Rating: 
Summary: Very decent
Review: This was a decent book. The stories, on the whole were entertaining. I very much enjoyed learning about the Levellers. Though, I was surprised that Mr. Weber chose to explain the story outside the main book series.Weber expanded the universal history somewhat from the original appendix included with Honor's first book. I personally liked it, but it might not be for everyone. Unfortunately, I cannot get past Stirling's inclusion. Let's see: it didn't take on an offshoot storyline, it didn't touch on any major characters, it doesn't include any previously referenced planets... Oh, and I especially liked his little note at the end explaining that he took his story's inspiration from actual events. I get this image of him sitting at his PC/typewriter with a smug look on his face, toasting himself with brandy, thinking, "I'm so clever. They will love to wallow in my intelligence." Bah. A (mostly) tasty tidbit of a book.
Rating:
Summary: Very decent
Review: This was a decent book. The stories, on the whole were entertaining. I very much enjoyed learning about the Levellers. Though, I was surprised that Mr. Weber chose to explain the story outside the main book series. Weber expanded the universal history somewhat from the original appendix included with Honor's first book. I personally liked it, but it might not be for everyone. Unfortunately, I cannot get past Stirling's inclusion. Let's see: it didn't take on an offshoot storyline, it didn't touch on any major characters, it doesn't include any previously referenced planets... Oh, and I especially liked his little note at the end explaining that he took his story's inspiration from actual events. I get this image of him sitting at his PC/typewriter with a smug look on his face, toasting himself with brandy, thinking, "I'm so clever. They will love to wallow in my intelligence." Bah. A (mostly) tasty tidbit of a book.
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