Heck, the Temeraire series basically started as an Aubrey/Maturin AU (although Dana would know better than me).
Yup.
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Dana - Jan 15, 2012 7:36:56 pm PST #17433 of 28266
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Vonnie K - Jan 15, 2012 7:48:37 pm PST #17434 of 28266
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I did not know that! Temeraire was Aubrey, I'd imagine. That reminds me -- I really need to read the last 2 books.
Dana - Jan 15, 2012 7:55:12 pm PST #17435 of 28266
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Temeraire was Stephen.
Typo Boy - Jan 15, 2012 8:05:10 pm PST #17436 of 28266
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And how much fantasy started out as Lord of the Rings fic? Including one very famous endless series. No not that one. The other one.
Vonnie K - Jan 15, 2012 8:12:36 pm PST #17437 of 28266
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Temeraire was Stephen.
But Temeraire is so much more Aubrey-like in personality! Too exuberant and not so much with the caution, etc.
If I recall, the first Vorkosigan book was started as a filed-off-serial numbers Star Trek fic.
Consuela - Jan 15, 2012 8:33:08 pm PST #17438 of 28266
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If I recall, the first Vorkosigan book was started as a filed-off-serial numbers Star Trek fic.
Urban legend. LMB has stated repeatedly that this is not so.
Connie Neil - Jan 16, 2012 6:41:25 am PST #17439 of 28266
brillig
Yeah, I didn't notice much Star Trekky in the Vorkosigan books.
Vonnie K - Jan 16, 2012 7:04:40 am PST #17440 of 28266
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Urban legend. LMB has stated repeatedly that this is not so.
Huh. I wonder where I'd heard it from. I do think the first Cordelia book where she meets Aral has some Trek-ish elements. The Miles books, not so much.
Connie Neil - Jan 16, 2012 7:16:09 am PST #17441 of 28266
brillig
I do think the first Cordelia book where she meets Aral has some Trek-ish elements
Like what?
Vonnie K - Jan 16, 2012 9:03:04 am PST #17442 of 28266
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It's been a while since I read the book, but Cordelia's planet (Beta Colony, I think?) is a tightly-regulated, technically-advanced society, which I could see as part of the Federation. Whereas Barrayar could be one of the more tradition-bound cultures Federations would clash with. Don't Cordelia and Aral get stranded somewhere and are forced to work together to get themselves out of the bind? Which is, on a very basic and generic sort of way, a plot we see a lot on Trek episodes. Like I said, I don't recall much detail about the book, but I remember not being too startled at the rumour about its alleged Trek-fic origin.