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

Leon Wu leon.wu at newswire.ca
Wed Sep 5 17:50:18 MDT 2007


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> Environmental domes
> 
> Bruce Johnson wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> That was the last I read for some time, too. I did pick up _Crown of
> Slaves_, and that was decent IMO, but if you don't like Eric Flint's
> politics you'll not like it. I then read _At All Costs_ (I think it
> was), and was very, very disappointed.

I've not read the HH series but I did read "Crusade", interesting but found
some aspects tiring. In his novel it seems the politicos (with a few
exceptions) can do no right and the military is (with a few exceptions) is
spotless, honourable and can do no wrong. 

Leon




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