[LMB] ACC dinner scene tolerance

[sylvus tarn]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
>> Dan answered:
>>> I thought the dinner party scene was brilliantly farcical.
>> Humor does often involve levels of painful situations.  I could empathize with
>> EVERYONE at the dinner party.  For the first ten times I read that section, I
>> laughed so hard I leaked tears of humor and empathic-pain.  (I don't otherwise
>> EVER leak tears over books.)
> 
> I have to admit that I have been unable to re-read the entire dinner 
> party scene, although I managed to get through it once.  It was so 
> painful, I couldn't stand it.  But I'm the guy who, as a kid, would 
> get up and leave a movie for a while when the drama got too 
> excruciating--or, sometimes, too exciting.
> 
> However, I was able to handle Miles's redemption and all the rest.  I 
> loved the letter of apology, and, later, the scene in the 
> attics.  For me, the best scene was actually Nikki's use of Gregor's 
> invitation to call him at need.  And, of course, there was Miles's 
> comment to Roic that he appeared to be out of uniform. . . .
> 
> 

This was about my take too.

It's interesting to me to see what bits or characters people don't like.
 The only bujold book I've never reread much was _Spirit Ring_, because
I thought the protagonist was sort of averagely stupid (or smart) and I
appreciate the overall brightness of the characters, even if in the
vorkosiverse it tests my suspension of disbelief---I mean, Aral *and*
Cordelia *and* Miles *and* Ekaterin were all intensely bright, intensely
driven *and* intensely honorable as was Gregor...perhaps the historians
on the list could cite an analogous point in history with this
constellation?

And even for Spirit Ring I was sorry I couldn't find my copy/was too
busy to join in the list reread.

OT:  also querying the list mind, if anyone would like to make
recommendations for someone stuck in bed who likes Bujold, Heyer, Moon
and Pratchett (i.e. romantic comedies and military sf with strong female
leads) I'd appreciate it, as the spouse has a cracked pelvis and a sore
neck (always, always *always* wear your helmet, kids...)

sylvus tarn
http://rejiquar.com

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFHXs/sjjfyMxxLqmwRAgQYAJ9H4Wr7jWKm1AoVRlCAZ0eKxEfm5wCfdlMi
DKS8EeSdM7mi7P4IBLiC28g=
=RxgP
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----