false \ 35921 <![CDATA[On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg 35921 15 965345 book 1993 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) total:1302|5:496|4:519|3:233|2:35|1:19| 1302 5344 1652 125 980456 0743435710 9780743435710 54 8 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179968277m/980456.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/980456.On_Basilisk_Station 4 5 false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 17:47:51 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 04:38:16 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 2 3 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Dec 28 08:46:14 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 08:46:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 3 2 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 21:07:16 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:10:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 3 2 false Wed Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jan 31 09:36:36 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 17:45:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 4 0 false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 19:21:41 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 19:33:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 2 0 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 22:49:18 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 23:12:00 -0700 2009 1 His Majesty's Dragon etc I tried to head to equally easy reading of sci-fi. I read my first David Weber only to be a little disappointed. A stilted read even for what I was expecting (a military/Navy sci-fi).

It was also pretty bad writing - when f...more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 5 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Fri May 29 21:51:20 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 22:09:47 -0700 2009
There is a touch of humor and a lot of action.

Some of the plot lines:
o Made a superior look bad (his fault, not hers)--exiled to B...more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 4 0 false Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 11:05:11 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 12:58:22 -0800 2009 Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan books in "revenge", so I think we're both getting a pretty good deal out of it.)

Good action, subtle ...more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Aug 09 11:59:07 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 12:06:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 3 0 false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:33:54 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 01:41:29 -0700 2009
Anyone who enjoyed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, especially the cat-and-mouse battle at its conclusion - and who didn't? - will thoroug...more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 4 1 false Mon Sep 08 10:59:57 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 11:02:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 3 0 false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 19:33:37 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 20:11:13 -0800 2008 A Space Opera Renaissance, and had long ago put this story into my trusty Sony PRS-505 eBook reader.
(It's free from the Baen free Library- which I...more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 5 0 false Mon Feb 09 04:55:23 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 05:05:14 -0800 2009
I have always liked stories with ...more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 5 0 false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:34:42 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:37:48 -0700 2009 On Basilisk Station is one of my favorite science fiction books. There are mysterious happenings to figure out as well as a tense space battle at the end. The pacing is very good, the world-building is excellent, the characters are complex and engaging. I love how Honor Harrington is determined to ...more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 5 0 false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sat Apr 18 19:52:08 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 09:56:06 -0700 2009 6-10 times
On Basilisk Station is the first book by David Weber introducing us to Honor Harrington. First the setting of the story. A small star Kingd...more...]]> 4571234 2290348767 9782290348765 1 1 Mission Basilic (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4571234.Mission_Basilic 3 0 false Thu Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Oct 19 06:40:49 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 05:05:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Mar 20 17:18:10 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 17:44:22 -0700 2008
Baen, the company that publishes this had (and still does) quite a revolutionary policy of putting the full texts of quite a few of t...more...]]> 980456 0743435710 9780743435710 54 8 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179968277m/980456.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/980456.On_Basilisk_Station 5 0 false Thu Jan 10 17:32:24 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 17:37:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 35921 1416509372 9781416509370 1201 109 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168651292m/35921.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Apr 18 08:37:51 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 09:20:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 980456 0743435710 9780743435710 54 8 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179968277m/980456.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/980456.On_Basilisk_Station 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Dec 19 22:51:36 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 06:34:40 -0800 2008
I liked the fast pace and the down-to-earth sci-fi di...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=35921