[LMB] Which Bujold for book group?

[James Nicoll]

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

>
>> From: James Nicoll <jdnicoll at panix.com>
>> Date: 05 March 2007 20:41
>>
>> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
>
>>>> Farthing by Jo Walton
>>>
>>> As a book, fine, though it may be found that the average group member
> knows
>>> more about the Napoleonic wars than 1935-42 history.
>>>
>>  	IIRC, at least one reviewer seemed to be a bit unclear as to who
>> won WWII.
>
> But, "Don't Mention the War", perhaps they know who came second ?
>
> School Library Journal are the ones who reviewed Farthing and praised the
> "historical accuracy". Jo wrote to them, they replied, both are on their
> web page here.
> http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6410490.html
>
> (Jo) "You certainly can teach history through alternate history. Maybe
> that's what they meant all along, but it certainly didn't look like it
> to me."
>
> I remember a reviewer of one of Gavin Lyall's (beginings of  the)
> British Secret Service thrillers who knew so little history that he
> didn't realise it was set just before WW1. The consequence was that the
> review was very odd indeed.
>
 	I spent part of Jo's wedding party arguing that PREACHER was in 
regular DC Comics continuity. My defense is:

1: They misheard me.

2: I was being ironic.

3: I was clinically insane at the time.

4: It wasn't me but my identical not-twin, Reynaldo.