David Weber

[Timba]

Originally Posted by Parson

Okay, This is a hard way to carry on a thread but in the interests of all those who may come after us I shall now move into stealth mode


I think we only have to wait, oh 2 years, for the real answers. (sigh!)

2 years!!! Do not even suggest such a thing. The only way that would be acceptable would be if he pumped out another book in the safehold series in between, I could probably tolerate it then.

[Timba]

Just found on the David Weber site

Official Announcement: 6th Safehold Novel, Midst Toil and Tribulation, is scheduled for a September 18, 2012 release date.

I am going to assume because it has a release date that it is basically done and in editing back and forth phase meaning (I choose to assume) he can turn his talents to the next in the Honor Harrington Series. Based on my assumptions I am pleased as punch....do not pop my bubble.

also found this:
Official Announcement: War Maid's Choice, 4th Bahzell Novel, is scheduled for release on July 3, 2012.

This is already available as an ARC at Baen if memory serves so I will be surprised if the final e-book version is not out a bit before the above date. This makes 3 books in 2012, I am tickled.

Also found the following there:
Title Summary

• Series:Honorverse (Young Adult)
• First Release:October 02, 2012

Fire in the forest–and a cry for help from a trapped and desperate alien mother! Unfortunately, this is one cry no human can hear. Stephanie Harrington, precocious fourteen-year-old Provisional Forest Ranger on the planet Sphinx, knows something is wrong from the uneasy emotion that is flooding into her from her treecat friend, Climbs Quickly. But though Stephanie’s alien comrade shares a tight bond with his two-legs, whom he knows as Death Fang’s Bane, he cannot communicate directly to her the anguished call from one of his people.

Still, their strong and direct bond of feeling may be enough. Stephanie and fellow ranger Karl Zivonik respond to Climbs Quickly’s rising waves of distress. Fire season on the pioneer world of Sphinx has begun. But there are those who want to use the natural cycle of the planet for personal gain –and to get rid of the one obstacle that stands in the way of acquiring even greater land and power on Spinx: the native treecats.

Now it’s up to Stephanie, Climbs Quickly along with their friends, family, and allies to prevent disaster and injustice from befalling a treecat clan. But in the process Stephanie must be certain to preserve the greatest secret all. It is the knowledge that the treecats of Sphinx are not merely pets or servants, but are highly intelligent in their own right–that they are a species fully deserving of rights, respect, and freedom. And keeping the secret that will allow the treecats time to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with humankind.

It all begins with the friendship of a girl and her treecat.

Make that 4 books.

[Moggle]

I'm not certain Weber is writing enough, someone needs to light a fire under his lazy ass.

[Timba]

Yes, at the very least one more Honor Harrington book for 2012 does not seem too much to ask

[Parson]

Oh, I agree Weber is such a slacker.

[Timba]

Now this is a tough crowd

[Vertigo]

Demanding certainly

[Timba]

Hopefully he would see our desire for more as a tribute to his talent. I certainly feel that way at least.

[vanye]

Any thoughts on Weber's co-operation with Steve White? (Crusader, In Death Ground, The Shiva Option, Insurrection)

[Timba]

Originally Posted by vanye

Any thoughts on Weber's co-operation with Steve White? (Crusader, In Death Ground, The Shiva Option, Insurrection)

I for one enjoyed them all. I have also enjoyed his efforts with Eric Flint both in his own HH universe and in Flint's 1632 universe. I also enjoyed his collaborations with Linda Evans and loved his March to..... series with John Ringo. Bigger than life characters kickin ass and taking names, not sure why that appeals to me so much but it sure does.

[Parson]

Originally Posted by vanye

Any thoughts on Weber's co-operation with Steve White? (Crusader, In Death Ground, The Shiva Option, Insurrection)

I also enjoyed them, but I wouldn't put them in the top half of Weber's work. But they are solid escapism fiction of the SF variety.

[Timba]

Wow, Weber has made the front page here in the list of authors, excellent, he deserves the attention.

[vanye]

Originally Posted by vanye

Any thoughts on Weber's co-operation with Steve White? (Crusader, In Death Ground, The Shiva Option, Insurrection)

Those actually were the first books by Weber I ever read. I liked them enough to follow up on the authors. Tried White's Forge of the Titans and found it a very mediocre effort - of course that's imho. As we all know, tastes may vary and they should.

So I thought, well, maybe the other guy was responsible for the good parts of the Star Fire series and have since then read almost all of Weber's stuff (l don't like alternative history and the Multiverse stories don't really sound as if they would hit the spot with me). Just started in on In Fire Forged.

[Parson]

I've read almost all Weber's stuff, but I'm with you the alternative history stuff just hasn't turned my crank enough to even give them a go. The Multiverse stuff I like, but not nearly so much as the "Honorverse" or the "Safehold" series. For me the Honor Harrington books are without peer among Weber's stuff.

[Vertigo]

I thought the Multiverse books started well, but the second one got rather bogged down and with Linda Evans' on-going health problems who knows when or even if the next book will be along.