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Originally Posted by leebase
I haven't read the Gordian Protocol yet (didn't know it existed). I've got a bone to pick with Weber over his last book "Out of Darkness". It was a typical Weber book (not his best, perhaps, but in the pocket)....and then he ended it Deus Ex Machina style. I couldn't believe it. I felt betrayed.
But I have enjoyed all the Honor Harrington Spinoff Series. Eric Flint is another author that does great collaborations....particularly in the 1632 Series. But still....he doesn't market them with his own name the way we are speaking about with these "Author as Contractor" books.
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OUT OF DARKNESS was an expansion on a short story he wrote for an anthology. But the expansion was all upfront and it didn't match up well with the preexisting story. Some of the best short story expansion *start* with the original short, rather than end with it.
Definitely not his best.
I'm not terribly fond of his Safehold series, either. The setup screamed "generational saga" not an endless step by step slog.
Gave up after the fourth...
Flint's 163x /Grantville saga has evolved into a shared world series, ala Wild Cards or Thieves World. Flint has been honest that 1632 was meant as a one-and-done until Weber pointed out the sequel potential. Anthologies followed and then the Gazzette e-magazine. The thing has gotten so big he's indie publishing several volumes because BAEN can't keep up with the output. Even "just" editing he can't keep up himself.
Good reads, though.
Somebody ought to license the series for video.