false 640814 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg 640814 3 627008 book 2005 The Myriad (Tour of the Merrimack, #1) total:47|5:10|4:22|3:12|2:2|1:1| 47 179 81 17 169480 3.85 177 53 4461822 274033 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 4 4 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 23:30:17 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 04:56:07 -0800 2009 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...]]> 52709753 1836077 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 3 3 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...]]> 37207671 1383186 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 5 2 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...]]> 50571255 115625 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 3 0 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...]]> 58192403 1512274 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 3 0 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...]]> 46112593 113980 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 4 0 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...]]> 54018690 26259 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 3 0 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.]]> 42333957 1145657 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 4 0 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...]]> 67862633 406810 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 4 0 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.]]> 39481625 192984 1386000 0756402794 9780756402792 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183164955m/1386000.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1386000.The_Myriad 4.00 3
The U.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 survive attack by swarms of the seemingly unstoppable Hive. But nothing could have prepared the captain and crew of the Merrimack for what they were about to face: Three colonized worlds-the Myriad-in the midst of a globular cluster that the Hive somehow overlooked...]]> 4 0 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 48246215 116652 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 0 0 false Wed Mar 04 14:13:27 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 14:13:58 -0800 2009 61340078 2463105 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 5 0 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 53702759 266975 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 0 0 false Thu Apr 23 07:17:35 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 07:18:39 -0700 2009 19762358 1068062 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 5 0 false Tue Apr 08 19:13:35 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 19:18:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 36428363 1372248 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 5 0 false Tue Oct 28 17:12:03 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 17:13:04 -0700 2008 727864 59961 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 4 0 false Sun Apr 15 03:05:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 03:14:01 -0700 2007 11827566 278993 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 3 0 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 81290481 2358628 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 4 0 false Thu Dec 17 08:10:21 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 08:10:21 -0800 2009 80405088 2612551 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 0 0 false Wed Dec 09 08:26:45 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 08:26:45 -0800 2009 79963840 2087689 640814 0756403200 9780756403201 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176631449m/640814.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/640814.The_Myriad 3.80 44 0 0 false Sat Dec 05 08:01:11 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 08:01:11 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=640814