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Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by robert

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:30 +0000

@10 John Shadow of Freedom was not exactly "split" off from ART as much as it was extracted from it. From what I read in the Weber Honorverse Forum, the time frame of the events in Manticore & Earth and the events in the TQ largely overlapped, but did not neatly line up at the beginning or end. That is why we see Henke, in the snippet, setting strategy based on her pre-Alliance, post-Yawata, knowledge. I am sure that once she learns of Pritchart's arrival at Manticore and the formation of the Alliance, she will receive a very different force mix and new orders (go to Mesa, kill 'em?). What Weber and Flint are doing, according to a post by David as runsforcelery, is outlining and divvying up the writing on the next Torch book. Once they figure out what it will be and when the stuff in it happens, they will decide which book, the new one or SoF, will be published first.

Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by John Roth

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:06:52 +0000

@7 robert Well, the original version of ART included the Talbot sector action. The book was split so the Talbot sector book is now called Shadow of Freedom. Last I heard Eric is working on (and may have completed by now) the corresponding Torch book; I've forgotten the tentative title. One should be out late 2012 and the other early 2013, at least according to rumor. Which one goes first is up to Baen and DW. I see this current chapter with Barregos and Rozak as showing that they're confirming their plans, which aren't the same as Deteweiller's expectations. He's expecting them to set off the chain reaction of defections, etc, and they're planning on staying under cover as long as they can hold the charade together.

Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by Drak Bibliophile

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:37:52 +0000

IMO neither Rozak or Barregos are associated with the Alignment. Their actions upon learning about the upcoming attack on Torch show that more than anything. As for Detweiller’s knowledge about what's happening in Maya, IMO it is very likely that some Alignment agents have discovered Barregos & Rozak's plans. Their general plans don't appear to really threaten the Alignment plans so the agents haven't taken actions against them. While Barregos & Rozak actions defending Torch could be considered a threat to Alignment plans, the Alignment agents may not have been in a position to do anything. IIRC, Barregos & Rozak kept their plan to defend Torch tightly wrapped in secrecy. So the Alignment agents may have learned about the operation after the fact.

Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by robert

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:36:44 +0000

@6 John Roth So that's why Rozak defeated the folks who were sent by Mesa to destroy Torch? And that's why Rozak took the lead in making Torch an independent planet for the ex-slaves in Crown of Slaves, taking it away from Manpower? Even Detweiler does not plan such convoluted, and frankly, inexplicable, actions. Don't get carried away like that John. Please.

Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by robert

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:27:51 +0000

@5 dave o I think that Eric will take up right where the GG's left off. I recollect that he is reported to have told the GG editors & writers to stop writing/publishing the Butterflies stories because he was going to do the book. Meanwhile, what will we see from the Maya folks in this book? I can't imagine how they fit in, anymore than how Torch would fit in, unless there are actions from Mesa that impinge on them. I view the 3 story "branches" as being more about three sets characters (with some overlap) with whom David Weber and Eric Flint are interested, and less about the action. So, for example, it is not so much about what happens with the pact between Erewhon and Haven now that Manticore and Haven are BFs, but rather what will Maya's, Erewhon's and Torch's movers and shakers do now that the events elsewhere SL, Manticore, etc.) have moved to a completely different place. And if that aspect of the saga is covered in this book, then we should see the battle with Filareta next week. But we won't and this book should not have anything to do with events in Maya, Torch or even Erewhon. Just like it should not have anything to do with the Quadrant. It should all be mano-a-mano Haven & Manticore vs. the SL. But I just read 'em, not write 'em.

Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by John Roth

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:22:08 +0000

After reading this chapter a half dozen times, it finally occurred to me - is Admiral Rozak one of the Mesan sleeper agents? We know from Detweiller's speech to the Alignment heads of state that (MoH ch 39) they're expecting Maya to secede first, but we haven't seen any sign of Mesan influence there.

Comment on Dog And Dragon – Snippet 04 by hank

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:16:20 +0000

At least its not chicken feet!

Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by dave o

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:39:24 +0000

I agree with ET!swaw. And by the way, EF's new (revised) novel The Kremlin Games is due out in June. When do we see snippets of that??? I hated the Grantville Gazette version: Russia at that time was NOT going to adopt modern technology. It took Peter the Great and a lot of ruthless tyranny to start modernization a half-century later. And the orthodox church would have opposed it to the last gasp. But maybe Flint will improve it. Maybe.

Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by justdave

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:36:24 +0000

of damn fingers

Comment on A Rising Thunder – Snippet 25 by justdave

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:35:56 +0000

Wages if Sin IIRC

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