Interesting essay found via lmbujold
Runaway roses and defiant skellytums.
The piece starts with a review of Komarr in which the reviewer is horrified that LMB has paired Miles with (gasp) a lowly gardener. I wonder if I'd have had a similar reaction if I hadn't read Diplomatic Immunity first.
This writer then goes through the entire series and analyzes the way plants, terraforming, and gardening metaphors in general have been used throughout the series, and draws some very thoughtful conclusions. It's very neat to see it all mapped out like that, because I really hadn't noticed the extent of it before.
Now, off to shower, change, and hit the road.
The piece starts with a review of Komarr in which the reviewer is horrified that LMB has paired Miles with (gasp) a lowly gardener. I wonder if I'd have had a similar reaction if I hadn't read Diplomatic Immunity first.
This writer then goes through the entire series and analyzes the way plants, terraforming, and gardening metaphors in general have been used throughout the series, and draws some very thoughtful conclusions. It's very neat to see it all mapped out like that, because I really hadn't noticed the extent of it before.
Now, off to shower, change, and hit the road.