The Unwanted Book

[jeriendhal]

I am anticipating with mild dread the next Miles Vorkosigan book. Because as much as I love LMB as a writer, very few people deny that the last Miles books Diplomatic Immunity sucked suffered quite a bit in comparison to Miles' life changing tour-de-force in BOA, Mirror Dance, Memory, and ACC. It was just so damned routine, and I strongly suspect that it suffered from a lack of interest on Lois' part, in comparison to her Chalion and Wide Green World books.

From the hints that have come out about it, it's pretty obious we're going to be finally dealing with Aral's much delayed death and the fallout thereof. And that should be beautiful and elegaic, not... tired. Which is what I'm anticipating.

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[sraun]

Hmm - that doesn't match with what I've heard. From what I've heard, Cryoburn is supposed to be a Miles diplomatic mystery. She'll be reading from it in about three hours - I'll see if I can ask her about Aral.

[siderea]

Miles' life changing tour-de-force in BOA, Mirror Dance, Memory, and ACC

Was the skipping of Komarr deliberate commentary or just felicity? :}

Anyway, I'm a fool and will probably rush out to read it even if DI floated like a brick.

[sraun]

Confirmation from Lois last night - in response to a direct question, there's nothing about Aral in Cryoburn. Everything happens on a brand-new, never-before-seen (by any of her readers) planet. PoV characters are Miles, Roic, and local 12-year-old boy named Jean (don't take my word on the spelling - I've only hear Lois pronouncing it).

That said - there are some really great lines. Like the time Roic thinks to himself 'oh, that tone of voice means they've heard from Miles, but don't want to talk about it over an unsecured channel'. With additional implications that Miles is Up To Something.

[sraun]

FYI - if you search YouTube for "cryoburn", you'll find videos of Lois reading from it.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll look for it.