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David Mark Weber (born October 24, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He has written several sci-fi and fantasy books series, the best known of which is the Honor Harrington series of sci-fi books. His first novel, which he worked on with Steve White, sold in 1989 to Baen books. Baen remains Weber's major publisher. == Writing career == Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Weber began writing while in fifth grade.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wildviolet.net/live_steel/david_weber.html )〕 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 and M.A. in history. Weber's first published novels grew out of his work as a war game designer for the Task Force game ''Starfire''.〔 Weber wrote short stories set in the ''Starfire'' universe for Task Force Games' ''Nexus'' magazine, and he wrote the ''Starfire'' novel ''Insurrection'' (1990) with Stephen White after ''Nexus'' was cancelled. This book was the first in a tetralogy that continued through their last collaboration, ''The Shiva Option'' (2002), which made ''The New York Times'' Best Seller List. 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〔 He has in turn influenced such writers as Steve White, John Ringo, Eric Flint and Walter Jon Williams 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.convergence-con.org/convergence/node/95 )〕 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. 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.〔 Weber has said he writes primarily in the evenings and at night.〔 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).〔 In 2008, Weber donated his archive to the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/sciencefiction.cfm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Weber」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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