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JediTrilobite
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Nov '99
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2/19 7:42am
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Vatta's War
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Has anyone read this series, by Elizabeth Moon?
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Vatta's War is the collective name for an on-going science fiction series by Texas writer Elizabeth Moon. Four books have been published so far: Trading in Danger (2003), Marque and Reprisal (2004) (Moving Target in UK and Australia), Engaging the Enemy (2006) and Command Decision, released February 27, 2007[1]. The fifth book in the series, Victory Conditions will be published in February 2008. They have been characterized as space operas similar in style to the works of Lois McMaster Bujold and David Weber.[2]
The books follow the adventures of Kylara Vatta, a young member of the Vatta family, which runs the interstellar shipping corporation Vatta Enterprises. She had sought a life outside the family business by enrolling in the Slotter Key Spaceforce Academy, but she is forced to resign in her final year and assigned to captain an old trading ship for the corporation. Her military training is put to good use, however, during the crises she faces, first as a ship captain in dangerous situations, and later as the representative of a family under attack.
The first book, Trading in Danger, is narrowly focused on Ky and the local crisis in which she becomes involved. The perspective expands in the later books as connections between piracy and ansible attacks on the one hand and Vatta Enterprises and InterStellar Communications Corporation (ISC) on the other are revealed.
I have the first two books, but I haven't gotten around to sitting down and going through them, beyond a chapter or two. Any fans out there?
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I-poodoo
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I've read them and am happy to recommend them. Vatta's war is a good read.
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NYCitygurl
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2/19 3:49pm
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Elizabeth Moon sounds familiar, but I haven't read these.
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JediTrilobite
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3/3 11:59am
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I'm currently about halfway through the first book - it's a quick read, not a bad one.
The only thing that I've noticed, at least from just reading the backs of her other books, that her books have a really similar plots, which is a little worry for the upcoming books in the series.
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Raven
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3/3 12:08pm
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NYCitygurl posted:
Elizabeth Moon sounds familiar, but I haven't read these.
I've read some of her books. Decent military fiction, not great. She's much better at plotting than dialog or exposition.
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Jedi_Master_Adara
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I havn't... I'll look it up though.
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JediTrilobite
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3/10 9:51am
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Raven posted:
NYCitygurl posted:
Elizabeth Moon sounds familiar, but I haven't read these.
I've read some of her books. Decent military fiction, not great. She's much better at plotting than dialog or exposition.
Having finished the first book, I agree. Her characters are pretty flat, and they seem very forced. I have books 2 and 4 at home, and I'll read them at some point, but it's not something I'm going to jump to.
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