Hornblower in Spaaaaace!
Jun. 15th, 2005 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kerravonsenI just started reading David Feintuch's "Midshipman's Hope" today, and it is soooo "Hornblower in space" -- down to the education-gap between rich and poor, the perilous difficulties in navigation, the Captain's word being Law, and a stiff religiousity (which fits much better into the 18th century than the 22nd century). I felt like reading something with Duty and Honour and Bravery, and I figured this would have it, and it does to a degree, but I think I might have been better off re-reading "On Basilisk Station" instead. The Honor Harrington novels have less obsession with military discipline, a protagonist who is a little more sympathetic, and much more interesting worldbuilding. Oh, I'll probably continue on, but I don't think I'll read the other Seafort books.
