Have you read books by David Weber? How did you like them?

I've read quite a few of his books, and I do indeed like them. And thanks to the generosity of Baen, you can read quite a few of his books, too and see for yourself—completely free! (See the sources list below.) Weber has a keen imagination, and a gift for storytelling.

S one major flaw (that a number of people remark on) is a tendency to "info-dump" from time to time, sticking paragraphs of exposition in the middle of the story. He also has the tendency to get too many projects going at once, so people have to wait years between sequels to particular series. Weber is best known for the Honor Harrington series, a gripping space navy epic in the vein of Horatio Hornblower—but with the addition of some interesting character drama concerning a species of intelligent, empathic six-legged cat-like creatures.

There is also a spinoff, Shadows of Saganami, about a class of navy cadets in that universe. This series is pretty good—but it is also kind of long, can drag from time to time, and RIGHT when things got really interesting, Weber hared off on other projects and fans are still waiting to find out what happens next. Another great series of his is his Bahzell series, which are based on a Dungeons and Dragons campaign Weber ran in a setting of his own devising.

The interesting thing about this series is that the heroes are (the equivalent of) orcs, with the Berserker class's "rage" ability grafted on. The series also goes into why the Paladin class does not have to be played as "goody two-shoes," and should be required reading (along with Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarrion) for anyone who wants to play a Paladin character in D&D. Again, right when things got interesting, we got put on hold for a sequel.

Weber also collaborated with John Ringo on the Empire of Man series. As I understand it, this series involved Weber writing outlines and occasional bits of text (such as the famed Weber info-dumps) and Ringo doing the majority of the writing grunt-work. This series involves a crew of space marines stranded on a hostile planet, having to fight their way through jungle and warring kingdoms to get their charge, the Prince of the Empire of Man, back home.

Rollicking high adventure and political intrigue. Not to be missed. But again, right when things got interesting, we got put on hold for a sequel.

Are you starting to see a pattern? Weber also wrote a trilogy, Mutineer's Moon, the first book of which was allegedly being turned into an anime by ADV Films but the project seems to have fallen back into development/production hell.It's a pity, because the stuff they had posted on their website looked really promising. The premise of the story involves an astronaut discovering that the moon is far more than it appears, and stumbling into plots of intrigue and galactic invasion.

It's a modern version of space opera in the old E.E."Doc" Smith mold, and another great series. Strangely enough, this trilogy is complete in and of itself, with no sequel to wait for. Weber has also written a number of singleton works, such as The Apocalypse Troll, and other series which I have not yet read, and collaborations with other authors such as Eric Flint's "The Baltic War".

By and large, I like all his stuff, but tastes may vary.In the Sources below, I have linked to the BaenCD website where a couple of CDs collecting many of Weber's works can be browsed or downloaded for free, with full permission from Baen. They are presented in a variety of formats, at least one of which can be read by most e-book readers, PDAs, or smartphones.Enjoy.

I am very fond of the Honor Harrington books and the others set in the Honorverse - those books put him in my top five authors, even though some of the battle scenes are a bit repetitious. The Empire of Man books (with John Ringo) are not quite as good, but still enjoyable. There's a lot of death and sadness in them, though - he makes sure you get a feel for just how many people are lost in the course of victory...on both sides.

Skip the Multiverse series with Linda Evans, starting with Hell's Gate - that book is the longest prologue I've ever read. I suppose something might actually happen in the second book, but I can't be bothered to find out.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.