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David Weber is an American author that writes science fiction and fantasy. Weber is best known for the Honor Harrington series. Born in 1952 in Cleveland, Weber started writing during his preteens. Initially, he experimented with poetry and short stories. But everything he wrote was quite terrible.
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Order of Honor Harrington Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | On Basilisk Station | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Honor of the Queen | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Short Victorious War | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Field of Dishonor | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Flag in Exile | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Honor Among Enemies | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
7 | In Enemy Hands | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Echoes of Honor | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Ashes of Victory | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
10 | War of Honor | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
11 | At All Costs | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Mission of Honor | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
13 | A Rising Thunder | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Shadow of Freedom | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
15 | House of Steel | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Shadow of Victory | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Uncompromising Honor | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Expanded Honor Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Toll of Honor | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Honorverse Companion Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jayne's Intelligence Review (Short Story) | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Havenite Republican Navy (Short Story) | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | House of Steel | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Worlds of Honor Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | More Than Honor | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Worlds of Honor | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Changer of Worlds | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Service of the Sword | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
5 | In Fire Forged | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Beginnings | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
7 | What Price Victory? | 2023 | Description / Buy |
Order of Crown of Slaves Series with Eric Flint
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Crown of Slaves | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Torch of Freedom | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Cauldron of Ghosts | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
4 | To End in Fire | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Manticore Ascendant Series with Timothy Zahn, Thomas Pope
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A Call to Duty | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
2 | A Call to Arms | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Call to Vengeance | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
4 | A Call to Insurrection | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Saganami Island Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Shadow of Saganami | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Storm from the Shadows | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Shadow of Freedom | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Shadow of Victory | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Star Kingdom Series with Jane Lindskold
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A Beautiful Friendship | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Fire Season | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Treecat Wars | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
4 | A New Clan | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Friends Indeed | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Order of Honorverse Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | On Basilisk Station | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Honor of the Queen | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Short Victorious War | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Field of Dishonor | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Flag in Exile | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Honor Among Enemies | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
7 | In Enemy Hands | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
8 | "A Beautiful Friendship" | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
9 | "A Whiff of Grapeshot" | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
10 | "A Grand Tour" | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Echoes of Honor | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
12 | "The Stray" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
13 | "What Price Dreams?" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
14 | "The Hard Way Home" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
15 | "Queen's Gambit" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
16 | "Deck Load Strike" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Ashes of Victory | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
18 | "Changer of Worlds" | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
19 | "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
20 | "From the Highlands" | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
21 | "Nightfall" | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
22 | War of Honor | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
23 | "Promised Land" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
24 | "With One Stone" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
25 | "A Ship Named Francis" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
26 | "Let's Go to Prague" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
27 | "Fanatic" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
28 | "The Service of the Sword" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Crown of Slaves | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
30 | The Shadow of Saganami | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
31 | At All Costs | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Storm from the Shadows | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Torch of Freedom | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Mission of Honor | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
35 | "Ruthless" | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
36 | "Let's Dance" | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
37 | "An Act of War" | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
38 | A Beautiful Friendship | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
39 | A Rising Thunder | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Fire Season | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Shadow of Freedom | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
42 | "I Will Build a House of Steel" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
43 | "By the Book" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
44 | "Beauty and the Beast" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
45 | "The Best Laid Plans" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
46 | "Obligated Service" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
47 | "A Call to Arms" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
48 | Treecat Wars | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
49 | Cauldron of Ghosts | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
50 | A Call to Duty | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
51 | A Call to Arms | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
52 | Shadow of Victory | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
53 | "Our Sacred Honor" | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
54 | A Call to Vengeance | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
55 | Dark Fall (Short Story) | 2018 | Available free at www.baen.com/darkfall | |
56 | Uncompromising Honor | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
57 | "Recruiting Exercise" | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
58 | To End in Fire | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
59 | A Call to Insurrection | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Honorverse Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "By the Book" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | "A Beautiful Friendship" | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Beautiful Friendship | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
4 | "The Stray" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Fire Season | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
6 | A Call to Duty | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
7 | A Call to Arms | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
8 | "A Call to Arms" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
9 | A Call to Vengeance | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
10 | "What Price Dreams?" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
11 | "Beauty and the Beast" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
12 | "I Will Build a House of Steel" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
13 | "Our Sacred Honor" | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
14 | "The Best Laid Plans" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
15 | "Recruiting Exercise" | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
16 | "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington" | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
17 | "Queen's Gambit" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
18 | "The Hard Way Home" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
19 | "Promised Land" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
20 | "Ruthless" | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
21 | "Let's Dance" | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
22 | On Basilisk Station | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
23 | "With One Stone" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
24 | The Honor of the Queen | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
25 | The Short Victorious War | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Field of Dishonor | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
27 | "A Grand Tour" | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
28 | "Deck Load Strike" | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Flag in Exile | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
30 | "A Ship Named Francis" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Honor Among Enemies | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
32 | "Changer of Worlds" | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
33 | "A Whiff of Grapeshot" | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
34 | In Enemy Hands | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Echoes of Honor | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
36 | "Let's Go to Prague" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
37 | Ashes of Victory | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
38 | "An Act of War" | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
39 | "From the Highlands" | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
40 | "Nightfall" | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
41 | "Fanatic" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
42 | "The Service of the Sword" | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
43 | War of Honor | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
44 | Crown of Slaves | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
45 | Torch of Freedom | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
46 | The Shadow of Saganami | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
47 | At All Costs | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
48 | Storm from the Shadows | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
49 | Mission of Honor | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
50 | "Obligated Service" | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
51 | A Rising Thunder | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
52 | Shadow of Freedom | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
53 | Cauldron of Ghosts | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
54 | Shadow of Victory | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
55 | Uncompromising Honor | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
56 | A Call to Insurrection | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
57 | To End in Fire | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
58 | Treecat Wars | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
59 | Dark Fall (Short Story) | 2018 | Available free at www.baen.com/darkfall |
Order of Ascent To Empire Series with Richard Fox
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Of Shadows and Caves (Short Story) | 2021 | Available at baen.com/of-shadows-and-caves | |
2 | Governor | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Rebel | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Bolo Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bolo! | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Old Soldiers | 2005 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dahak Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mutineers' Moon | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Armageddon Inheritance | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Heirs of Empire | 1996 | Description / Buy |
Order of Empire Of Man Series with John Ringo
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | March Upcountry | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
2 | March to the Sea | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
3 | March to the Stars | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
4 | We Few | 2004 | Description / Buy |
Order of Fury Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Path of the Fury | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | In Fury Born | 2006 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gordian Division Series with Jacob Holo
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Gordion Protocol | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Valkyrie Protocol | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Janus File | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Weltall File | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Dyson File | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Thermopylae Protocol | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of New Multiverse Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hell's Gate | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Hell Hath No Fury | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Road to Hell | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Out of the Dark Series with Chris Kennedy
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Out of the Dark | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Into the Light | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
3 | To Challenge Heaven | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ranks of Bronze Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ranks of Bronze | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Foreign Legions | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Excalibur Alternative | 2001 | Description / Buy |
Order of Safehold Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Off Armageddon Reef | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
2 | By Schism Rent Asunder | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
3 | By Heresies Distressed | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
4 | A Mighty Fortress | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
5 | How Firm a Foundation | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Midst Toil and Tribulation | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Like a Mighty Army | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Hell's Foundations Quiver | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
9 | At the Sign of Triumph | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Through Fiery Trials | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Order of Starfire Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Insurrection | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Crusade | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | In Death Ground | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Shiva Option | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Exodus | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Extremis | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Imperative | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Oblivion | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of War God Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oath of Swords | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The War God's Own | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Wind Rider's Oath | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
4 | War Maid's Choice | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Sword of the South | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of David Weber Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Apocalypse Troll | 1998 | Description / Buy |
Order of David Weber Graphic Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tales of Honor Volume 1: On Basilisk Station | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of David Weber Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Worlds of Weber | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of Janissaries Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Janissaries | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Clan and Crown | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Storms of Victory | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Mamelukes | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ring of Fire Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | 1632 | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
2 | 1633 | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
3 | 1634: The Galileo Affair | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
4 | 1634: The Ram Rebellion | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
5 | 1635: The Cannon Law | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
6 | 1634: The Baltic War | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
7 | 1634: The Bavarian Crisis | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
8 | 1635: The Dreeson Incident | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
9 | 1635: The Eastern Front | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
10 | 1636: The Saxon Uprising | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
11 | 1636: The Kremlin Games | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
12 | 1635: Papal Stakes | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
13 | 1636: The Devil's Opera | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
14 | 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
15 | 1636: The Viennese Waltz | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
16 | 1636: The Cardinal Virtues | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
17 | 1635: A Parcel of Rogues | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
18 | 1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
19 | 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
20 | 1636: Mission to the Mughals | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
21 | 1636: The Vatican Sanction | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
22 | 1637: The Volga Rules | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
23 | 1637: The Polish Maelstrom | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
24 | 1636: The China Venture | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
25 | 1636: The Atlantic Encounter | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
26 | 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
27 | 1636: Calabar's War | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
28 | 1637: The Peacock Throne | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
29 | 1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
30 | A 1632 Christmas | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
31 | 1637: The Transylvanian Decision (Short Story) | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
32 | 1638: The Sovereign States | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
33 | 1635: The Weaver's Code | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
34 | 1637: The Pacific Initiative | 2025 | Description / Buy | |
35 | 1637: The French Correction | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Ring of Fire Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1632 | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
2 | A 1632 Christmas | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
3 | 1633 | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
4 | 1634: The Galileo Affair | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
5 | 1634: The Ram Rebellion | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
6 | 1634: The Baltic War | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
7 | 1634: The Bavarian Crisis | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
8 | 1635: The Cannon Law | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
9 | 1635: The Dreeson Incident | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
10 | 1635: Papal Stakes | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
11 | 1635: The Eastern Front | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
12 | 1636: The Saxon Uprising | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
13 | 1636: The Kremlin Games | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
14 | 1636: The Devil's Opera | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
15 | 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
16 | 1636: The Viennese Waltz | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
17 | 1635: A Parcel of Rogues | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
18 | 1636: The Cardinal Virtues | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
19 | 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
20 | 1636: Mission to the Mughals | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
21 | 1636: The Vatican Sanction | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
22 | 1637: The Volga Rules | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
23 | 1637: The Polish Maelstrom | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
24 | 1636: The China Venture | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
25 | 1636: The Atlantic Encounter | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
26 | 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
27 | 1637: The Peacock Throne | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
28 | 1636: Calabar's War | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
29 | 1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
30 | 1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
31 | 1637: The Transylvanian Decision (Short Story) | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
32 | 1638: The Sovereign States | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
33 | 1635: The Weaver's Code | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
34 | 1637: The Pacific Initiative | 2025 | Description / Buy | |
35 | 1637: The French Correction | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Order of Bolo Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Bolo | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Rogue Bolo | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Stars Must Wait | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Compleat Bolo | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Unconquerable | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Bolo Brigade | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Bolo Strike | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Bolo Rising | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Road to Damascus | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Old Soldiers | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Their Finest Hour | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF Series with Joe R. Lansdale, Sharon Lee, Brendan DuBois, David Brin, David Drake, Sarah Pinsker, Brad R. Torgersen, David Afsharirad
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 | 2016 | Description / Buy |
David Weber Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Last Stand | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Warmasters | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Masters of Fantasy | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Space Opera Renaissance | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Warriors 2 | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Mammoth Book of SF Wars | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Infinite Stars | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Noir Fatale | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Infinite Stars | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Trouble in the Wind | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Give Me LibertyCon | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Conversations From the Edge: The Galaxy's Edge Interviews | 2021 | Description / Buy |
In 10th grade, the author joined forces with a friend to write a novel, but it was atrocious. But Weber loved writing, and he had no intention of stopping. In fact, he spent his teenage years writing advertising copy and news releases (His parents owned a PR firm.).
He continued along that trajectory for the next several years, plying his trade in radio, TV, newspapers, magazines, government studies, and wherever he could get work. Weber appreciated the experience because those jobs showed him how to work on a deadline.
He gained self-discipline that sustained him later on when fiction and publishing entered the picture. Initially, the author’s objective was to teach college history while writing stories in his spare time.
But then he finished his master’s and realized that finding a tenured teaching position was easier said than done. Fortunately, he had enough experience in public relations to work for himself.
The flexibility of self-employment gave the author the freedom to write. He used that freedom to experiment with fantasy. Weber was dabbling in war game design at the time. He would create short stories for the game-related products he was working on.
These stories were for his consumption. But one day, he sent one of them to Steve White. Steve responded with his own story. Weber reciprocated with another story. This continued until the pair realized that their short stories were chapters in a larger volume.
They submitted their work to Baen Books, and Jim Baen and Toni Weisskopf couldn’t help but recognize their talents. They offered the pair a significant sum to keep writing. This was the first step in a long and rewarding publishing journey.
Weber cannot believe that people pay him real money to do something he would do even if he weren’t being paid. He enjoys earning a living from storytelling. The author has also spoken fondly of the opportunities his career has given him to meet publishing figures he admires, including Anne McCaffrey, Robert Zelazny, and Carolyn Cherryh.
The readers that reach out to Weber are even more important because they say so many nice things about his work. Even when they criticize him, he appreciates the fact that they love his stories enough to buy his books before complaining about them.
The author thinks writers are lucky because they don’t have to grow up. They can spend their lives with their heads in the clouds, living in fictional settings, and going on incredible adventures. It is a privilege the author doesn’t take for granted.
Interestingly enough, even though he loves fantasy and science fiction, Weber’s reading habits are not restricted to those genres. He reads other genres all the time, immersing himself in the works of writers like Alastair McLean and Louis L’Amour.
David Weber Awards
Weber’s accolades include Phoenix, Dragon, and Golden Duck Awards. He has been nominated for a Locus Award.
Best David Weber Books
The most influential writers in Weber’s life include Robert Heinlein, Poul Anderson, and H. Beam Piper. Weber’s best books include:
On Basilisk Station: Honor Harrington is not amused. Her antics got her exiled to Basilisk Station. Harrington knows that her superiors are setting her up to fail. Her crew is not making things easier. They blame her for getting them posted to a distant corner of the system infested with aborigines that smoke homicide-inducing hallucinogens.
If that wasn’t bad enough, she has made an enemy out of the merchant cartels. Harrington will be lucky if she makes it out of the posting alive.
The Honor Of The Queen: Impossible odds are nothing new to Harrington. But her latest assignment will test the Captain’s mettle. Harrington was doing a decent job of keeping the pirates in a backwater system under control. But the campaigns were far from interesting.
Then an old mentor came along and added Harrington to a diplomatic mission to Grayson, a planet in the Yeltsin’s Star System. Unfortunately, the women on Grayson have no rights. Even more problematic is Grayson’s sister planet, which has decided to attack Grayson.
When Does The Next David Weber book come out?
The next book by David Weber is Friends Indeed and will be released on March, 4th 2025. It is the newest book in the Star Kingdom Series.