{"id":505,"date":"2003-08-20T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-21T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=505"},"modified":"2003-08-20T19:05:00","modified_gmt":"2003-08-21T00:05:00","slug":"ethan-of-athos-a-little-extra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"Ethan of Athos & a little extra"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, awhile ago, recommended I check out Lois McMaster Bujold. Said she did good stuff. I’m actually pretty impressed with the first one I sampled, Ethan of Athos, which I just returned to the library this morning. The characters are complex, yet likeable, with a great deal of verisimilitude. The story never jumps into anyone’s head but the protagonist’s (something I think is a big deal for , but not sure). It’s a suspense\/mystery\/action\/espionage type book. <\/p>\n

Furthermore, it’s the only scifi depiction of a gay protagonist I’ve seen (though, arguably, he’s not exactly gay as we understand the word), and even if we include fantasy, specifically, Lackey’s stuff, this is hands down better (unless you’re still in, or just coming out of the closet, then go for Lackey). But she does a good job of making it a human character. None of lackey’s neurotic obsessions with what it means to be gay. This guy has background worries about his designated alternate parent\/lover’s irresponsible flakiness, and that is rapidly replaced with the much larger concerns about the reproductive fate of his planet, and the imminent safety of his life. <\/p>\n

That’s a side note. I would rank it as great pulp, well worth the read. Think I’ll be reading more of her stuff. Yay women who write scifi. (Ms Bujold, Ms Butler, and Ms Cherryh coming specifically to mind).<\/p>\n

And in the spirit of side notes, my rotator cuff feels like it’ll be sucking it for a little while, but I can do a fair amount of upperbody stuff at the gym without bothering it at all, and I think I will. Just have to stick to the machines, for now. <\/p>\n

Also, my dad just called, and wanted info on howard dean. Yay! =)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, awhile ago, recommended I check out Lois McMaster Bujold. Said she did good stuff. I’m actually pretty impressed with the first one I sampled, Ethan of Athos, which I just returned to the library this morning. The characters are complex, yet likeable, with a great deal of verisimilitude. The story never jumps into anyone’s … Continue reading “Ethan of Athos & a little extra”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}