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30 Day Book Meme - Day 30
Sep. 26th, 2010 02:03 am( Days 1-29 )
Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time - I actually went ahead and reread it this week so I'd be ready for this. It's Memory, by Lois McMaster Bujold. I know, that name's been all over this meme, but that's because her writing is so good. For one, she writes sci-fi where most of the sci-fi parts are biological (the uterine replicator, Betan birth control, cloning, etc) and that interests me more than one of David Weber's ship battles. Her books can be read as standalones, but they're so much richer when read in chronological order - and Memory is no exception. Also, for those of us who are passionate Simon Illyan fans, this is HIS book. It has the immortal line from Ivan ("Simon Illyan is sleeping with my mother, and its all your fault!"), Gregor's romance, the relationship between Simon Illyan and Alys Vorpatril, It's also the book in which Miles makes a life-changing error, and a few life-changing decisions, most importantly the decision to be Lord Vorkosigan, not Admiral Naismith. It's just really, really good. There's political treachery, treason, romance, and Barrayar at its best.
Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time - I actually went ahead and reread it this week so I'd be ready for this. It's Memory, by Lois McMaster Bujold. I know, that name's been all over this meme, but that's because her writing is so good. For one, she writes sci-fi where most of the sci-fi parts are biological (the uterine replicator, Betan birth control, cloning, etc) and that interests me more than one of David Weber's ship battles. Her books can be read as standalones, but they're so much richer when read in chronological order - and Memory is no exception. Also, for those of us who are passionate Simon Illyan fans, this is HIS book. It has the immortal line from Ivan ("Simon Illyan is sleeping with my mother, and its all your fault!"), Gregor's romance, the relationship between Simon Illyan and Alys Vorpatril, It's also the book in which Miles makes a life-changing error, and a few life-changing decisions, most importantly the decision to be Lord Vorkosigan, not Admiral Naismith. It's just really, really good. There's political treachery, treason, romance, and Barrayar at its best.
