On Basilisk Station

Honor Harrington, Book 1

By: David Weber

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Having made a superior look a fool, Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin.

Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way picket station.

The aborigines of the system's only habitable planet are smoking homicide-inducing hallucinogens.

Parliament isn't sure it wants to keep the place; the major local industry is smuggling; the merchant cartels want her head; the star-conquering, so-called "Republic" of Haven is up to something; and Honor Harrington has a single, over-age light cruiser with an armament that doesn't work to police the entire star system.

But the people out to get her have made one mistake. They've made her mad.

A Note from Author David Weber
There's been some confusion—not to say, um, energetic debate, readers and fans being readers and fans—about the correct pronunciation of "Manticoran." The truth, alas, is that a stitch was dropped. An error occurred. A mistake was made… and it wasn't Audible's fault. It was mine. Before Audible recorded the very first Honor Harrington book, narrator Allyson Johnson and I not only corresponded by e-mail but actually spoke to one another by phone. She wanted to make absolutely certain she had the correct pronunciations for names, places, star nations, etc., and I tried to make certain all of her questions were answered. And so they were. Unfortunately, at some point in the process, I replied to one of her e-mails by telling her that "Man-ti-core-ahn" was pronounced "Man-tik-er-ahn." Exactly how this happened is more than I can say at this point, except to blushingly disclose that the original e-mail remains intact, confirming to all the world that it was, indeed, my fault. I can ascribe it only to a temporary mental hiccup on my part and crave your forgiveness. If, however, you must blame someone for the mix-up, that someone should be me and not Audible, who have done everything they could to get it right.

©2002 David Weber (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

masterful

amazing story with excellent reading style. always love a good audio rendition of my favorite books

History told in the Future

What did you like best about On Basilisk Station? What did you like least?

I like how much history (actual history not just word building) is present in the story. These are stories from our own past retold in a future setting.

Entertaining

A creative a well delivered story that has helped me pass time me while traveling. Looking forward to the next installment.

A Good Book

A very good start to a Sci Fi series. I hope the series continues this well.

birth of an epic tale

Deep characters involved in a multilayered story of loyalty, betrayal , comradeship and courage. Get hooked by Honour and her crew. You won't be disapointed.

excellent beginnings

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes i will and have recommended this book to friends

What other book might you compare On Basilisk Station to and why?

Horatio hornblower cs forrester

Slow start, Exciting finish

I thought it was an interesting story and Honor is a likable character. I know the narration is getting some bad reviews, but I found the narrator enjoyable to listen to.

to much technical talk it sounds like it was used

as filler. character development was good. So all in all was a very good book.

Not Bad

If you enjoy overly detailed syfy this book is for you. That being said it is a book of its time and some of the polish of Weber's later books is missing. However, the story is still enjoyable if not revolutionary. Narration is a bit dry, but I believe this done intentionally to match the main character. Overall I'd say it is worth the listen.

Amazing

Another amazing space dwelling book cowboy to start the 2nd book in the series This author is always been my favourite