the Dinner scene in ACC was Re: [LMB] The Baen newsletter

[Dawn Benton]

Yes, I too found the dinner party scene and the Great Butter Bug Battle 
absolutely hilarious.  However, the torture scene in WA is one of the 
reasons I have never re-read it.  I seem to see it in my head, so I guess I 
am a visualizer like Mary and the other List member who said she "saw" it 
take place in her mind's eye.  That scene pops up in my head every so often 
and gives me the cauld grue.

Speaking of "Black Powder War" I remembered my Napoleanic War history (and 
they say you can't learn anything from reading Regency Romance novels, feh!) 
well enough to not be surprised by the outcome.  What has left me most 
apprehensive was the small part of the upcoming book that was appended to 
the end of Black Powder.  However, I am very greatful to those on the List 
who mentioned Novik's books.  I raced through them this weekend and have 
even got my mom reading them.

I also have a question for those List Minds who are familiar with the work 
of Eric Flint.  I also read the books set on Harmony and Reason (Rats, Bats 
and Vats, and The Rats, The Bats and The Ugly) this weekend.  I found them 
extremely enjoyable and amusing.  I had a lovely time Googling the names of 
the Rats and the Bats to remember who everyone was.  Out of curiosity is 
Flint a Trotskeyite?  I wondered because of Bronstein's name.  However, the 
main question is who is the Georgette Heyer fan, he or Freer or someone 
else?  I just about snorted my iced tea when I was reading Virginia's 
introductory bits.  "Vernon had been on the bring of declaring himself to 
Frederica".  Plus I swear I remember later reading when she compared someone 
to Lord Bromford.    Flint is another author I first hear about on this 
list, so I owe you all for that one as well.

Dawn
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From: <alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca>
To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold." 
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Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:02 PM
Subject: the Dinner scene in ACC was Re: [LMB] The Baen newsletter


>
> That's interesting. I normally loathe reading/watching trainwrecks. I read
> the last half of Naomi Novik's third novel, _Black Powder War_, very
> slowly over more than a week because I could just SEE what was coming -- 
> even without remembering my Napoleonic history.
>
> But ... I find the dinner scene in ACC hilarious. Perhaps because there
> isn't actually an intent to wound? It's an exercise in bad timing and
> poor judgment, not hatred and stupidity.
>
> Alayne