''More Than Honor'', published in 1998, was the first
anthology
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of stories set in the
Honorverse. The stories in the anthologies serve to introduce characters, provide deeper more complete
backstory and flesh out the universe, so claim the same
canonical relevance as exposition in the main series. David Weber, author of the mainline Honor Harrington series, serves as editor for the anthologies, maintaining fidelity to the series canons.
[''More Than Honor'', Baen Books, ]
The book contains the following stories:
*"A Beautiful Friendship" by
David Weber
David Mark Weber (born October 24, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He has written several science-fiction and fantasy books series, the best known of which is the Honorverse, Honor Harrington science-fiction series. His ...
[ ( HHA1 and Worlds of Weber). The story of the first meeting between humans (Stephanie Harrington) and treecats (Climbs Quickly). This story was later expanded to a full length young adult novel, published in 2011.
*"A Grand Tour" by ]David Drake
David A. Drake (born September 24, 1945) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now a writer in the military science fiction genre.
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Drake graduated Phi ...
:[ A story with few links to any other in the Honorverse setting. Careful reading may reveal similarities to the first novel in his RCN Series, in the characters, style, and attitude. Both were published in 1998. Indeed, Drake confirms that ''A Grand Tour'' is the conceptual antecedent of ''With the Lightnings''.]S. M. Stirling
Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France. Stirling is well known for his The Domination, Draka series of alternate history (fiction), alternate history no ...
.[ This story serves as background to the "Leveler Uprising" mentioned in the early chapters of '' In Enemy Hands''. A radical Havenite faction stages an uprising against the rule of the Committee of Public Safety, wreaking havoc in the Havenite capital city of Nouveau Paris. With the Committee's security forces in complete disarray following an attack on its information network, the only forces able to intervene and restore order are Navy ships under the command of Admiral ]Esther McQueen
This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the stories set in the Honor Harrington universe or Honorverse, a best-selling series of over twenty military science fiction novels and anthologies invented and written by David Weber.
The stori ...
, even though the Admiral is not precisely a supporter of the Committee and has an agenda of her own.
*"The Universe of Honor Harrington" by David Weber.[ A " deep background" essay covering such diverse topics as the physics of space travel, the mechanics space colonization and politics of various "star nations", such as Manticore, Haven and the Solarian League.
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References
External links
* An excerpt of ''More Than Honor'' is available for download or reading online at
** The Baen Free Library
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1998 books
Honorverse books
Science fiction anthologies
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