on why you should be reading the Vorkosigan books

[xparrot]

The bro (who just finished "Labyrinth" and came up giggling, "Miles is a furry!") describes the entire series thusly: "Unstoppable force meets immovable object - and then they have a kid."

(I've finished Memory and started on Komarr - if Memory isn't my very favorite then it's definitely in the top 3 or so...I have such a hard time picking favorites, would need to reread the series to decide, but yeah, I totally get why everyone loves Memory - so much <3!)

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[spatz.livejournal.com]

"Unstoppable force meets immovable object - and then they have a kid."

*cackles* Tell him I am stealing that, because I can never describe the series in a succinct way to new people. I end up flailing around and prefacing with Barrayar's history and then I've lost them.

Memory is amaaaaazing, definitely one of my favorites still. What did you think of Illyan and Lady Alys? *g* Have you gotten to A Civil Campaign yet?

(...Sorry, I know this is an old post, I swear I just came by to check on Thaw and then my not-so-inner MVK fangirl pounced.)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Memory might be my favorite as well! Not sure yet, I haven't finished the series yet...I'm mostly through Diplomatic Immunity, was planning on posting when I was done but then kept getting distracted and haven't finished it yet.

Illyan & Alys are darling (most especially for Ivan's reaction to it, HAW, oh Ivan!) And A Civil Campaign was amaaaaazing (omg the dinner party scene, howling out loud! yay for the butter bugs!) I might love this series most for its humor...it's so unusual in the hard scifi genre, but it works so well, makes the characters so human and lovable for it...

(and hi, welcome! There will be more Thaw soon, possibly tomorrow if I get on the writing ball now - so glad someone's interested! ^^)