| Hell's Gate (Multiverse) (Multiverse) | 
 enlarge | Authors: David Weber, Linda Evans
Publisher: Baen Books,U.S.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 393005
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 816
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 1416509399
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416509394
ASIN: 1416509399
Publication Date: October 2, 2006
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 Not good January 21, 2007
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I came to this via the Honor Harrington novels, as well as the Weber/White collaborations (In Death Ground, et seq.). I regard the Honorverse as one of the most interesting and coherent science fiction constructs I have encountered (well, until the last few). So, I bought this without any hesitation. And I have been regretting it ever since. I'm trying to finish it, honest. But it is so DULL!! A sweep across multiple universes, yes- but it spends all the time looking at people's tangled emotions in tiny, tiny segments of them. Dull, very dull. Think Thomas Covenant without the leprosy. And avoid.
 Great idea, bland work January 2, 2007
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Just like a Hollywood blockbuster, this latest novel from an author I deeply like starts with a tremendous idea but does not live up to its premises. In a nutshell, here we have two universes: in the first one, magic works, the second is technology-based. They meet and they clash. It sounds interesting, and it is, but... See, all of Weber's characters in all of Weber's works are proud, noble, intelligent and selfless if commissioned officers; selfless,a bit dumb and great workers if NCOs. I normally like it (almost as much as I loved Heinlein's militaristic fiction before). You see, Asimov taught me that it's better if the enemy is not plain evil, but he's just a smart guy with a different viewpoint. This time around it all sounds a bit fishy, though. Why should two stable words with a vivid culture and strong economy start warring if the people in charge are such paragons of perfection? In this one case, one is left thinking that the reason is "we plan to write at least five books about this, so we can't have peace, that's why"...
Hugely Disappointing December 30, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I don't know if I'm really entitled to review this book as I've read just over 100 pages and I don't intend to read any more.
The book is so turgid it feels like a work of non-fiction by a particularly dull academic. Every page seems to contain a long explanation of the circumstances which brought the multitudes of indistinguishable characters to wherever they are.
I know it's by David Weber and I really ought to persevere, I think he's one of the most compelling SF authors I've ever read but this is just too much for me. I can't recommend this to anyone who expects it to be even remotely like David Weber's other work.
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