Fledgling: Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

[stephbg]

"Read the Liaden Universe books," they said. "You'll love them."

Years passed; continents drifted. Liaden Liaden Liaden. Always in the back of my mind, but a victim of its own branding, because I could never remember who wrote the damn things so I couldn't look them up (whenever I thought to) at second-hand shops. So I have leecetheartist to thank once again for addressing my failing education and/or inherent laziness.



In hindsight I now realise I have started in perhaps a strange place with my first Lee&Miller Liaden book, being an offshoot story by the name of Fledgling. It wasn't quite the spaceships-and-guns space opera I'd sort-of expected, although to be fair there were both spaceships and guns in the text. And Kung Fu!* And interesting but not shove-it-down-your-throat feminism in action.

I read it in a day. Am blind, but happy. And incoherent. Reminded me a bit of Joan Slonczewski.

Back catalogue, here I come!

(*) Not labelled as such but *bounce bounce bounce*

Comments

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Good to hear you've found them. And yes, they are available at very reasonable prices on ebooks (where you can increase font size as necessary)

Not the worst place to start. I'm sure R & L have given you some other good ones.

[redbraids.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed them on your recc. Am planning on reading the next one you loaned me soon (am currently on a bender with another genre).

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

You were high up on the list of Them telling me to read these :-)