An idle thought

[icepixie]

Laura Roslin, Susan Ivanova, and Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan. A great crossover, or THE GREATEST crossover?

(EPIC political machinations! And "shopping"!)

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[caffey.livejournal.com]

I might have an opinion on this if I knew who Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan was. Help?

[icepixie]

You haven't been introduced to Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan novels? Be still, my heart! You are in for a treat.

The novels begin with Aral and Cordelia Vorkosigan, but most of them focus on their son Miles. Who is awesome. In fact, all of them are awesome, and Cordelia may be one of my most favorite characters ever. She kicks ass, she's smart as hell, she knows how to manipulate people and work the political system on a planet that's sort of like imperial Russia, and she's a great mother, which you never see. And the books can be FUNNY AS HELL, too. Bujold narrates with and gives many of her characters a wonderful dry wit that just cracks me up.

It starts with Shards of Honor, which tends to come bundled with the sequel, Barrayar, as Coredlia's Honor these days. (The "shopping trip" in my post is a reference to something that happens in Barrayar...I won't spoil it, but there's a treason tvtropes.org has it listed under "Crowning Moment of Awesome.") Then the Miles books start with Warrior's Apprentice and continue on from there. There are twelve out now, and apparently another one coming in 2010.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

You and me both. Sounds like something else for the Giant Post-Grad Reading List.

[icepixie]

OH MY GOD, YOU HAVE TO READ THESE BOOKS. YOU HAVE TO.

(Don't let the fact that the first one starts out as Star Trek fanfic with the serial numbers filed off deter you. It grows totally awesome at the end, and the rest of them just get better and better.)