[LMB] "a vid recorder with legs"

[Ian W. Riddell]

On 9/8/06, Irene Delse <irenedelse at neuf.fr> wrote:
>
> MegJ wrote:
> > Apropos of something I was watching on TV tonight:
> >
> > Did Simon Illyan volunteer to get the memory chip, or did Ezar simply
> > point
> > and say "you"?
> >
> > And what happened?  And how did it happen?  And was it like
> > volunteering for
> > the fast penta allergy in spades and what was going through his mind,
> > and I
> > do wish I had the time to write the fanfic.
>
> IIRC, there are some answers in _Memory_. Going over all that history in
> his mind, Miles makes it clear that "ruthless" Ezar had simply requested
> then young officer Illyan, plus a few others, to submit to the
> operation. But being patriotic and faithfull to the emperor and all
> that, I suppose they followed the order as they would have if he had
> sent them in a dangerous commando mission.
>
> Though it would have been interesting to get Illyan's side of the story.
> How he felt about it, what he thought it might accomplish, how he coped
> with that "double set of memories"...
>
> --



You know, if herself doesn't really want to write the next Miles book yet
(for fear that she'll have to do something unforgivable to him), perhaps she
could jump back in time and give us a look at pre-Cordelia Illyan. I for one
would love to see her write Illyan through that transformation . . .

Even if it meant a longer wait for more Ivan or Ekaterin ;-)

widdy




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Ian W. Riddell
Director of Music Ministry, James Reeb UU Congregation
Artistic Director, Perfect Harmony Men's Chorus
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