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  1. Emberverse Omnibus Discussion Thread

    From the Stirling fan FB page.

  2. Emberverse Omnibus Discussion Thread

    ...far as the longbow can reach, and Light cavalry would be able to flank any position not covered by sheer cliffs or deep rivers. But, no, they forget* they have these, and just charge in. That's leaving aside the fact that the French army at Agincourt had....issues, to begin with. For...

  3. Emberverse Omnibus Discussion Thread

    I think it has quite a bit to do with how Stirling is visualizing this series (and accounts for the serious difference in narrative style and pacing from his previous series). Namely, that he has a vision of a scene/event, and his feel/picture of that scene or event overrides everything...

  4. Emberverse Omnibus Discussion Thread

    What, nothing? AH-ers, you disappoint... I do like the fact that Stirling is slowly walking back the previous concept of "everyone in <massive blank space on the map> died....everyone!" (the first instance of him doing this was when the Norheimers were stumbled across, with them being the...

  5. Emberverse Omnibus Discussion Thread

    ...The series went from the original trilogy, where multiple leaders had to team up and work together to frustrate the PPA, to a story where Hero* and his followers do whatever the Hero says. Discuss. *-There's one rather grating scene, early on in TSL, where Rudi...

  6. Drakon Question

    There was a fanfic, Domination Centuries, co-written by Stirling himself, that showed the outcome of Ingolfsson winning. Basically, the Domination pushed a bunch of orbital battlestations (that could enter the atmosphere as well) through the portal, made their presence known and stated their...

  7. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    BTW, as of this point, we now have two characters who are specifically shown to have known the Change was coming. Kalk the Norrheimer. That Mormon girl from the anthology.

  8. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    ...people who obviously can't be saved. The command would transition straight to "preserve the Unit" mode, and act accordingly. <Stirling simply says* that "I assume that the military would stay true to their oaths, and so die in the cities".....but then, they have to do that, or Norman's PPA...

  9. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    One item from the new book: I may be taking this the wrong way, but it sounds like Sterling is "movie-fying" the Dunedain. They are now using "long-hilted curved swords"....which sounds suspiciously like how you would describe the elven swords from the LOTR films (either the naginata-like...

  10. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    I continue to believe that Stirling missed some opportunities when he handwaved away all the military units, especially in places like Washington State. Ft. Lewis is full of engineers, doctors, and quick-thinking killers (3 Brigades of Infantry, a Ranger Battalion, and 2/3rds of a Special...

  11. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    Basically Exodus-type Hebrews (semi-nomadic, use camels, live by the Halacha, etc) mixed with Zionist Adventurers (everyone is combat-trained, and the various clans/subgroups coordinate defense/security). All founded by a guy (Yaakov) who figured he and his friends should get the hell out of LA...

  12. Emberverse Map

    Who all have similar problems (even in areas with water....you still have to get access to it....same with food), along with overflow from the cities (on bikes, at first, but a fairly sizeable foot column would make it >150km). The Bay Area is generally boned. Too many people from SF. Mist...

  13. Emberverse Map

    ...ranging from Norman Arminger to Good Ole Boys to crowds of teenagers)....it's mostly all bad news. An event like the Change, which globally* removes (Not "damages". Removes) our structural safety nets that artificially prop up our local carrying capacities will kill more than 9 out of 10...

  14. Emberverse Map

    Most of Southern California is wildly overpopulated (even the less-populated rural areas) relative to its potable water resources. That alone is going to cause a massive die off....possibly a clean sweep. Coastal California is generally densely populated (with a skip of very lightly-populated...

  15. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    It's a pretty well-designed society.

  16. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    Yeah, it's noted (as early as the Twins saying so, in TSL) that the well-to-do (Bearkillers, in the case of the Twins) generally consider a trip to Portland or Corvallis to qualify as "cosmopolitan". Ironically, (outside of war vets or professional travelers/explorers) the PPA Associates are...

  17. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    Montival is not a pre-industrial society* (though parts of it are very lightly industrialized). They have as much machine driven industry as the mid-19th Century US....just without the most energy-intensive processes, and much, much more hydraulically-driven (substituting for steam power)...

  18. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    I do wish Stirling would leave off the "Montivallans visit foreign land, and continually remark about how everyone is a bunch of hicks, easily outdone by their Montivallan counterparts" stuff. Yes, it could be accounted for by the Montivallans only being shown roaming around comparatively less...

  19. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    SPOILERS The Participatory Democracy of Topanga.* Chatsworth Lancers (low-rent PPA/Bearkiller/CORA setup).* Emyn Muir Dunedain. Kingdom of Esmeraldas (NW Coast of Ecuador). Eretz Bnei Yaakov (Semi-Nomadic Jewish clans in the Mojave Desert). Zanzibar is mentioned. The narrative...

  20. Emberverse: The Golden Princess

    Thinking back over the books.... ...there are some characters who have never actually been given names. Signe & Mike's second set of twins. Signe's bastard son/daughter (via Bjarne....which is awkward, since he was cheating on his wife).
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