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Cetaganda (and "Labyrinth")
Jul. 26th, 2009 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
telSo. Discuss.
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What strikes me the most about Cetaganda is how similar the society is to Barrayar. It's interesting what that says about Barrayar. How much of the Imperial pageantry is borrowed from ghem overlords?
A couple of names from Cetaganda were re-used in the Sharing Knife series.
I'd like to see Vorreedi again.
On a genetic level, the haut approach seems fundamentally misguided to me. Success in the evolution business comes from spreading your genes widely, not hoarding them. I think the Betans are winning the genetic engineering game, and I'm not sure the Cetagandans even realize it.
In "Labyrinth", we see Miles's intrusion skills as he roams through Ryoval's lair. Other than that time in Komarr, I'm not sure we see this again. I think this is the most conventional "secret agent" we ever see him.
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What strikes me the most about Cetaganda is how similar the society is to Barrayar. It's interesting what that says about Barrayar. How much of the Imperial pageantry is borrowed from ghem overlords?
A couple of names from Cetaganda were re-used in the Sharing Knife series.
I'd like to see Vorreedi again.
On a genetic level, the haut approach seems fundamentally misguided to me. Success in the evolution business comes from spreading your genes widely, not hoarding them. I think the Betans are winning the genetic engineering game, and I'm not sure the Cetagandans even realize it.
In "Labyrinth", we see Miles's intrusion skills as he roams through Ryoval's lair. Other than that time in Komarr, I'm not sure we see this again. I think this is the most conventional "secret agent" we ever see him.
