title: The Essential Weber: A Reader
author: Sam Whimster
description: Sam Whimster teaches in the Sociology Department at London Guildhall University and is the author of Max Weber and the Culture of Anarchy (1998).
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  DAVID WEBER (USA, 1952) is a science fiction and fantasy writer born in
  Cleveland, Ohio. Previously he owned a small advertising and public relation
  agency, but now writes fiction full time. The author of sixty-three works of
  fiction since 1990. His work ranges from epic fantasy to alternate history to
  space opera and military science fiction. He is a New York Times bestseller,
  the winner of the Phoenix Award, and has been nominated for Locus Awards.
  
  
  
  
  
  He and his wife Sharon live in Greenvile, South Carolina with their three
  children and dogs. He is a Methodist lay preacher, which has caused him to
  explore how religion can be a force for good but also how it can be misused
  for evil. An avid fan of history who dreamt of being a history professor, his
  fiction has been greatly influenced by his interest in history, with a strong
  emphasis on military history and diplomacy.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
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