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dragojustine

Sort of kind of back and reading roundup

Apr 08, 2009 00:51

* I am online again, more or less, due to the amazing kindness of strangers. Seriously, I am all over lawrence520 and his incredible loaner laptop and willingness to give it to a total stranger, and hilarytamar, who seems to have embarked on a single-handed, oddly determined quest to keep me sane in my time of hardship. Seriously, I have no idea how to pay forward ( Read more... )

things that make me happy, life, sci-fi, reviews: books

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hilarytamar April 8 2009, 05:02:23 UTC

1. Well, I do have a certain amount of investment in your staying sane.

2. But more importantly, Entertainment Weekly? I'm not sure my brain knows how to process that...

dragojustine April 8 2009, 17:54:03 UTC

I know! Very bizarre.

sidlj April 8 2009, 05:46:57 UTC

Sort of kind of back?

We'll take you any way we can get you. :-)

dragojustine April 8 2009, 17:55:00 UTC

Aw, thank you *g*

bdblack April 8 2009, 06:39:51 UTC

>>I really am the guy in all my relationships.
It's true. It's almost enough to give me a sexual identity crisis. Except that she's, you know, gorgeous. Which balances out a lot.

dragojustine April 8 2009, 18:13:00 UTC

aw, no crises! Crisis is bad *g*

lawrence520 April 8 2009, 15:01:45 UTC

Yay - good to see Tiny suffices to get you back online.

Much as I like the earlier books in the Vorkosiganverse, I have to admit I really didn't fall in love with the series until we get the Cordelia books (Shards of Honor and Barrayar) fleshing out the beginning, and then Memory, Komarr and a Civil Campaign. So much fun reading!

dragojustine April 8 2009, 18:00:42 UTC

So that means the best is yet to come? I haven't been able to get my hands on Shards of Honor at the library, but I'm really looking forward to it. I think there's enough genre range in this series that people can like very different parts of it- the military stuff really works for me, but I'm a bit wary of Civil Campaign. (Anything described as "comedy of manners" makes me wary. It's astonishing that hilarytamar and I get along)

lawrence520 April 8 2009, 18:27:23 UTC

Well, in my opinion, yes, the best is yet to come. *grin* I don't think my copy of Shards of Honor is out on loan at the moment - I'll try and dig it and the other Vorkosigan books up and send them your way.

If you really like the military SF part, then Shards of Honor and Barrayar should please you well enough - without spoiling it for you, Miles' mom kicks ass, takes names and generally shows that the apple didn't really fall far from the tree.

If I remember correctly, Bujold herself describes A Civil Campaign as a Regency romance set in the Vorkosiganverse. Another of her descriptions (of Memory, I think) is "Miles hits 30. Thirty hits back." In that vein, I would describe A Civil Campaign as "Miles discovers romance. Romance laughs hysterically." It's also much less milatary and much more politics. I love it anyway.

stultiloquentia April 8 2009, 23:06:52 UTC

"Miles discovers romance. Romance laughs hysterically."

Hahaha! That is an awesome description of that book.