HVT-022 Second Interview with David Weber

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Although the timing wasn’t openly discussed, you all knew we had a second interview with David Weber in the works. Well, our calendars finally aligned, and we are excited to drop the second interview with the creator of the Honorverse into the feed.

We covered somewhere between 15 and 20 questions, including quite a few listener questions. Even so, it shouldn’t surprise any of you that we still have a list of questions we couldn’t get to this time. If you’ve sent us questions that weren’t addressed in either interview, don’t give up hope. We didn’t get all of our questions, either. We’ll continue to gather them up with the hope and anticipation that Mr. Weber might give us time for another opportunity to sit and chat with him as we get further along in the Honorverse storyline.

Three important notes:

First, there are some “spoilers” contained in the interview if you have not read through Mission of Honor, and some teasers of things to come (David loves dropping little teasers!). With two of your three hosts making their first pass through the Honorverse, we feel confident that there’s nothing here that’ll ruin the experience for any of you who are in the same boat. However, if you’re particularly sensitive to hearing any spoilers, you’ve been gently warned.

Second, we had the chance to hear more about David himself, specifically how his perspectives as a historian influenced (and continue to influence) his writing. We trust that each of you will find this interesting, and perhaps a little surprising in the best of ways. David shared some of his thoughts with us, at times in depth, tied to long-standing questions and curiosities we’ve had about the Honorverse. Specifically, we discussed how these novels and short stories seem to have very real relevance to today’s world. Sometimes this was not surprising, while at other times it was quite unintended. You’ll also hear some interesting and related political viewpoints.

Get ready to be surprised. Parallels some of us may have drawn to the relationship between the politics and political parties in the Honorverse, and how they track with modern (and domestic, for our U.S. listeners) political parties, may or may not survive contact with David’s thoughts and explanations. Right when you suspect you have him figured out, he shares another perspective that may shatter your assumptions. Some of this culminates with a renewed discussion about his relationship with his co-author Eric Flint, who we have mentioned several times on earlier episodes, including in David’s first interview with us.

Third, you’re going to get to hear a little bit about the new novel Toll of Honor. We interviewed David just before publication, so don’t be surprised if you hear a discussion that suggests we’re talking about a book that hasn’t been published yet. By now it will be out and available for all of us to enjoy. For those who haven’t picked up a copy and read it, don’t worry, there aren’t any real Toll of Honor spoilers in the interview.

Mr. Weber, we owe you Honorverse-sized thanks once again for the truly generous amount of time you gave us, your fans, to sit and chat about the Honorverse!

On the next episode we’ll discuss the anthology In Fire Forged, as previously promised. We’re confident getting to hear from David himself was more than a reasonable excuse to delay our discussion of the next book.

As always, genuine thanks to each of you for listening, and especially folks who have found the time to send us comments. If you haven’t already done so, consider spreading the word to others who you know are Honor Harrington fans, or to those who might enjoy the Honorverse!

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Now, let’s be about it!