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Vorkosigan Readthrough: Barrayar
Jun. 17th, 2016 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
extrapenguinThis 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.
