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Originally Posted by Dngrsone
Finished On Basilisk Station and now reading The Honor of the Queen.
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Done with that. One little detail that bothered me: early on, Weber went to the bother to note that the bad guys in this story, being hardcore fundamentalist misogynists (for want of a better word right now), would never refer to a ship as a
she. Spaceships for them were definitely masculine.
Then, for the rest of the book, as he wrote the thoughts of a few of those bad guys, he used the traditional
she when referring to ships. On the one hand, I can understand where it might turn the reader for a loop, trying to figure out out who
he is; but on the other hand, that had already been explained. It just smacks of sloppiness to me.
On the gripping hand, it may not have been Weber, but the publisher... they often go through and "fix" minor mistakes such as this.
At any rate, going to take a break from Weber... maybe read a few short stories... still tempted to buy more "Code Name: Chandler" books, though they are not cheap.