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Originally Posted by Darqref
Well, I've read Weber's Off Armageddon Reef. If you have read other books by Dave Weber, its a similar writing style. If you haven't, you're opening yourself for a LOOOONG line of other books by the same author.
OAR is an artificially maintained low-tech culture. First you have to buy in to the back story, and why the culture starts and/or needs to stay low tech, but that isn't really any worse than buying into a jump or warp drive. The whole thing sticks together, but Dave is sort of a naval tech guy, and likes to set things up so they read like a variation of historical naval engagements.
His other books include the Honor Harrington series; a fantasy series with wizards and gods and alternate humanoid races; another SF series with different tech that was based on (and maybe also the basis for) the Starfire game system; and several others.
Some people don't like his SF, because he sometimes lets himself indulge in the tech for tech's sake, which can read like an infodump. YMMV.
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Thanks for your input. I don't mind to learn some tech info here and there, as long as it's reasonably accurate. I like the premisse of the book, so I'm leaning to read it next.
