were out-numbered, but they were prepared and resolute,
but
the final result was obvious, but... but... but... but...)? The first
time
I saw it, it was interesting in a curious, archaic way. By the third
time
in the same book, merely tedious and annoying. By the fourth book, I
could
almost ignore it.

The_Beast

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