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Jul 06, 2016 21:46

Assume plentiful spoilers under all the cuts.

( The Philosopher Kings (Jo Walton) (2015) )

a: morrison kady, 2016 reading, a: wilkinson natalie, a: wells martha, a: anders charlie jane, a: le guin ursula k, a: samatar sofia, a: bujold lois mcmaster, a: walton jo, a: novik naomi

Comments 3

herewiss13 July 8 2016, 01:01:40 UTC

I couldn't believe Bujold made a redneck joke in Penric and made it work!Definitely comfort reading.

ase July 8 2016, 05:01:44 UTC

I don't remember it off the top of my head, and the Kindle app is wretched for keyword searching, so I'll take your word for it. Bujold is definitely write more comfort reading these days, but even in Penric and the Shaman she manages to make a parallel between the shamans and Penric and Desdemona (unintentionally?). Desdemona has been a Temple demon for generations: is she on her way to being some sort of great demon, like the great animals that make the Wealding shamans?

herewiss13 July 8 2016, 05:29:43 UTC

It was the Son of Autumn collecting those whose last words are "hold my ale and behold this"..or words to that effect. Completely appropriate and totally unexpected (by me)