Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:54:19 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Samuel Lubell <lubell at cais.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What I can't read
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

At 08:00 PM 3/23/02 -0500, Erica wrote:
>I loved "Falling Free." Great story, characters, SF concept. The I read "The
>Vor Game" after it was nominated for the Hugo the next year. Well written,
>but to me just space opera with the twist that the hero is a dwarf. I
>haven't read anything by her since, and, IMHO, her Hugos are popularity
>prizes.

The Vor Game is the weakest of her Miles books.  Try the short story
Mountains of Morning and the novel Brothers in Arms before giving up on
her.  Miles has overcome his space opera roots.

>I like the illos I've seen of the treecats, though...wonder if there's a
>local breeder? (My apologies to the treecats if they are sentient!)

I believe these are Weber's creation from the Honor Harrington books.