Has anyone read Bujold's The Sharing Knife yet? (And she's going to write a new Vorkosigan novel!!!
Kate Elliott has a new book out too.
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'Serenity'
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sumi - Nov 29, 2006 7:20:40 am PST #1600 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
Ouise - Nov 29, 2006 9:12:24 am PST #1601 of 28160
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Has anyone read Bujold's The Sharing Knife yet?
I'm sorry to say that I didn't like it that much. Not that I disliked it, exactly, it was just unsubstantial and not very original. I think that what I most missed in comparison to her other books was energy - there was a certain placidity to it, even during action.
I didn't like The Hallowed Hunt much either, which makes me nervous.
Nicklas - Nov 29, 2006 2:06:02 pm PST #1602 of 28160
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
And she's going to write a new Vorkosigan novel!!!
FINALLY! I will get drunk right now celebrating this. Ehh, It's late, I'll celebrate tomorrow.
Consuela - Nov 29, 2006 3:13:40 pm PST #1603 of 28160
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay, new Vorkosigan! Is it the long-awaited Ivan novel? Because Ivan totally needs a book to himself, in which he gets swept off his feet by
me some Galactic hottie.
meara - Nov 29, 2006 3:13:57 pm PST #1604 of 28160
I did read Sharing Knife--I was a little annoyed by the ending, cause it was very "OK, and now on to the next book!" and didn't feel particularily wrapped up, if you will. But I enjoyed it, a little more than the Hallowed Hunt ones, I think, though it felt...lighter? more fluffy (though the subject matter wasn't, especially)?
Haven't read the new Elliot--can anyone say, is it more like her Jaran books, or more like her other series? Cause I tried to get into the other one, and just couldn't.
sumi - Nov 29, 2006 4:32:57 pm PST #1605 of 28160
Art Crawl!!!
I haven't read either (yet).
I loved the first book of the Crown of Stars series - - but the rest didn't quite live up to it. (I'm not done yet.) I think I liked the dogs. . .
I need to reread the Jaran series. It's been forever.
Connie Neil - Nov 29, 2006 4:38:19 pm PST #1606 of 28160
brillig
I loved the first book of the Crown of Stars series
I read several volumes of that series but stopped when the guy who had the power over the dogs had too many bad things happen to him for my taste.
I loved the theory of the division of government and religion by gender, though.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2006 4:43:21 pm PST #1607 of 28160
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anyone hear reading the Wheel of Time series? I used to be getting it from the library, but I don't remember where I stopped (and synopses don't help).
Is it done? What happened?
Connie Neil - Nov 29, 2006 4:44:20 pm PST #1608 of 28160
brillig
Is it done? What happened?
Is it worth reading?
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2006 4:45:55 pm PST #1609 of 28160
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, absolutely not. Too many words. Too much braid-pulling and genders not able to have actual conversations with the other.
That is to say, I know people who were enjoying it back in the day, not shamefully hooked like myself. I just couldn't recommend it in good conscience.