My first thought is to say I like steampunk a lot - at least, I think I do. But the first example I could think of that I have read was The Golden Compass, which I hated - though I liked the visuals. Could you call Winter Solstice, Camelot Station "steampunk"? Hmm. I think not. Or maybe it's the steam without the punk.
Ina ny case, I like steampunk in theory, and would like to see The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.
I have a very hard time with the Cordelia-the-omniscient we get from Miles's and Mark's viewpoints in the later books. Esp. in Mirror Dance.
I tend to avoid Mirror Dance, so that didn't make much of an impression on me. I don't remember much about the relationships between Miles and Cordelia or Mark and Cordelia; I was less than enchanted with the impression that the Koudelka girls all adored or emulated Cordelia, as if she was some kind of feminist oracle. Funny: the relationships betwee Aral and Mark made a big impression on me, and of course the relationship between Aral and Miles is my favourite theme in all the books.
As a matter of fact, I have much less sense of the relationship between Miles and Cordelia, which looks like hero-worship on his part (though of a different kind than his hero-worship of his father), and cool curiosity in hers. We hear about Aral spending time on the floor with his son when Miles was young, but I don't recall anything much about Cordelia spending time with him. I get the impression that, though they love each other, they really don't have much personal contact.
There's nothing odd about that as it stands, but given her passionate commitment to Miles in Barrayar before he was born, I would expect something stronger in later years.
What did Cordelia say to Mark about Miles?
And yes, I had the same thought about Cordelia's "Little Admiral" comment in Memory. I do tend to think she's blind when it comes to her Betan prejudices, but surely she should know her son's character? Better than she seems to, anyway.
And there is such a nice rapport between Miles and Aral, at least to my eyes. Perhaps Lois McMaster Bujold doesn't want to deal with issues of motherhood, but doesn't mind looking at fatherhood?
I love Cordelia but often I find her puzzling. My rationalization is that Miles doesn't spend a lot of time trying to figure out what makes her tick - he doesn't have to - so the view we get of her through his eyes is off-kilter. But even so, even from a distracted son's point of view, the gaps are peculiar.
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Date: 2007-09-26 01:13 pm (UTC)Ina ny case, I like steampunk in theory, and would like to see The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.
I have a very hard time with the Cordelia-the-omniscient we get from Miles's and Mark's viewpoints in the later books. Esp. in Mirror Dance.
I tend to avoid Mirror Dance, so that didn't make much of an impression on me. I don't remember much about the relationships between Miles and Cordelia or Mark and Cordelia; I was less than enchanted with the impression that the Koudelka girls all adored or emulated Cordelia, as if she was some kind of feminist oracle. Funny: the relationships betwee Aral and Mark made a big impression on me, and of course the relationship between Aral and Miles is my favourite theme in all the books.
As a matter of fact, I have much less sense of the relationship between Miles and Cordelia, which looks like hero-worship on his part (though of a different kind than his hero-worship of his father), and cool curiosity in hers. We hear about Aral spending time on the floor with his son when Miles was young, but I don't recall anything much about Cordelia spending time with him. I get the impression that, though they love each other, they really don't have much personal contact.
There's nothing odd about that as it stands, but given her passionate commitment to Miles in Barrayar before he was born, I would expect something stronger in later years.
What did Cordelia say to Mark about Miles?
And yes, I had the same thought about Cordelia's "Little Admiral" comment in Memory. I do tend to think she's blind when it comes to her Betan prejudices, but surely she should know her son's character? Better than she seems to, anyway.
And there is such a nice rapport between Miles and Aral, at least to my eyes. Perhaps Lois McMaster Bujold doesn't want to deal with issues of motherhood, but doesn't mind looking at fatherhood?
I love Cordelia but often I find her puzzling. My rationalization is that Miles doesn't spend a lot of time trying to figure out what makes her tick - he doesn't have to - so the view we get of her through his eyes is off-kilter. But even so, even from a distracted son's point of view, the gaps are peculiar.