[LMB] My take on sport on Barrayar...
Doctor Nightfall
musko_no_kaji at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 2 23:00:59 BST 2006
>From: "Laura Gallagher" <celticdragonfly at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [LMB] My take on sport on Barrayar...
>Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:50:00 -0500
>
>Doctor Nightfall wrote:
>>I can't see why noone has suggested Polo as a Barrayaran sport.
>>
>>Think about it: Aristocratic, on horseback, with long implements. It's
>>almost perfect!
>
>Actually, we have textevd that it's canon. I suppose it's not really
>clear if it was a Time of Isolation sport or only post-ToI, but I'm
>betting on the former myself.
>
>Early in Mountains of Mourning:
>
*snip*
D'oh!
And I read the Mountains of Mourning less than a week ago... I obviously
missed that.
Maybe it sank in subconsciously. At least I didn't suggest something truly
outlandish.
*****
What am I doing here
half asleep
and the rest of me
still in bed
making coffee
with tea bags...?
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