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著者： Jim Arrowood JP Harvey Raul Ybarra
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Honorverse Today is a fan podcast providing review, commentary, and opinion for the Honor Harrington and Honorverse book series written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The Honor Harrington series is one of the largest and most successful science fiction series in history. Yet it has never had a podcast. Until now. The series chronicles the life and world of Honor Harrington from her humble beginnings through the changing of the galactic order. The series includes 14 main series books, 2 spinoff series, several anthologies, 2 prequels, a comic series (which we will not be covering at this point), and several non-fiction reference and/or RPG game books. Honorverse Today will be covering the body of fictional stories, with the possible exception of the comics. More important, we will be covering all of the books in publication order. We know there has been debate within the fandom whether it's best to read in publication or chronological. For a podcast format, we have thought it best to cover the boooks in the order they were published. The Honorverse Today hosts are: Jim Arrowood, JP Harvey, and Raul Ybarra. Honorverse Today is brought to you by TPE Network. You can find the Honor Harrington books at Baen Books. Several books are availalbe in the Baen Free Library found at the site. Theme music is Honor and Sword by Zakhar Valaha. Check his website for all of your podcasting music needs. Honorverse Today is not affiliated with Baen Books or David Weber. Opinions expressed in the show are strictly those of the hosts. They do not reflect the opinions of Baen Books, David Weber or TPE Network.All rights reserved. SF
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  • HVT-046 The Pritchart Files

    HVT-046 The Pritchart Files
    2026/09/20
    As you all know, the publication of David’s next novel was delayed until February 2027. Originally scheduled to release in July, we should see it hit the stores very early in 2027. If you haven’t done so already, go preorder it! In the meantime, we grabbed three unique short stories from David, all revolving around one of our favorite characters, Eloise Pritchart.The three stories we’ll cover in this episode are Dark Fall, Our Sacred Honor, and Recruiting Exercise, and we’ll discuss them in this order.In different ways and definitely across a significant period of time, each of these have ties to Haven in general, and specifically times surrounding the People’s Republic of Haven. No surprise to you, since we mentioned Eloise Pritchart.For the fans out there, you know David can write a short story that’s almost novel length. In this case, all three of these are truly short stories. If you haven’t read these before and don’t like spoilers, please look at the titles and associated info below, and grab copies to read before listening to our discussion. We’ve even provided links for where to find them at the time this episode posts.=================The first story we discuss is Dark Fall.We believe this story was written in 2017, and it spans several periods of time. There are events that occur in 402 PD, then 1882 PD, and the rest of the story happens in 1916 PD, shortly after the fall of the People’s Republic of Haven. The internet tells us that the events at that point run concurrently with the final Honor Harrington novel Uncompromising Honor. The story runs about 46 pages in length.You can find it at Baen Book for free: https://www.baen.com/darkfallYour hosts gave this story three thumbs up.=================The second story is Our Sacred Honor. This one was published in 2017 in Bryan Schmidt’s science fiction anthology called Infinite Stars. There were no dates given in the story itself, but it appears to have taken place somewhere in the mid-to-late 1800s PD, during the time when the old Havenite Republic was gone and the PRH was in power. Once again, the events occur in Haven and it interestingly features the early and formative years of Eloise Prichart, to include the formation of her political views. This story runs about 36 pages in length.You can find more information about this anthology (to include purchasing options) on Bryan Schmidt’s website: https://bryanthomasschmidt.net/infinite-stars/We gave this story three thumbs-up.=================The final story in this set is Recruiting Exercise. It was published in the Baen anthology called Noir Fatale in 2019. We estimate it occurs sometime after April 1861, and possibly after July 1873. There are references in the story to things that were a part of the PRH, including the Basic Living Stipend (BLS) for folks on the dole. Note: there’s an in-story quote at the end from Senator Ninon Bourchier, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Republic of Haven 01/05/1922 in which he reflects on the events of the story. Given the anthology the story was published in, no surprise that the story reads like a classic noir tale. Pretty cool. This story was about 21 pages in length.Noir Fatale is available through Baen at: https://www.baen.com/noir-fataleYour hosts wrap these three stories up by rating this one with three more “thumbs-up”!Because this wasn’t an anthology volume, we didn’t give the stories an overall numeric rating.Next time we’re going to discuss the new novel, A Call to Deception.Please keep those likes and comments coming, and if you’re enjoying the podcast, it’s never too late to invite others to give it a listen—all the episodes remain available, and we’ll keep posting new ones as new content is published in the Honorverse.You can find us, and all our episodes at http://honorverse.net, and email us at honorverse@tpenetwork.com. Remember, we always and truly look forward to hearing from you.Now, let’s be about it!
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  • HVT-045 House of Steel

    HVT-045 House of Steel
    2026/05/03

    This is a unique book within the Honorverse. Mostly it’s a companion to the stories we’ve read, but it also contains a novella written by David Weber. The first third of the book is essentially a biography of King Roger III told through a story, beginning with his time as a young officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy and running through his reign. The story is titled “I Will Build My House of Steel”, from which the name of the book is derived. The remaining two-thirds of the book is the detailed companion full of history, military information, political / governmental information, ship classes, and so much more. It’s a must-read!

    While published in May 2013, we decided to cover it out of publication order and when we reached the end of discussing all the books that have already been published and available. While that sets the novella out of order, the book really is primarily a companion volume with a lot of reference and background information on a host of topics.

    In this episode we discussed the novella like we would any other story or novel, then each of us highlighted a favorite section from the companion. Of course, we’d love to hear from all of you with your thoughts on the novella and which section or sections of the companion were your favorites.

    Your hosts rated “House of Steel” with a trio of 4s (out of 5), resulting in an overall rating of 4.

    Back to what was mentioned above: there are currently no more already published books in the Honorverse, but don’t fear! The next book is scheduled to be published in July 2026—just a few months from when this episode was recorded and hits the feed. We’re going to cover that book, “A Call to Deception”, a month after it hits the streets. The book is titled “A Call to Deception”, written by David Weber, Timothy Zahn and Thomas Pope, and it’s the fifth novel in the Manticore Ascendent series. We’re excited to read it and hope you are, too!

    You can preorder “A Call to Deception” at the time this episode releases. As always, grab a copy, invite a friend, get to reading and join us again (after a short delay) on our continuing voyage through the Honorverse! Also, please stay tuned for an announcement about another project we’re cooking up!

    You can find us, and all our episodes at http://honorverse.net, and email us at honorverse@tpenetwork.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

    Now, let’s be about it!
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  • HVT-044 Challenges

    HVT-044 Challenges
    2026/04/05
    At the time of recording, this is the latest (and pretty recent) addition to the collection of anthologies within the Honorverse. David Weber and his co-authors have produced a work in this book that is powerful. Even though one of your hosts was under the weather when we recorded (as you’ll hear), we enjoyed what we read. We can’t wait to hear what you, our traveling companions thought as well.“ Challenges” is the eighth volume in the Worlds of Honor anthologies, published in November 2025. For those of you who aren’t caught up (at this point) with this latest of books, spoilers abound if you chose to listen before reading. You’ve been warned! This latest installment brings us another five short stories from a total of six authors: Marisa Wolf, Jane Lindskold, Jacob Holo, Thomas Pope, David Allen Butler, and of course, David Weber. As with the previous anthology, there are a few new faces mixed in with some true favorites!The title comes from where this collection takes us: back to the earlier years of the Star Kingdom, to include the plague years, and therefore to some of the challenges that the Star Kingdom face.An important note: David Weber uses the stories in this book to help fix some continuity issues that emerged over the many novels that have brought us the amazing Honorverse. There’s a note at the beginning of the book that explains this, so please don’t skip over it—what’s contained in this note is important.As originally published by Baen, “Challenges” arrived as a 272-page hardcover in November 2025.The first story in the book is One Controllable Step, by Marisa Wolf.The constantly mutating virus that has hit Manticore hard has just been declared a plague and has jumped from Manticore to Sphynx. A team of scientists have arrived from Beowulf to do what they can to help turn things around before the young Star Kingdom fades into history with the possible deaths of all. We’ve heard about this plague many times over the years; this story gives us some of the details about the efforts to save lives and to save the Kingdom.Your hosts gave this story three ‘thumbs-up”.====The second story, Deadly Delusions was written by Jane Lindskold. In this very cool story, we see some of the early work being done by the company BioNeering, specifically work being done by Dr. Mariel Ubel. The featured point of view for the story are retired Sheriff’s Deputy Arvin Erhart and a treecat named True Stalker, but there are a few other important character perspectives, too. All this is happening around the time young Stephanie Harrington is about 11 years old—around the age we first meet her and she bonds with her treecat.We gave this story three “thumbs-up”, as well.====The Great Condiment Caper was the third story, written by Jacob Holo, with Thomas Pope. While we’re back in the early years of the Star Kingdom, we get the chance to check in on the young Ensign Edward “Eddie” Saganami. A freshly minted junior officer, he’s serving onboard Manticore’s first completely home built destroyer, the Ad Astra as an engineering officer. When a palate of precious cargo goes missing, young Ensign Saganami is given the responsibility to solve the crime. The story is light-hearted and fun, although contained within are some wonderful lessons about officership, and some of the little things that actually impact a crew’s morale in addition to the direct impact of a ship’s commander, XO and the other senior leaders onboard. In this case, the little thing at the center of the story: Dempsy’s Sweet and Spicy BBQ Sauce. For real!Your hosts scored this one with another unanimous three “thumbs-up” as well!====XO was the fourth story in the anthology, written by Daniel Allen Butler.We find ourselves onboard the HMS Ulysses as a medical incident removes the ship’s captain from command, and the XO, Lieutenant Commander Ellen D’Orville finds herself in command while they take the captain to the nearest medical facility. Upon arrival, LCDR D’Orville learns she will remain in command, and take the ship and crew on its next mission to conduct an intelligence mission as a part of Operation Long Winter. They are to remain undetected as they operate in another star nation’s space. Enter Manpower and slavers operating in the same volume of space. At the heart of the problem is the matter of dealing with genetic slavers. Obligated to act against these slaver pirates, but also to remain silent, LCDR faces a very real moral dilemma as she has to decide to break silence (and violate her orders) to address the slave ship or remain silent and neglect the competing moral obligation to act against the slavers. Both are required by Manticoran law. No matter what she does, she’ll have done the right AND the wrong thing, both of which will always come with consequences.No specific dates are given in the story, but we know that these events also happen during Operation Long Winter, ...
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