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[labellementeuse]

kia ora everyone! there has been a little bit of radio silence from me for awhile and there probably will be fore another while, because first uni buried me in work, then work buried me in work, and somewhere in there my laptop died. (I am hopeful that it's just the power cord - the adaptor, I think - and that's all I'll need to replace. I am nearly 100% confident that it's not a hard-drive thing.) However, in a weird way it was good timing, inasmuch as there can be good timing for that sort of thing - I've been really needing to turn over a new leaf in my semi-professional life mostly revolving around getting up in the mornings in time to actually get to school & watching little enough tee vee on the internets that I can actually get my work done. So: more radio silence. (I can't afford to fix it right now anyway.)

I've read about twenty books in the last three weeks, so there are some distinct pluses. How about that Miles Vorkosigan, huh? I've been meaning to get around to him for awhile and now I am in a major way. Also, Octavia Butler's Fledgling: Amazing amazing amazing. Read it now.

In conclusion: I'm not around much, although I am reading the flist and checking the emails. However, I won't be commenting or posting much & the only shows I'm keeping up with are Doctor Who (most recent episode: ohhhhhh ♥ but why didn't anyone warn me it was a two-parter) and Bones (because my flatmate watches it. We disagree about absolutely EVERYTHING about the show except for that we both love it, so that's... interesting.)

Finally: is anyone going to Regina Spektor this weekend? I'm going but no-one else I know is. :-/ I don't wanna be Nigel No-Mates!

Comments

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

Really? Bizarre, space opera is totally up her alley.

I prefer most of the planet-set ones to the more space-oriented ones, not sure why; but my favourites far and away are the Memory/Komarr/ACC arc. I could re-read Memory, especially, any number of times.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

IKR? I am going to lend her Cordelia's Honour (the omnibus with Shards of Honour and Barrayar) to get her going.

Memory and Diplomatic Immunity are the ones I haven't read yet - I've actually been sort of putting off Memory because isn't it the horrible one where bad things happen to Miles and he tells lies? This is sort of the impression I get from Komarr and ACC (finished yesterday, brilliant!) Am I wrong?

Actually probably my FAVOURITE would be Ethan of Athos. I just like Ethan and Elli so much, ideal comedy duo. Also, of course, I enjoy The Gay. Generally I think I'm about even on space and planet ones leaning slightly towards the space ones (Didn't really love Komarr, for example), although perhaps this is because I find it SO refreshing to read military space opera written by a woman whose politics are clearly on the left (both qualities usually being alien to military SF. Alien. See what I did there?) Plus I really enjoy Mark.

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

Memory is traumatic that way. BUT it is also the story of how the Duv/Delia, Simon/Alys, and Gregor/Laisa relationships got started, which means we see a lot of all those characters. It also has my personal favourite plot of all the books. And it's actually very very important to read Memory to really get where Miles is going in Komarr/ACC - the three form the plot arc of Miles transitioning from being Admiral Naismith to being Lord Vorkosigan. Just READ IT. Diplomatic Immunity...has its moments, but after ACC is a bit of a let-down.

I last read EoA when I was sixteen, i.e. far too long ago, but I remember not being *totally* sold on it? I have always been a bit eh on Elli - I mean, she's awesome, she's just not a personal favourite - so that probably didn't help.