15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not New for David Weber, May 8, 2002
I was very disappointed to start reading and found out the first story by David Weber was taken out of a previous David Weber book of short stories, "Changer of Worlds". I thought I was going to get a new story about Honor Harrington. Eric Flint's story was very entertaining. It was a continuation of the Belsarius alternate history. David Drake's continuing tale of Hammer's Slammers is always graphic, but Mr. Drake has tried to impress upon his readers that war is not neat and clean.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth buying for military sci-fi fans, July 8, 2002
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Even though David Weber's contribution is repeated from another anthology, Warmasters is worth buying for military sci-fi fans. The second story, set in the Belisaurius universe, is excellent, both for character development (Calopodius & his wife) and for adding a medical twist to the universe. The third story, about Hammer's Slammers, is also good. I read a library copy, but have purchased a copy for my personal collection.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really, really good military science fiction, February 17, 2004
Three novellas from three of the best military science fiction authors currently publishing stories! I'd give it four stars except for the fact that David Weber's story - about Honor Harrington's middy cruise was published somewhere else (my apologies for not being able to cite it directly, but I know that I've read the story already).
Quick review of each - David Weber's story was excellent. I've been an Honor fan for a number of years and this story doesn't disappoint. In all honesty, it doesn't add too much to Honor's character either, but it's still enjoyable. If nothing else, it's interesting to see Honor with some self-doubt and a lack of tactical genius (not that she's making mistakes left and right, but she's being trained by the Captain and Tactics Officer and they know things/tricks that she doesn't).
Eric Flint - Another series that I really love. I've read reviews that the Belisarius series is predictable with characters all possessing the same dry sense of humor, but it is just so much fun to read! This short story represents a bit of a departure, as we get a completely new character Calopodius's wife (Calopodius the young officer blinded in one of the most recent full lenght novels). No nerve-wracking moments in this story, but some really nice development of two characters. If you're the emotional type you may even find a tear in your eye during some of the story (not me of course, I'm saying if you were the emotional type you might!)
Finally, there's David Drake's short story from his Hammer's Slammers series. I actually don't read this series so I had very low expectations of this story and almost skipped it (but I was still on the plane with an hour left in my flight so..) Skipping it would have been a mistake. Another well written story with interesting albeit very different characters from the other two authors.
Overall, this is a great set of short stories and novellas. They're not integral to any of the on-going series's, but they are well written and well worth your time reading them.
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