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Bezig met laden... Gentleman Jole and the Red Queendoor Lois McMaster Bujold
Informatie over het werkGentleman Jole and the Red Queen door Lois McMaster Bujold
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Not what I was expecting, but it was quite nice! It was light-hearted and not at all the action packed space sorcery of the past books. But - It was good to read about an accomplished older woman and a middle aged man at the heights of their powers beginning to plan their next stage in life. I love seeing myself in characters and since I became a middle aged person, I rarely see it now. I very much hope that we see the adventures of Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen. It would be such a nice switch. August 2019 reread: I still find this final book in the Vorkosigan series a let down. While the concept of using the uterine replicator mentioned below is still interesting, the relationships were troubling. I feel that Bujold has suddenly -------------------------- 3.5* It was nice to see many of my favorite characters from the Vorkosigan series again. While I found the idea of using the uterine replicators to allow older people to have children an intriguing thought, I missed the adventure space opera aspect which all of the other books of the series had. This latest book in the series is much quieter, perhaps fittingly so as all the family has aged. I also had some internal struggle with This book is part of the Vorkosigan Saga. The main characters are Aral Vorkosigan’s wife, Cordelia, and his former relationship partner, Admiral Oliver Jole. Cordelia offers Oliver a chance to become a father through the use of the oft-mentioned external uterine incubator and leftover DNA from her own efforts to continue her family. This book is full of melodrama and descriptions of past and present relationships. It is basically a (bisexual) romance. I prefer more traditional science fiction. In fairness, I have not read all the prior books in this series. I know there are many fans of this series, but it is not my cup of tea. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Three years after her famous husband's death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, Vicereine of Sergyar, stands ready to spin her life in a new direction. Oliver Jole, Admiral, Sergyar Fleet, finds himself caught up in her web of plans in ways he'd never imagined. Meanwhile, Miles Vorkosigan, one of Emperor Gregor's key investigators, this time dispatches himself on a mission, into a mystery he never anticipated--his own mother. Plans, wills, and expectations collide as the impact of galactic technology on the range of the possible changes all the old rules and Miles learns that not only is the future not what he expects, neither is the past"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It's also more conventionally heterosexual than you would believe that a novel about two members of a poly triad reconnecting years after the death of the third person could be. I actually prefer Dira Sudis' (fanfic) version of how Aral and Jole got together; their story is almost completely omitted from Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, on the basis that Jole doesn't want to go into it with Cordelia and she respects that. Like, ok, fine, but it comes off as a cop-out instead of an exploration of boundaries within a poly relationship.
The only boundaries that actually get pushed are the futuristic possibilities (biological, social, and legal) for reproduction. I've long suspected that this is a special interest of Bujold's. Still... I would have liked to actually see some of the conflicts and awkward social situations play out, instead of having to be satisfied with Cordelia and Jole discussing how they might handle theoretical issues. ( )