I'm off to LA
Dec. 18th, 2003 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreSo I can chain Harry Turtledove to his desk and make him write the next trilogy in his US/CSA series. I just finished American Empire: The Victorious Opposition. Amazing. Simply amazing.
What was interesting was the number of characters from the first five books that he killed off. These characters were al entering their sixties, so they wouldn't be overly active in the next books, but it was sad to see some favorites pass away. His choice of deaths was amusing. Blood infection after cutting self while preparing a chicken dinner, dying "in the saddle", shot by a depressed lover.. nobody goes easy in a Turtledove book!
So, I'm going to LA. If I can get SF fans on the jury, I might even beat the rap!
What was interesting was the number of characters from the first five books that he killed off. These characters were al entering their sixties, so they wouldn't be overly active in the next books, but it was sad to see some favorites pass away. His choice of deaths was amusing. Blood infection after cutting self while preparing a chicken dinner, dying "in the saddle", shot by a depressed lover.. nobody goes easy in a Turtledove book!
So, I'm going to LA. If I can get SF fans on the jury, I might even beat the rap!
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Date: 18 Dec 2003 19:31 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18 Dec 2003 20:27 (UTC)I've gotten Kirsten hooked, she's reading through Counting Down, Counting Up right now.. and American Front is sitting on her nightstand, calling to her...