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Re: Best Sci-fi book ever writen In Fury Born | |
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by npadln » Thu Sep 03, 2015 4:14 pm | |
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I thought the book was ok but I wouldn't say it was great. It was great reading up until the Furies were introduced and then it went in a direction that was pretty pedestrian. To me I see the direction DW took the book in as a missed opportunity. DW had an almost mythical warrior now in league with honest to goodness mythological beings and what does he do? He decided to make the beings LESS mythical. I know this is a bit of "Monday morning quarterbacking" but I wished he took the story away from describing her series of conflicts and focused instead on how the players in her universe were dealing with her new found power. Word of mouth whisperings, testimonials, news reports, growing reputation, heated recollections, calls for official intervention, etc.; where legends are made and mythologies created. It would takes some creativity but I would have wished for never seeing Alicia again and instead have the story seen through the eyes of say some kind of journalist recalling "tall stories" and trying to find the "truth behind the legend".
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Re: Best Sci-fi book ever writen In Fury Born | |
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by WeberFan » Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:48 pm | |
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Not so sure about your idea of relative power... In Alicia's universe, the best missiles are super light, yes, but they're unguided. In the Honorverse the missiles are slower but guided. And in N-space the actual damage is not done by the missile but by the light-speed focused energy beam FROM the missile. Additionally, where the missiles in the "Furyverse" are incredibly expensive, they are much less so in the Honorverse, meaning that the chance of a saturation attack is much higher. I can't speculate about the effectiveness of the Honorverse penetration aids (penaids) against the Furyverse EW defensive capabilities - not nearly enough information. |
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