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Vorkosigan Readthrough: Barrayar
This is slightly ahead of schedule, since apparently my weekend shall be consumed by the Barrayar-approved activity of "boffering", that is, "playing medieval warfare with pieces of drainage pipe coated with foam plastic". In any case, here are my notes on Barrayar:
Next book (The Warrior's Apprentice) will be later, I fear, since I'll be going abroad for a while. I can't promise anything, but somewhere in the vicinity of the 6th of July.
- Hmm, no regents for 120 years?
- There's a very nice description of the Residence near the beginning!
- Aral, you really should've briefed Cordelia before sending her to meet with Kareen. Or given her a Barrayar Translator.
- Kareen only wears half-mourning (grey) in private. Scandalous, or expected?
- What's going on in Darkoi with Count Vorlakial? Do we ever get an answer?
- Kou is 6'4. Barrayarans: tall. Very tall. That's like 193cm in real units. Though since he's a grocer's son, I guess he got adequate nutrition while growing up?
- "Appeal to Irrelevant Authorities at Headquarters" oh, Cordelia
- Bujold: very good with foreshadowing – Vordarian's family tree, Bothari the midwife, A+
- Alys has two sisters.
- Cordelia's Rules of Barrayaran Sexual Behavior :DDD
- Hm, Piotr enjoys explaining Barrayar to Cordelia. An interesting, if tragically brief, moment in canon.
- Gergor's birthday seems to be in the autumn. Ezar's was earlier in the year.
- Cordelia's conversation with Vordarian: very confusing for both of them. Yet another example of Cordelia operating from a completely different reference system.
- Barrayaran therapy: not all that good, it seems.
- The Caravanserai is part of Vorbarr Sultana, but guarded by Count Vorbohn's guard? What's going on here?
- There are a surprising amount of incidents summarizable as "Kou noooo".
- "Post-partum fatigue" oh dear. :D
- Aral and Piotr's arguments are very gut-punching. Piotr, please get your head out of your ass.
- Drou: A+ pulling of Kou's strings during the start of their rescue mission.
- Dorca's great-uncle kept over 300 horses in the old old imperial stables.
- The amount of gut-punch lines seems to have increased notably: ghost of his most notable failure at his banquet of victory
- Vordarian's head! On the table!
- Captain Illyan: certified grade-A puppy.
- Cordelia has a lot of troubles adjusting to the Barrayaran attitude, it seems.
Next book (The Warrior's Apprentice) will be later, I fear, since I'll be going abroad for a while. I can't promise anything, but somewhere in the vicinity of the 6th of July.
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Ezar was in his 40s, which is rather late by any standard. Either he was just about to marry (after some delay or something), or he was planning not to and using military service as a smokescreen. I do not think he was anywhere near the throne genealogically; he was merely a Vorbarra and married a woman with better connections.
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