I guess it kind of was, but I never in a million years would have thought she'd kill him off-screen, without even one scene in the book where he appears alive. SADNESS.
Curse you, Bujold, catching your readers as well as your characters by cruel surprise! Miles thought he had more books with Aral, too!
I don't really remember DI, just that I didn't like it.
The main plot was... kinda blah. I mean, the cultural clash of Barrayarans with quaddies was interesting, and the idea of Cetagandan biowarfare, but a lot of the political details... when they had the big "everybody gather in the study so Agatha Christie can explain whodunit" revelation, my reaction was, "...huh?" because I hadn't quite been paying attention and had forgotten key points. And... it didn't really matter in the end. Hrmph. And I thought it odd that she retconned Miles and Bel to be a bit more... requited? Or maybe Miles is retconning himself as he grows Betan-er with age? One big disappointment of Cryoburn: WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH BEL? Nary a mention!
Uhhhh, if LMB has an anti-prequel prejudice, she sure didn't for the first six books of the series. Check out the copyright dates at her Wikipedia article, especially for Barrayar. I still have hope!
But were they written out of order, or accepted for publication out of order? It's unclear! Gah!
Awwww, it becomes a real book, just like Pinocchio turns into a real boy!
And then Pinocchio decapitates his enemies! Awwww!
(Did you explore the cd that came with Cryoburn? Mine is reluctant to open properly...)
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Date: 2010-11-14 01:59 am (UTC)I guess it kind of was, but I never in a million years would have thought she'd kill him off-screen, without even one scene in the book where he appears alive. SADNESS.
Curse you, Bujold, catching your readers as well as your characters by cruel surprise! Miles thought he had more books with Aral, too!
I don't really remember DI, just that I didn't like it.
The main plot was... kinda blah. I mean, the cultural clash of Barrayarans with quaddies was interesting, and the idea of Cetagandan biowarfare, but a lot of the political details... when they had the big "everybody gather in the study so Agatha Christie can explain whodunit" revelation, my reaction was, "...huh?" because I hadn't quite been paying attention and had forgotten key points. And... it didn't really matter in the end. Hrmph. And I thought it odd that she retconned Miles and Bel to be a bit more... requited? Or maybe Miles is retconning himself as he grows Betan-er with age? One big disappointment of Cryoburn: WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH BEL? Nary a mention!
Uhhhh, if LMB has an anti-prequel prejudice, she sure didn't for the first six books of the series. Check out the copyright dates at her Wikipedia article, especially for Barrayar. I still have hope!
But were they written out of order, or accepted for publication out of order? It's unclear! Gah!
Awwww, it becomes a real book, just like Pinocchio turns into a real boy!
And then Pinocchio decapitates his enemies! Awwww!
(Did you explore the cd that came with Cryoburn? Mine is reluctant to open properly...)