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emma_in_dream) wrote2011-08-07 10:17 am
emma_in_dream) wrote2011-08-07 10:17 am
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Lois McMaster Bujold Recommendation
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of *Shards of Honor*, the LMB mailing list compiled a reader's companion to *A Civil Campaign*.
It is really, really worth reading: http://dendarii.com/ACC-Companion.pdf
There were some points I had already noted and others that had passed me by.
Cut for spoilers.
I had noticed that the structure of *A Civil Campaign* mirrors that of *Pride and Prejudice* in that there is a first, disastrous proposal, a letter, and a second, successful proposal.
But I had not noticed some of the other allusions. For instance, Ekaterin's last name was Vorvayne, a nod, perhaps, to Harriet Vane (since Dorothy Sayers was one of the queens of romance in LMB's dedication).
It is really, really worth reading: http://dendarii.com/ACC-Companion.pdf
There were some points I had already noted and others that had passed me by.
Cut for spoilers.
I had noticed that the structure of *A Civil Campaign* mirrors that of *Pride and Prejudice* in that there is a first, disastrous proposal, a letter, and a second, successful proposal.
But I had not noticed some of the other allusions. For instance, Ekaterin's last name was Vorvayne, a nod, perhaps, to Harriet Vane (since Dorothy Sayers was one of the queens of romance in LMB's dedication).