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Title: Once A Hero by Elizabeth Moon ISBN: 0-671-87871-9 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (31 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Well worth reading AND buying
Comment: I purchased this book on impulse, as I was looking for new reading, and what the heck, it was only two dollars US.
I was pleasantly surprised. The book has a well-constructed, tightly woven plot. Esmay Suiza is much more interesting than Honor Harrington; David Weber's series is perhaps more technically perfect, but he often spends too much time dwelling on technical details and neglects to tell a good story. There is none of the "Oh, the heroine is perfect, superhuman, and can overcome anything" sense found in latter novels of the Honor Harrington series. Moon manages to keep the suspense going and her prose is quite lyrical at times. One can empathize with Esmay Suiza - she's kind of a female Miles Vorkosigan (no intent to imply unoriginality intended).
Moon also spends some time on the implications technology has for society (re: the rejuvenation technique, as she does throughout the novels set in the Familias Regnant universe), and this is one of my favorite aspects of science fiction. I'd say, definitely pick this one up.
Rating: 4
Summary: Moon gives us another wonderful female military hero.
Comment: Readers of Moon's Heris Serrano novels (Hunting Party,
Sporting Chance, Winning Colors) will recognize the
battle of Xavier which Esmay Suiza is instrumental in
winning -- after a mutiny against a treachorous captain
which she survives as the highest ranking officer
(Lt. J.G.!). Hero? Obviously. But how to explain her
earlier mediocre career, technical track, lacking
initiative? What else might Lt. Suiza be hiding?
Esmay's not telling. For one thing, it's rude to tell people your family holds hereditary military control over an entire planet. And for another thing, she's only just starting to realize what she's been hiding so carefully from herself.
Elizabeth Moon's novels almost invariably feature
strong female protagonists, and this is no exception.
The depiction of the Suiza family is good, and the
depiction of how Esmay gradually learns to fit into
Familias culture is even better. This novel is peripherally
connected to the Serrano novels, but can be enjoyed without
that background as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: a solidly crafted novel
Comment: This is the first Elizabeth Moon book that I read. I got it shortly after I found out that Ms. Moon won the Nebula award this year. I was not disappointed. Once a Hero is an excellent read. The writing is compelling, the main character is very likable. There is no predictability, the storyline ebbs and flows sometimes slowly, sometimes rapidly but always at a natural pace for the particular setting. I don't generally like the space opera subgenre and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I look forward to reading other Elizabeth Moon novels.
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Title: Against the Odds by Elizabeth Moon ISBN: 0671318500 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Rules of Engagement by Elizabeth Moon ISBN: 0671578413 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Change of Command (The Top-Selling Heris Serrano and Esmay Suiza Series) by Elizabeth Moon ISBN: 0671319639 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 28 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sporting Chance by Elizabeth Moon ISBN: 0671876198 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Heris Serrano by Elizabeth Moon ISBN: 0743435524 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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