Thread: New Honorverse Novel
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Old 05-13-2013, 07:45 AM   #5
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by Fluribus View Post
And thousands of anime fans rush to buy this expecting to find scads of sexy pictures of Honor Harrington.


Considering what anime fans seem to consider "sexy" they seem headed for disappointment. 6ft-plus of genetic-engineered heavy-world muscle honed with military and martial arts training isn't going to match your typical anime heroine, whatever her archetype.

Different kinds of fans prefer different kinds of service.
Honorverse fans tend more towards this:
http://honorverse.wikia.com/wiki/Ship_Types

or this:

...than this:

http://moonbowarts.deviantart.com/ar...Zone-182221107

It's all about expectations.
(And, anybody in this thread that hasn't run by the Fifth Imperium for the promo CDs... What are you waiting for? Ringo and Taylor's VORPAL BLADE is there. As well as a good chunk of Honorverse material.)
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