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Kate’s 2¢: “Out of the Dark” by David Weber
“Out of the Dark” by David Weber
This genre isn’t usually one I would choose, but, it was included in the NLS cartridge of seven stories. I was surprised at how much I did enjoy this story.
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Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 24, 1952,[1] Weber began writing while in fifth grade.[2] Some of Weber’s first jobs within the writing/advertising world began after high school when he worked as copywriter, typesetter, proofreader, and paste-up artist. He later earned an undergraduate degree from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina and a M.A. in history from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.[3]
Weber’s first published novels grew out of his work as a wargame designer for the Task Force board wargame Starfire.[4] Weber used the Starfire universe as a setting for short stories that he wrote for the company’s Nexus magazine, and he also wrote the Starfire novel Insurrection (1990) with Stephen White after Nexus was canceled; this book was the first in a tetralogy that concluded with their final collaboration, The Shiva Option (2002), which was included in The New York Times Best Seller List.[5]
Weber was influenced by C. S. Forester, Patrick O’Brian, Keith Laumer, H. Beam Piper, Robert A. Heinlein, Roger Zelazny, Christopher Anvil and Anne McCaffrey[2][6][7]
Weber’s novels range from epic fantasy (Oath of Swords, The War God’s Own) to space opera (Path of the Fury, The Armageddon Inheritance) to alternate history (1632 series with Eric Flint) and military science fiction with in-depth characterization.[8]
A lifetime military history buff, David Weber has carried his interest of history into his fiction. He is said to be interested in most periods of history, with a strong emphasis on the military and diplomatic aspects.[9]
Weber prefers to write about strong characters. He develops a character’s background story in advance in considerable detail because he wants to achieve that degree of comfort level with the character.[2] Weber has said he writes primarily in the evenings and at night.[9]
Weber says he makes an effort to accept as many invitations to science fiction conferences and conventions as he can, because he finds the direct feedback from readers that he gets at conventions extremely useful. He makes a habit of Tuckerizing people from fandom, particularly in the Honor Harrington books (see, e.g., Jordin Kare).[9]
In 2008, Weber donated his archive to the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.[10]
Weber and his wife, Sharon, live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and “a passel of dogs”.[4]
Weber is a United Methodist lay preacher, and tries to explore in his writing how religions (both real-life and fictional) can be forces for good on the one hand, and misused to defend evil causes on the other.[11][12]
Weber belongs to the American Small Business Administration, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and the NRA.[13][14]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Out of the dark DB108433
Weber, David Reading time: 16 hours, 50 minutes.
Charles Keating
Science Fiction
Fantasy Fiction
When the Galactic Hegemony discovered a world of aggressive sentients called humans it seemed reasonable to neutralize them. With Earth conquered, individuals like Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky struggle to form a new life. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2010.
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Kate’s 2¢: “All Fall Down” by Jennifer Weiner
“All Fall Down” by Jennifer Weiner
Martha Harmon Pardee is my all-time favorite narrator. She makes the author’s sense of humor and ending drama pop.
This story’s child resonated with me, as the author might have used my daughter as the prototype for Elly. I will admit, though, that now that my daughter is 43-years old, she is a wonderful, well-adjusted adult and mother of three boys.
I enjoyed this story and it carries a good message about how a little drug can very easily get out of hand.
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Jennifer Weiner (born March 28, 1970)[1] is an American writer, television producer, and journalist. She is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her debut novel, published in 2001, was Good in Bed. Her novel In Her Shoes (2002) was made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, and Shirley MacLaine.
Background and education[edit]
Weiner was born to a Jewish family[2] in DeRidder, Louisiana, where her father was stationed as an army physician. The next year, her family (including a younger sister and two brothers) moved to Simsbury, Connecticut, where Weiner spent her childhood.
When Weiner was 16, her father abandoned the family. He died of a crack cocaine overdose in 2008.[3]
Her first novel, Good in Bed, is loosely based on her young-adult life: like the main character, Cannie Shapiro, Weiner’s parents divorced when she was 16, and her mother came out as a lesbian at age 55.
Weiner has said that she was “one of only nine Jewish kids in her high school class of 400” at Simsbury High School.[4] She entered Princeton University at the age of 17 and graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. in English in 1991 after completing an 86-page-long senior thesis titled “‘Never Far From Mother –‘ On the Uses of Essentialism in Novels and Films.”[4][5]
At Princeton, Weiner studied with J. D. McClatchy, Ann Lauterbach, John McPhee, Toni Morrison, and Joyce Carol Oates.[1] Her first published story, “Tour of Duty,” appeared in Seventeen in 1992.[1]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
All fall down: a novel DB79561
Weiner, Jennifer. Reading time: 11 hours, 41 minutes.
Read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
Human Relations
Bestsellers
Psychological Fiction
Hard-working mother Allison Weiss tries to balance a business, a rocky marriage, her aging parents, and a demanding daughter. As she struggles to hold her life together, Allison finds that the painkillers she was prescribed for a back injury help her deal with more than just physical discomfort. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2014.
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