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Starfire #1

Insurrection

In the end, the only political systems that seem to work are those based on freedom. The Inner World leaders of the Terran Federation seem to have forgotten this simple truth. After fighting the Khanate—with the Fringe Worlds to supply the raw material and the fighting men—the Inner Worlds found it hard to give up the powers they had seized during the war. So they decided not to—rather than allow the rapidly expanding Fringe Worlds representation in the Federation, they are inviting the Khanate in, to keep the colonial upstarts in their place. The Fringers have only one answer to that:

408 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

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David Weber

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David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952.

Many of his stories have military, particularly naval, themes, and fit into the military science fiction genre. He frequently places female leading characters in what have been traditionally male roles.

One of his most popular and enduring characters is Honor Harrington whose alliterated name is an homage to C.S. Forester's character Horatio Hornblower and her last name from a fleet doctor in Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander . Her story, together with the "Honorverse" she inhabits, has been developed through 16 novels and six shared-universe anthologies, as of spring 2013 (other works are in production). In 2008, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.

Many of his books are available online, either in their entirety as part of the Baen Free Library or, in the case of more recent books, in the form of sample chapters (typically the first 25-33% of the work).

http://us.macmillan.com/author/davidw...

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Lu en anglais

Tome 1 de la série Starfire

Les mondes de la bordure (Fringe) se développent rapidement en nombre de planètes et en population au déplaisir des mondes plus internes (proches de la terre d'origine). Si cela continue, les mondes internes vont perdre leur suprématie en chambre. Ils décident donc de l'intégration, dans la fédération, des anciens ennemis extraterrestres , les habitants d'Orion pour maintenir leur majorité. Les mondes de la bordure ne peuvent l'accepter et décident de faire sécession. Mais...

Une histoire, dans une fédération de planètes, inspirée de la guerre civile américaine : les colonies contre le pouvoir central. Un beau terrain pour les auteurs pour mettre en situation des vaisseaux et des batailles spatiales spectaculaires. Et c'est sans compter les commandants de chaque côté : des stratèges de haut niveau.

Encore une fois David weber, aidé de Steve White, nous amène dans une histoire tout feu, tout flammes avec ses considérations politiques mais surtout ses batailles spatiales qui nous laissent haletants au bord de notre chaise. On a droit droit à des vaisseaux de différents types inspirés de la marine militaire, des porte-aéronefs aux destroyers en passant par les croiseurs et les cuirassés géants. Il y a aussi le centre de recherches spatiales qui pourrait avantager le premier champ qui va mettre la main dessus.

Bien sûr, J'ai beaucoup aimé. En science-fiction militaire, David Weber est vraiment une valeur sûre. J'enchaine sur le tome suivant.
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