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The Honorverse is the semi-official name for the setting of a military science fiction series of stories by David Weber featuring Honor Harrington, the Nelsonesque heroine in a series reminiscent of C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower book series. The books are popular in the United States and new releases regularly make The New York Times Best Seller list. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 56 KB) Summary Map of Honorverse by MichaÅ‚ Åšwierczek. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 56 KB) Summary Map of Honorverse by MichaÅ‚ Åšwierczek. ... Honor Stephanie Harrington is a fictional character, the eponymous heroine of a series of science fiction books set in the Honorverse, written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ... A book series is a sequence of books with common characteristics, typically written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one, such as a television series based on a pre-existing one, or as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Honor Harrington from Honor Among Enemies cover, by David Mattingly. ... Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein is a well-known example of military science fiction. ... Honor Harrington from Honor Among Enemies cover, by David Mattingly. ... Honor Stephanie Harrington is a fictional character, the eponymous heroine of a series of science fiction books set in the Honorverse, written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ... The cover of the 1974 paperback edition of one of Foresters non-fiction titles: Hunting The Bismarck Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (August 27, 1899 – April 2, 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure with military themes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A book series is a sequence of books with common characteristics, typically written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... The New York Times Best Seller List is a weekly chart in The New York Times newspaper that keeps track of the best-selling books of the week. ...

History

The universe first explored in On Basilisk Station has a detailed diasporal historical "background" for the initial storyline, in which (over several thousand years) mankind migrated first to stars near Earth by "slow-ships" (See: cryonics and suspended animation) and then, as a means of faster than light travel was discovered and gradually developed, rapidly beyond. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... For other uses, see Diaspora (disambiguation). ... // Regular Context The line of a story. ... Technicians prepare a patient for cryopreservation. ... Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination. ... For other uses, see Faster than the speed of light (disambiguation). ...

The hypothesized FTL system is a richly detailed hyperspace mechanism, with some unique features such as the ability to "sail" along "gravity waves". One important feature of the hypothesized physics behind the tales is that there exist rare wormholes, by which properly equipped ships can travel virtually instantaneously between wormhole terminus points, vastly speeding interstellar travel along such routes. In practice, these are akin to choke point naval stations (fortified ports, cities, et cetera, in the Age of Sail in the Caribbean, around the horns of Africa and South America, or places in the Far East like India, Ceylon, The East Indies or places near strategic straits like many in today's Indonesia) or man-made routes such as the Panama and Suez canals. Possession of a wormhole provides the owner star nation an important revenue source from tariffs and increased trading opportunities relative to star nations without such access. Scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope depicting the inside of the Millenium Falcon when entering hyperspace. ... Analogy to a wormhole in a curved 2D space (see Embedding Diagram) Artists impression of a wormhole as seen by an observer crossing the event horizon of a Schwarzschild wormhole, which is similar to a Schwarzschild black hole but with the singularity replaced by an unstable path to a... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The age of sail is the period in which international trade and naval warfare were both dominated by sailing ships. ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... The Indies, on the display globe of the Field Museum, Chicago The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and South-East Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and... For other uses, see Suez (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The analog to our world's extant nation states is the star nation, which in the case of central protagonist Honor Harrington is the Star Kingdom of Manticore. This is located in a binary star system that has three inhabited planets and the unique status of having not just one terminus of a wormhole junction, but six (to the stars: Sigma Draconis, Matapan, Gregor, Basilisk, Trevor's Star, and Phoenix) as of the events in the first book of the series On Basilisk Station. In the tenth novel of the series, War of Honor, a seventh terminus is discovered and explored and it is found to lead to a planetless M8 red dwarf near the inhabited Star named Lynx in the (so-called) Talbott Cluster. This became central to the first novel of a new sub-series, Shadow of Saganami, and in some of the short stories set after its discovery. A nation-state is a specific form of state, which exists to provide a sovereign territory for a particular nation, and which derives its legitimacy from that function. ... Honor Stephanie Harrington is a fictional character, the eponymous heroine of a series of science fiction books set in the Honorverse, written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ... The Star Kingdom of Manticore is commonly known as Manticore and is abbreviated as SKM; it is a fictional human star-nation in the Honorverse, which is the background setting for a series of books and stories written by David Weber and others, and published by Baen Books. ... Artists impression of a binary system consisting of a black hole, with an accretion disc around it, and a main sequence star. ... Sigma Draconis is a star system in the Honorverse. ... San Martin is a fictional planet that appears in David Webers Honor Harrington series of novels. ... War of Honor is David Webers tenth Honor Harrington novel. ... In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based initially on photospheric temperature and its associated spectral characteristics, and subsequently refined in terms of other characteristics. ... Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy franchise, the primary form of which comprises eight series of a post-watershed television sitcom that ran on BBC2 between 1988 and 1999, and which has achieved a global cult following. ... The Talbott Cluster is a fictional region of space in the Honorverse (the background setting of David Webers Honor Harrington series of novels). ... The Shadow of Saganami, published in 2004, is a novel set in the Honorverse; it has been billed as the first in the Saganami Island series, spun-off from the main Honor Harrington series. ...

Since the wormhole junction termini links are so similar to "Age of Sail"-like trade routes, the Star Kingdom of Manticore has a very important role in interstellar trade and general commerce much out of proportion to its population or number of planets. Like the British Royal Navy in the days of the British Empire, the Royal Manticoran Navy has an important role in maintaining the security and integrity of the star nation's economy, and has been designed to do just that. The Star Kingdom's wealth and importance have evoked both envy and avarice and it has been and remains the object of much intrigue and friction on the part of other large powers in the Honorverse: examples include the Solarian League, the Republic of Haven, the Andermani Empire, Mesa and its corporate powers, and the large, chaotic collection of mostly individual star-polities known by the misnomer of the Silesian Confederacy, where pirates roam, and more or less everyone wants to do business, or conquer, or annex the mess. It has been suggested that Commerce be merged into this article or section. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... The Royal Manticoran Navy (abbreviated RMN) is a fictional space navy in the Honorverse, a long-running series of novels and stories written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Solarian League is a fictional star nation in David Webers Honorverse. ... The Republic of Haven is a fictional star nation in the Honorverse. ... The Anderman Empire is a fictional star nation in the Honorverse. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Silesian Confederacy is a fictional star nation that appears in David Webers Honor Harrington series of novels. ...

There are some other interesting historical parallels to Earth's Age of Sail built into the Honorverse. It is set primarily after Honor's October 1, 3961 birth. Disruptive technological advances have been gradual in the Honorverse for most of the 500 years of the Star Kingdom of Manticore's existence, and as the series opens, that technological stagnation has led to a similar stagnation in both military strategy and tactics. The gravity impeller propulsion systems used in spaceships require "gun ports" in military vessels and captains strive to position their ships to maximize their fire power by using a broadside attack akin to the unturreted days dominated by the warships and ships of the line of the Age of Sail. Like Horatio Hornblower, Lord Nelson and Thomas Cochrane, Honor Stephanie Harrington is a superb ship handler bordering on genius. is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Military stratagem in the Battle of Waterloo. ... Military tactics (Greek: Taktikē, the art of organizing an army) are the collective name for methods for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. ... Fire power is a military concept rooted in the ability to direct a heavy weight of metal onto an enemy or enemy possesion as measured by the concept of rate of fire. ... USS Iowa Broadside (1984) A broadside is the side of a ship; the battery of cannon on one side of a warship; or their simultaneous (or near simultaneous) fire in naval warfare. ... Corbelled corner turrets at Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The firepower of a battleship demonstrated by USS Iowa A battleship is a large, heavily-armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest caliber of guns. ... Rear Admiral Thomas Alexander Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquês do Maranhão GCB RN (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831[1], was a radical politician and naval officer. ...

Although most of the stories and books cast Honor in a starring role, more recent additions to the series include short stories and novels in which only passing references at most are made to her. In some cases this is because they are set before her birth; otherwise the featured characters have usually made appearances (if only brief ones) in Honor-centered stories.

The "Honorverse" universe

The most important space empires or kingdoms in the series are the Star Kingdom of Manticore, the (People's) Republic of Haven, the Solarian League, the Silesian Confederacy, and the Andermani Empire. Grayson, Mesa, and Erewhon are single system star nations of some importance. Several of the members of the Manticoran Alliance are limited to a single system each; the largest star nation in the neighborhood is Haven (whatever its current government) and the second largest is the three-planet (or four if one counts Basilisk) Star Kingdom of Manticore. By the end of War of Honor, an additional system has petitioned for membership in the Star Kingdom (Trevor's Star, formerly independent and then conquered by the Republic of Haven). The Shadow of Saganami recounts the attempt of the Talbott cluster systems (about 20 star systems near the newly discovered Lynx terminus of the Manticore Junction) to petition for admission to the Star Kingdom as an alternative to the unpleasant prospect of being engulfed by the Solarian League's Office of Frontier Security. And, in At All Costs, a deal between the Andermani Empire and the Star Kingdom resulted in the division of the anarchic Silesian Confederacy between them, adding a large number of systems to the Star Kingdom, now becoming an Empire. Galactic empires are a fairly common theme in science fiction. ... The Star Kingdom of Manticore is commonly known as Manticore and is abbreviated as SKM; it is a fictional human star-nation in the Honorverse, which is the background setting for a series of books and stories written by David Weber and others, and published by Baen Books. ... The Republic of Haven is a fictional star nation in the Honorverse. ... The Solarian League is a fictional star nation in David Webers Honorverse. ... The Silesian Confederacy is a fictional star nation that appears in David Webers Honor Harrington series of novels. ... The Anderman Empire is a fictional star nation in the Honorverse. ... The planet Grayson is a fictional human star-nation in the Honorverse, the setting for a series of books written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ... Mesa is a fictional star nation that appears in David Webers Honorverse, as well as in some anthology stories based in the same universe written by Eric Flint. ... Erewhon is a fictional star nation that appears in David Webers Honor Harrington series of novels. ...

Books

All the books up to and including At All Costs are available on free-to-copy CDs produced by Baen Books. Weber has stated that there will be at least five more books in each of the Honor Harrington, Wages of Sin, and Saganami Island series. The newest book, At All Costs, is now available in hardcover and the hardback includes one of the CDs containing all the previously released Honorverse titles. Baen Books logo Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by SF publishing industry long-timer Jim Baen (1943-2006). ...

Main series (novels)

1. On Basilisk Station (© 1993 Mass market paperback, © 1999 Hardcover)
2. The Honor of the Queen (ISBN 0-671-57864-2, Copyright © 1993 by David Weber, First hardcover printing, March ©2000)
3. The Short Victorious War (1994)
4. Field of Dishonor (1994)
5. Flag in Exile (1995)
6. Honor Among Enemies (1996)
7. In Enemy Hands (1997)
8. Echoes of Honor (1998)
9. Ashes of Victory (2000)
10. War of Honor (2002)
11. At All Costs (2006)

This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Categories: Stub | Books ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Honor of the Queen is David Webers second Honor Harrington novel. ... The Short Victorious War is the third Honor Harrington novel by David Weber. ... Field of Dishonor is a science fiction novel, the fourth in David Webers Honor Harrington series. ... Flag in Exile is the fifth Honor Harrington novel by David Weber. ... Honor Among Enemies is the sixth Honor Harrington novel by David Weber. ... In Enemy Hands is a military science fiction novel, the seventh in the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. ... Echoes of Honor is the eighth Honor Harrington novel by David Weber. ... Ashes of Victory is the ninth Honor Harrington novel by David Weber. ... War of Honor is David Webers tenth Honor Harrington novel. ... At All Costs is David Webers eleventh Honor Harrington novel. ...

Sub-series works

The sub-series works are: A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one, such as a television series based on a pre-existing one, or as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Look up Works in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• Genre collections in which the author, David Weber has opened his milieu and copyrighted characters to other authors. These are examples of old style or traditional collaborative writing, in which Weber also adds a story or two of his own.
• Departures from the main Honor Harrington storyline, usually featuring previously minor characters used in other works.

Look up genre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Honor Harrington from Honor Among Enemies cover, by David Mattingly. ... The social environment is the direct influence of a group of individuals and their contributions to this environment, as both groups and individuals who are in frequent communication with each other within their cultural or socio-economical strata, which create role identity(-ies) and guide the individuals self (sociology... Collaborative fiction is a form of writing by two or more authors who take it in turns to write a portion of the story. ... Honor Stephanie Harrington is a fictional character, the eponymous heroine of a series of science fiction books set in the Honorverse, written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ... // Regular Context The line of a story. ...

Worlds of Honor sub-series anthologies

The Worlds of Honor anthologies are:

1. More Than Honor (1998): stories by David Weber, David Drake, S. M. Stirling plus an Honoverse background history, and including the story in which a central species first becomes known to humans; (3 stories total).
2. Worlds of Honor (1999): stories by David Weber (two stories), Linda Evans, Jane Lindskold and Roland J. Green; (5 stories total).
3. Changer of Worlds (2001): stories by David Weber (three stories) and Eric Flint; (4 stories total) Also contains the short story "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington".
4. The Service of the Sword (2003) by David Weber, Jane Lindskold, Timothy Zahn, John Ringo and Victor Mitchell (co-written), John Ringo and Eric Flint; (6 stories total). Originally, this book was to have been titled In Fire Forged.

More Than Honor, published in 1998, was the first anthology of stories set in the Honorverse. ... David Drake David Drake (born September 24, 1945) is a successful author of science fiction and fantasy literature. ... Stephen Michael Stirling is an American science fiction and fantasy author. ... Worlds of Honor, published in 1999, was the second anthology of stories set in the Honorverse. ... Linda Evans is an American sci-fi writer from Florida. ... Jane M. Lindskold is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. ... Roland J. Grenn is a Chicago native and science-fiction and fantasy writer and editor. ... Changer of Worlds, published in 2001, was the third anthology of stories set in the Honorverse. ... Eric Flint (born California, USA, 1947) is an American science fiction, alternate history, and fantasy author and editor. ... The Service of the Sword, published in 2003, was the fourth anthology of stories set in the fictional Honorverse. ... Timothy Zahn (born September 1, 1951) is a science fiction novelist. ... John Ringo is an American science fiction and fantasy author, who specializes in the subgenre of military science fiction, concentrating on SF scenarios that have a lot of infantry battles and other types of ground combat. ...

Wages of Sin sub-series

The Wages of Sin works are:

1. Crown of Slaves (2003) with Eric Flint — a departure type work, the setting is outside Manticore space for these stories based on the Zilwicki family, who were mentioned in earlier works.
2. Crown of Slaves 2 (working title, planned release in 2007)

Crown of Slaves, published in 2003, is a novel set in the Honorverse; it has been billed as the first in the Wages of Sin series, spun-off from the main Honor Harrington series. ...

Saganami Island sub-series

The Saganami Island works are: Saganami Island is the Star Kingdom of Manticores naval academy much like the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis ...

1. The Shadow of Saganami (2004) — in this first novel the action happens in the Talbott Cluster, newly discovered to be connected to Manticore via a junction terminus, and involves the naval career of Helen Zilwicki mentioned in earlier works.
2. The Shadow of Saganami 2 (working title, planned release in 2007)

The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber, published in 2004, is a novel set in the Honorverse; it has been billed as the first in the Saganami Island series, spun-off from the main Honor Harrington series. ... The Talbott Cluster is a fictional region of space in the Honorverse (the background setting of David Webers Honor Harrington series of novels). ...

The Stories by Internal Chronology

1. "A Beautiful Friendship" by David Weber from More than Honor
2. "The Stray" by Linda Evans from Worlds of Honor
3. c1652 P.D. "What Price Dreams?" by David Weber from Worlds of Honor
4. c1880 P.D. "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" by David Weber from Changer of Worlds
5. "Queen's Gambit" by Jane Lindskold from Worlds of Honor
6. "Promised Land" by Jane Lindskold from The Service of the Sword
7. c1890 P.D. "The Hard Way Home" by David Weber From Worlds of Honor
8. cMarch 3, 1900 P.D. - cJanuary 1901 P.D On Basilisk Station (1993)
9. "With One Stone" by Timothy Zahn from The Service of the Sword
10. April 1903 P.D. - cMay 1903 P.D. The Honor of the Queen (1993)
11. Contemporary Events
    • The Short Victorious War (1994)
    • "A Grand Tour" by David Drake from More than Honor
12. Field of Dishonor (1994)
13. "A Ship Named Francis" by John Ringo and Victor Mitchell from The Service of the Sword
14. "Deck Load Strike" by Roland J. Green from Worlds of Honor
15. Flag in Exile (1995)
16. Honor Among Enemies (1996)
17. "A Whiff of Grapeshot" by S. M. Stirling from More than Honor
18. "Changer of Worlds" by David Weber from Changer of Worlds
19. In Enemy Hands (1997)
20. Contemporary Events
    • Echoes of Honor (1998)
    • "Let's Go to Prague" by John Ringo from The Service of the Sword
    • "From the Highlands" by Eric Flint from Changer of Worlds
21. Contemporary Events
    • Ashes of Victory (2000)
    • "Nightfall" by David Weber from Changer of Worlds
    • "Fanatic" by Eric Flint from The Service of the Sword (characters introduced in "From the Highlands")
22. "The Service of the Sword" by David Weber from The Service of the Sword
23. Contemporary Events
    • War of Honor (2002)
    • Crown of Slaves (2003)
24. Contemporary Events
    • The Shadow of Saganami (2004)
    • At All Costs (2005)

See also

• Honorverse Timeline
• List of Honorverse characters
• List of treecats
• List of planets in the Honorverse
• List of ships in the Honorverse
• Spacecraft in the Honorverse
• Weapons technology in the Honorverse

Dates are measured in P.D. (Post Diaspora) and A.D. (Ante Diaspora) This article is for major events affecting star nations in the Honorverse or which could result in major paradigms to the ficitional population. ... Contents: Top - References - Explanation of Abbreviations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z This is an attempt at a completely comprehensive list of all names of even minute characters in the... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Treecat. ... Alphabetical Order Alizon Beowulf Earth Enki--industrial planet in the Barnett system. ... This article is a list of space navies, Starship classes and individual starships which have appread in the fictional universe of Honorverse. ... This article is about the different types of spacecraft which appear in the Honorverse, a series of military science-fiction novels written by American author David Weber, which feature Honor Harrington as its main character. ... In David Webers Honor Harrington military science fiction novels, warfare is naturally ubiquitous. ...

External links

• Baen Books website
• Baen's Bar - official discussion forum
• Baen Free Library - contains free versions of On Basilisk Station, The Honor of the Queen, and Changer of Worlds.
• Joe Buckley's InfoDump including maps, timeline and collection of Weber's posts on Honorverse
• The Universe of Honor Harrington - Detailed description of the Honorverse, by David Weber

v • d • e The Universe of Honor Harrington
People	Emily Alexander • Hamish Alexander • William Alexander • Mercedes Brigham • Victor Cachat • Thomas Caparelli • Rafael Cardones • Warner Caslet • Howard Clinkscales • Elizabeth III of Manticore • Shannon Foraker • Javier Giscard • Horace Harkness • Allison Chou Harrington • Honor Harrington • Abigail Hearns • Michelle Henke • Michael Janvier • Elaine Komandorski • Benjamin Mayhew IX • Michael Mayhew • Alistair McKeon • Esther McQueen • Catherine Montaigne • Fritz Montoya • Michael Oversteegen • Amos Parnell • Rob S. Pierre • Eloise Pritchart • Tomas Ramirez • Cordelia Ransom • Edward Saganami • Oscar Saint-Just • Matthew Simonds • Allen Summervale • Denver Summervale • Paul Tankersley • Aivars Terekhov • Thomas Theisman • Prescott Tremaine • Alice Truman • Andreas Venizelos • Adrienne Warshawski • Samuel Webster • Pavel Young • Alfredo Yu • Anton Zilwicki • Helen Zilwicki • Lester Tourville
Organizations	April Tribunal • Audubon Ballroom • Brotherhood of Maccabeus • Church of Humanity Unchained • Citizens' Rights Union • Elysian Space Navy • Grayson Space Navy • Imperial Andermani Navy • Manpower Incorporated • Office of Frontier Security • People's Navy • Royal Manticoran Marine Corps • Royal Manticoran Navy • Silesian Confederacy Navy • Solarian League Navy • State Security • Saganami Naval Academy • Committee of Public Safety
Single System Nations or Planets	Beowulf • Epsilon Eridani • Erewhon • Grayson • Gryphon • Hades • Manticore (system) • Masada • Medusa • Melungeon • Mesa • Monica • Rembrandt • San Martin • Sphinx • Torch • Sigma Draconis
Multi-System Star Nations	Andermani Empire • Star Kingdom of Manticore • Republic of Haven • Silesian Confederacy • Solarian League
Star Ships	(List) • Impeller drive • Warshawski sail • Courageous-class • Hawkwing-class • Avalon class cruiser • Triumphant-class • Edward Saganami C-class • Medusa class superdreadnought • Shrike-class • Ferret-class • Mars-class • Medusa B-class
Other	Sectors • Treecats(List) • Timeline • Weapons • Coup de vitesse • Prolong • Aliens • House of Winton • Operation Thunderbolt • Eridani Edict • Neue-Stil Handgemenge • Deneb Accords • Cherwell Convention • Code duello • Basic Living Stipend • Beowulf Code • Stilties • Talbott Cluster • Post Diaspora • Final War • High Admiral • Grav skiing • Hexapuma