false 640814 3 The U.S.S. Merrimack was the finest battleship class spaceship in Earth's fleet, able to stand up against the best the Palatine Empire could throw at them, even able to attack and kill swarms of the seemingly unstoppable Hive. But nothing could have prepared the captain and crew of the Merrimack to face the Myriad-three colonized worlds in the midst of a globular cluster that the Hive had somehow overlooked. 627008 book 2005 The Myriad (Tour of the Merrimack, #1) total:43|5:10|4:20|3:10|2:2|1:1| 43 165 72 17 3 3 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 17:48:29 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 09:45:54 -0700 2009 very advisedly, by the way.

Compulsively readable space opera (I plowed through the entire four-book series in...more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 23:30:17 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 23:30:17 -0700 2007 The review I was mentally writing as I read the book:

The Myriad: Tour of the Merrimack #1 falls into the class of Military SF that borrows heavily from Age of Sail novels. I don't by and large enjoy Age of Sail novels, unless they're exceptional, and I don't much enjoy the Military SF th...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Nov 23 06:21:44 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 15:52:19 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 06:21:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 19:12:52 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 19:31:43 -0700 2009
Was this the big reconcilation of m...more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:00:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 17:37:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 21:57:50 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 18:27:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 10:38:09 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 10:40:42 -0700 2009 I do enjoy old-school military SF/space opera, as long as the women aren't too hideously portrayed, and well, it was kind of hideous but I still liked it.
I don't know. I'm reading the next one anyway.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 05:56:07 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:58:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 05:50:27 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 10:53:33 -0700 2009
But ah...yes. Very good read, enjoyable, well-paced sci-fi without too much sci-fi; adventure with humor without being too flip; appropriately nasty enemy, and great clash of characters and personalities which will make you FALL IN LOVE and then cry.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 18:58:38 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 18:58:38 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Mar 04 14:13:27 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 14:13:58 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 19:16:49 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 06:12:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 07:17:35 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 07:18:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 08 19:13:35 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 19:18:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 28 17:12:03 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 17:13:04 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Apr 15 03:05:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 03:14:01 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 06 18:11:28 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 18:12:14 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 19:06:44 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 19:06:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 09:18:31 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 11:04:01 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:18:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 12:33:14 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:33:14 -0700 2009