I enjoyed the books a great deal. I've always liked Horatio Hornblower in space kinda stuff which is how this was marketed. Like the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court kinda books, they are, for me, a guilty pleasure. I mean, with the singularity(s) coming, or something close to them, I don't see titanium ships and iron men (or bunnies) pacing the command deck hollering out orders to drive their fleets into the enemies heart and fire all space torpedoes. It's space opera, which means fantasy without elves and wizards (normally).
No offense intended but I likely would never have purchased the series had I noticed any connection between it and furry. Seeing myself as a fairly normal sf reader (if there is such a thing) I would say that yes, for furry writers to appeal to a larger audience they will have to write material that appeals to a larger audience.
I confess, too, had I learned the protagonist was a rabbit before I bought it chances are I simply would not have bought it. That said, I really enjoyed the series. Does it make me any more likely to seek out furry fiction in the future? Emphatically no, sorry. I don't buy books because of who or what the characters in them are. I would tend to see a book marketing itself to a large degree simply on the basis that it contained furry characters (or characters of any specific race, sex, religion, species, etc.) as a strong hint that the book must not have much else to recommend it. And, frankly, there are too many books out there for me to investigate them all deeply when I am looking for a quick read -- if one thing causes me to hesitate about buying one then I'm generally off to look at another title.
Generally, I like books with strong protagonists, especially ones that it becomes possible to identify with, to at least some degree, even if the main character is an androgynous Denebian swamp slime. That's why I liked this series.
I enjoyed the books a great deal. I've always liked Horatio Hornblower in space kinda stuff which is how this was marketed. Like the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court kinda books, they are, for me, a guilty pleasure. I mean, with the singularity(s) coming, or something close to them, I don't see titanium ships and iron men (or bunnies) pacing the command deck hollering out orders to drive their fleets into the enemies heart and fire all space torpedoes. It's space opera, which means fantasy without elves and wizards (normally).
No offense intended but I likely would never have purchased the series had I noticed any connection between it and furry. Seeing myself as a fairly normal sf reader (if there is such a thing) I would say that yes, for furry writers to appeal to a larger audience they will have to write material that appeals to a larger audience.
I confess, too, had I learned the protagonist was a rabbit before I bought it chances are I simply would not have bought it. That said, I really enjoyed the series. Does it make me any more likely to seek out furry fiction in the future? Emphatically no, sorry. I don't buy books because of who or what the characters in them are. I would tend to see a book marketing itself to a large degree simply on the basis that it contained furry characters (or characters of any specific race, sex, religion, species, etc.) as a strong hint that the book must not have much else to recommend it. And, frankly, there are too many books out there for me to investigate them all deeply when I am looking for a quick read -- if one thing causes me to hesitate about buying one then I'm generally off to look at another title.
Generally, I like books with strong protagonists, especially ones that it becomes possible to identify with, to at least some degree, even if the main character is an androgynous Denebian swamp slime. That's why I liked this series.