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firstlight) wrote2009-01-14 04:44 pm
firstlight) wrote2009-01-14 04:44 pm
Onward!
*adds The Warrior's Apprentice (Lois McMaster Bujold) to the read pile*
Good read, that one. *g* I started off a bit dissatisfied purely because I bounced straight over to it from the Gentleman Bastard books and I am possibly... somewhat over-fond of the main characters there. Other books were liable to be found guilty of the crime of Not Being About Locke. That slight barrier overcome, though, it was a really enjoyable story. I look forward to Miles's continued adventures, when I can actually find any of the other books. (Not least, one has to wonder how he'll avoid getting strangled. WAIT, DOES THIS SOUND LIKE SOMETHING I MAY HAVE SAID ABOUT LOCKE RECENTLY? HMM.)
Apparently I'm quite fond of characters who are Too Inventive For Their Own Good.
Who knew.
(Don't answer that.)
Next is Fairyland by Paul J McAuley, because it's been sitting on my to read pile since I was in my mid-teens, and that's a slightly embarrassing period of time to have been meaning to read a book for. It's probably been about four or five years since I even spoke to the person who recommended it to me. (They also recommended Altered Carbon and The Stars My Destination, both of which I only got around to last year and both of which I loved... oops.)
Good read, that one. *g* I started off a bit dissatisfied purely because I bounced straight over to it from the Gentleman Bastard books and I am possibly... somewhat over-fond of the main characters there. Other books were liable to be found guilty of the crime of Not Being About Locke. That slight barrier overcome, though, it was a really enjoyable story. I look forward to Miles's continued adventures, when I can actually find any of the other books. (Not least, one has to wonder how he'll avoid getting strangled. WAIT, DOES THIS SOUND LIKE SOMETHING I MAY HAVE SAID ABOUT LOCKE RECENTLY? HMM.)
Apparently I'm quite fond of characters who are Too Inventive For Their Own Good.
Who knew.
(Don't answer that.)
Next is Fairyland by Paul J McAuley, because it's been sitting on my to read pile since I was in my mid-teens, and that's a slightly embarrassing period of time to have been meaning to read a book for. It's probably been about four or five years since I even spoke to the person who recommended it to me. (They also recommended Altered Carbon and The Stars My Destination, both of which I only got around to last year and both of which I loved... oops.)
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Oh, and she's talented. Did I mention that? She's won four Hugos in the Novel Category (more than any other writer except Heinlein).
Definitely continue with her Vorkosigan series (The first two books, Shards of Honor and Barrayar, introduce his mother and father.) She also wrote Curse of Chalion, which has become one of my all-time favorite fantasy novels.
Are you a member of Science Fiction Book Club? You can get a lot of those books as 3-in-1s from them. Your library should be able to request any of them you can't find.
jklfsdlkjsdf Can you tell yet that I like her?
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I'm not. Actually I don't think I can be, since I'm not in north america, though I'm sure there's a UK equivalent. ^^'' Our independent bookshop in town sometimes has her books in stock, anyway, and is usually happy to order stuff in if at all possible. I'll poke around. (Although the rational part of my brain IS trying to point out that I only really have money for food again now and that my to-read pile is already big. God, I hate rational thought sometimes. *g* Perhaps the library after all.)
Just a bit. But that's okay. :D ♥
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It's just jkfsdljklsfd amazing. I swipe quotes from her all the time, too, and use them in RP.
You'll love Cordelia and Aral.
I think all of her stuff is in print, but a library's probably your best (and cheapest) alternative.
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Ekaterin, when you meet her way down the line, is /also/ love.
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And I concur about Ekaterin. I'd like to see a novel featuring Ivan, I think. He's so much smarter than he lets on.
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She is my favourite author, one of the few that can make me laugh out loud. Even my mum who doesn't do sci-fi loved them ^_^
Pretty much all her Miles series has been released as 3 in 1s which would save you a fair bit of money.
The timeline is here http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FanFic/timeline.html with the book names in brackets. Borders of Infinity is three short stories which is why its split.
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