OT - Thoughts on the Honor Harrington series

[dogscoff]

There was work on an honor harrington mod a while back, but I think it ran into some serious technical hurdles a while back.

As for the books, I read the medusan on e(forget the name) and honour of the Queen and enjoyed them both, and I have "in enemy hands" on my bookshelf waiting, but I'm fairly sure there's another one I should be reading in between.

I also agree that she is perhaps a little bit too powerful, but that doesn't spoil it for me. You do occasionally get those extraordinary people. The thing that irritates me about the books (although I've only read two) is the forumlaic plot:
1> The Manticorans face some deadly, sinister threat from the nefarious Peeps.
2> Some clueless, whiny, cowardly pacifist civilian suggests diplomacy rather than blowing stuff up. You just know that later on he'll wet his pants and/or get killed in some ironic fashion.
3> Honour blows stuff up, against incredible odds, losing three quarters of her ship in the process.
4> Hooray!

OK, maybe that's a little too broad, but you get the idea. Anyway, I do enjoy the writing style, the action and in particular the politics.