More Than Honor
Encyclopedia
More Than Honor, published in 1998, was the first anthology
of stories set in the Honorverse
.
The book contains the following stories:
"A Beautiful Friendship" by David Weber
(HHA1 and Worlds of Weber
)
"A Grand Tour" by David Drake
"A Whiff of Grapeshot" by S. M. Stirling
"The Universe of Honor Harrington" by David Weber
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
of stories set in the Honorverse
Honorverse
The Honorverse refers to the military science fiction book series and sub-series created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The series is set primarily after Honor Harrington's October 1, 3961, birth; although she is the protagonist in most of the stories, more recent entries make only...
.
The book contains the following stories:
"A Beautiful Friendship" by David Weber
David Weber
David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Weber and his wife Sharon live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and "a passel of dogs"....
(HHA1 and Worlds of Weber
Worlds of Weber
Worlds of Weber: Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington and Other Stories is a collection of short works by David Weber published in hardcover in September 2008 by Subterranean Press...
)
- The story of the first meeting between humans (Stephanie Harrington) and treecats (Climbs Quickly).
- This same short story has been expanded to be a full length young adult novel for 2011.
- A Beautiful FriendshipA Beautiful Friendship (novel)A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber, to be published in fall of 2011, is a young adult science fiction novel set in the Honorverse, and serves as a prequel to the main Honor Harrington series, which takes place hundreds of years later in the fictional timeline.It features Stephanie Harrington, an...
by David Weber (Baen Books, October 2011, ISBN 1451637470)
"A Grand Tour" by David Drake
David Drake
David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
- A story with few links to any other in the HonorverseHonorverseThe Honorverse refers to the military science fiction book series and sub-series created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The series is set primarily after Honor Harrington's October 1, 3961, birth; although she is the protagonist in most of the stories, more recent entries make only...
setting. Careful reading may reveal similarities to the first novel in his RCN SeriesRCN SeriesThe RCN Series is a sequence of stand-alone science fiction novels by David Drake. They center around Daniel Leary, an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy , and Adele Mundy, a librarian and spy...
, in the characters, style, and attitude. Both were published in 1998. Indeed Drake confirms that A Grand Tour is the conceptual antecedent of With the Lightnings.
"A Whiff of Grapeshot" by S. M. Stirling
S. M. Stirling
Stephen Michael Stirling is a French-born Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author. Stirling is probably best known for his Draka series of alternate history novels and the more recent time travel/alternate history Nantucket series and Emberverse series.-Personal:Stirling was born on...
- This story serves as background to the "Leveler Uprising" mentioned in the early chapters of In Enemy HandsIn Enemy HandsIn Enemy Hands is a military science fiction novel, the seventh in the Honor Harrington series by David Weber, and was first published in 1996. Like most novels in the series, its text is available in the Baen Free Library.- Plot summary :...
. A radical HavenitePeople's Republic of HavenThe Republic of Haven is a fictional star-nation in the Honorverse, the background setting for a series of novels and short stories in the military science fiction genre, written by David Weber and others and published by Baen Books....
faction stages an uprising against the rule of the Committee of Public Safety, wreaking havoc in the Havenite capital city of Nouveau Paris. With the Committee's security forces in complete disarray following an attack on its information network, the only forces able to intervene and restore order are Navy ships under the command of Admiral Esther McQueenEsther McQueenCitizen Admiral Esther McQueen is a fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber....
, even though the Admiral is not precisely a supporter of the Committee and has an agenda of her own.
"The Universe of Honor Harrington" by David Weber
- A "deep backgroundCompendiumA compendium is a concise, yet comprehensive compilation of a body of knowledge. A compendium may summarize a larger work. In most cases the body of knowledge will concern some delimited field of human interest or endeavour , while a "universal" encyclopedia can be referred to as a compendium of...
" essay covering such diverse topics as the physics of space travel, the mechanics space colonization and politics of various "star nations", such as ManticoreStar Kingdom of ManticoreThe Star Kingdom of Manticore , frequently referred to as Manticore or the Star Kingdom, is a fictional star-nation in the Honorverse series of military science fiction novels and short stories by David Weber and others, published by Baen Books.- Depiction :The Star Kingdom was founded in the...
, Haven and the Solarian LeagueSolarian LeagueThe Solarian League is a fictional star-nation in the Honorverse, the background setting for a series of novels and short stories in the military science fiction genre, written by David Weber and others and published by Baen Books.- Overview :...
.
External links
- An excerpt of More Than Honor is available for download or reading online at
- The Baen Free LibraryBaen Free LibraryThe Baen Free Library is a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house Baen Books where 112 full books can be downloaded free in a number of formats, without copy protection...
here. - The whole anthology can be found here.
- The Baen Free Library