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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Bob,
I agree that one of the appeals of books like this is that you know many of the characters going in (at least if the author is any good; you do of course sometimes get authors who totally miss the character). That being said, there are plenty of series out there that stem from no where other than the Author's imagination (and influences) that one can turn to if one wants to spend time with old friends. Honor Harrington is one great example of a series that allows one to do that. The big difference is that major characters can and do die.
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Indeed. At Philcon a couple of years ago, David Weber was GoH, and talked about a list his wife maintained of characters he wasn't allowed to kill off. Mac was on the list. Honor
wasn't.
As I understand it, Honor was originally planned to die heroically, like Nelson at Trafalgar. That seems to have been modified or at least postponed, possibly because there is a good chance of an Honor Harrington TV series. (Weber stated that plans were far enough along that it was at the stage of looking for financing, as there was sufficient interest in the concept. reams have been written elsewhere on who ought to bo cast in various roles.
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Dennis