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By Schism Rent Asunder | 
 enlarge | Author: David Weber
Publisher: Tor Books
Category: Book
List Price: £25.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 6920
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0765315017
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765315014
ASIN: 0765315017
Publication Date: July 22, 2008
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Slower pace, greater depth...not a bad effort by any means July 27, 2008
Mr. A. Seivewright (Leicester, England)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Now if you're new to Weber's books and you're reading Schism after finishing the first one, you'll find this second book to be an excellent piece of work. Well written, amazing depth and enough intrigue to chew on for at least a week.
For a long-term Weber fan, however, this book MIGHT leave you a tad underwhelmed.
Do not get me wrong, this book is an excellent read, no question.
But Weber's book have always had an nigh perfect balance between large scale action and human interaction on a personal/political/religious level that has always been exquisite, in my eyes at least.
In Schism, he has 'unbalanced' this equation to a rather large extent and whilst there are any number of action sequences, they are not the sort of battles i have come to expect.
Especially as, in all his works, these battles are never just for the sake of having a fight but to push the conflicts in certain directions, hinging the course of the war on the outcome of these battles.
In this book, Weber appears to utilise political manuevering on a grand scale to set the course of the Safehold War instead.
Whilst a fairly big proponent of the 'if it ain't broke...' modus operandii, i'm all for experimentation and growth and this was a bravua effort from Weber.
My problem was, all his past works have 'educated' me to expect a large battle and reaching the end of the book with only a few skirmishes to whet my appetite only left me hungry for more. So whilst this book was an excellent read, for me, it never really rose to the levels of some of his other works.
If you're a Weber 'fleet warfare' junkie like myself, it's not one to avoid exactly, just start reading with your eyes open about the fact that you're not likely to get your fix with this particular book.
Roll on Spring 2009 and 'Heresies Distressed'!!!!!
Another good'in! July 27, 2008
Nedine Obrien (UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you've read David Weber before you know how good he is. This is a slightly different take on the usual science fiction, more reminicent of the Pern type series, where the story is based in a almost medieval setting. In this series religion plays an important part of the story, although with out it being over the top. The characters are engaging if maybe at times a little too much like previous characters. But even saying that, it's a great read which I've really enjoyed, infact I now have to catch up on all the work (and sleep) that has been allowed to slide because I haven't been able to put it down. If you've enjoyed any of David Weber's other books, you'll enjoy this one and it's slightly different take on the usual space saga. So Mr Weber, where's the next one????????
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