[TML] Honor 'Just call me Horatio' Harrington was Re: Environmental domes

[DAve Shillito]

On 9/5/07, Bruce Johnson <johnson at pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
> Loosely????!!! ROFL!
>
> The HH 'verse is 'Horatio Hornblower' with faint scuff marks above
> the still clearly visible serial numbers....

To be fair the prologue to "On Basilisk Station" does state...

"To C. S. Forester,
With thanks for hours of enjoyment,
years of inspiration,
and a lifetime of admiration."

On 9/5/07, Bruce Johnson <johnson at pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
> On Sep 5, 2007, at 2:57 PM, Richard Aiken wrote:
> >
> >
> > What was the name of the original head of the Committee of Public
> > Safety for
> > the Republic of Haven?  Rob S. Pierre.  Does anyone need anymore
> > proof that
> > this?  Not that I didn't like the first books anyway.
>
> You know, that's about when the series lost it for me as well.
>
> I stopped reading it at "In Enemy Hands", and frankly, it was more
> like I was choking down the last couple of books because they're
> supposed to be good, more than anything else; they're all so damned
> repetitive, and I got really tired of the political ham-handedness of
> it all.

Ironically "In Enemy Hands" was the book with the scene where
Harrington was sitting in her cabin reading (I quote...)

"Meanwhile, she had an excellent glass of wine and a novel which was
thoroughly enjoyable. This Forester guy writes a darned good book, and
I can certainly identify with his hero. Besides—she giggled—I like his
initials!"


Actually "In Enemy Hands" is probably my favorite book in the series
with the next book (Echoes of Honor ) a close second.

It just goes to show how tastes differ I suppose :o)

DAve