Comments on: Ellison vs. Terminator https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/ellison-vs-terminator/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/ellison-vs-terminator/comment-page-1/#comment-308431 Isegoria Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:51:30 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25687#comment-308431 Apparently the author, David Weber, has called Honor Harrington Horatio Hornblower in space and has admitted that the H.H. initials are no accident.

]]> By: Doctor Pat https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/ellison-vs-terminator/comment-page-1/#comment-300182 Doctor Pat Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:07:47 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25687#comment-300182 The Honor Harrington books (set 2000 years in the future) feature smoking as well — with the logical explanation that it is a fashion that comes and goes over the centuries, with no real downside since cancer was cured long ago.

H.H. is basically space opera, with the clever twist that the weapon range, space ship velocity, accelerations and ship design are all nicely balanced so that the space battles can map directly onto Napoleonic-era naval battles. So the author just copies all the battle scenes and tactics from C.S.Forrester, Maryatt, O’Brien etc.

My only complaints are that the technology is in many cases between 1 and 50 years more advanced than our own, not 2000. And towards the end of the series it starts getting too relationshippy and sexual.

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