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wayrad · 03-28-2011, 07:00 AM

The worst ending I've read recently was the conclusion to David Weber's Out of the Dark. It's your basic alien-invasion story, where the humans hold their own through ingenuity and refusal to give up, but are increasingly hard pressed. You wonder what they are going to pull out of their hats to defeat the alien oppressors, and then...well, they're rescued. I can't even bring myself to mention by whom.
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03-28-2011, 07:00 AM	#21
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	The worst ending I've read recently was the conclusion to David Weber's Out of the Dark. It's your basic alien-invasion story, where the humans hold their own through ingenuity and refusal to give up, but are increasingly hard pressed. You wonder what they are going to pull out of their hats to defeat the alien oppressors, and then...well, they're rescued. I can't even bring myself to mention by whom. Semi-spoiler follows: Spoiler: Suffice it to say that when a minor character named Basarab was introduced, I got my first inkling of where things were going, but couldn't quite bring myself to believe it. Last edited by wayrad; 03-28-2011 at 07:12 AM.