[LMB] topics

[Mark Allums]

Lois McMaster Bujold wrote:
> All right...
> 
>     So, Chalionese animals fell flat, compare-and-contrast heroes fell 
> flat.  (Although I do think the right comparison, and especially 
> contrast, for Ingrey is Miles, not the older men.  At any rate, writing 
> a 20-something male who would not be accused of being Miles in medieval 
> garb, and yet would still have some attraction for the reader, was a 
> challenge of which I was very conscious.)  Anyone else got any bright 
> ideas?  Questions?  Challenges to received wisdom, sly or otherwsie?


Now, I feel guilty.  I spent way too much time posting on firing bullets 
in space.  This is a discussion list, but we are supposed to be 
discussing LMB fiction once in a while.

Well, I don't know if a run down of which god has "jurisdiction" over 
which animal is really the same as discussing LMB literature.  I would 
enjoy a thorough treatment of _Curse_.  I really enjoyed that book. 
It's in my top five list of favorite books.

1.  Lord of the Rings

In no particular order:

2. The Hobbit
2. The Hunt for Red October
2. The Curse of Chalion
2. The Door Into Summer


I particularly enjoyed Cazaril's position at the beginning of _Curse_. 
Him being constrained by the caste system of nobles and commoners.  Yet 
he managed to find a place for himself in the end.

--MArk Allums