I think for the first time since 1991...

[jeriendhal]

...I'm not excited by a new Bujold novel coming out. To the point that I'm wondering whether I should buy the ebook, or just wait until the paperback comes out.

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[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

I've still not read Cryoburn. And I have to say the Ivan book was a disappointment. It was a 1930s screwball comedy in all the wrong ways, for me.

I'm cautiously excited about the new one. If anything can get me enthused on the series again it would be a Cordelia book.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Cryoburn is the one I still haven't re-read. And I've re-read the Warrior's Apprentice at least once. I actually loved CVA just because it was so much more readable that DI or CB.

[xinef.livejournal.com]

I loved CVA (Ivan's book). Yes, it was a romp, but so are some of her others, not all are heavy. I thought it was a good story for Ivan.

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I take it you didn't read the eARC, then?

I did, and it's the first time I've read a Vorkosiverse book and had no desire whatsoever to reread it. Its only saving grace was that we got to see Miles a few years post-Aral, so he's not still hanging there in the middle of grief in my brain anymore the way he had been ever since I read Cryoburn. I still haven't quite forgiven Lois for that.

I did love Captain Vorpatril's Alliance. But I'm a romance fan, and I also love the way Lois does comedy.

The real problem with Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen is that it has no *plot*, IMHO.

This happened with one of my other favorite authors, too. For me, the Amelia Peabody books by Elizabeth Peters pretty much dropped off a cliff at a certain point, and I just pretend the books after that don't exist.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

It's a good book, but it's not a classic.

What it is, is a couple of things. Part of it a meditation on loss; a character study of Aral Vorkosigan after his death through the eyes of the people who were closest to him. Part of it is "what Cordelia did next" when she realized she had at least 50 more years ahead of her -- a mid-life crisis novel. And part of it looks to me like the setup for "Vorkosiverse: The Next Generation" (i.e. a sub-series still to be written).

[xinef.livejournal.com]

That was my reaction too.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

I bought the e-book, but surprisingly for me, I haven't opened it yet.

[siderea]

Wait, what happened in 1991?

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

I bought my first Bujold novel, Barrayar. :)

[siderea]

Ahh!