During a recent period of exhaustion and muzzy-headedness (which isn’t so much over as it might be, although I’ve pretty much decided not to indulge it any more), I fell happily into the arms of a couple of comfort books. The first of these was Komarr, one of the best of the Vorkosigan books.
This time through, though, I was annoyed—not by anything in this book, but by the knowledge that Ekaterin, who is very interesting in this book, and is magnificent in the next, becomes a non-entity in her third. Just knowing that made me cross, this time through. Ah, well. I suppose I ought to seek out “Winterfair Gifts”; I have no idea what’s in it, but it should have some good Ekaterin bits.
Thank you,
-Vardibidian.
I think “Diplomatic Immunity” is a fairly weak entry in the series all around — it feels a little like Bujold punching the clock, unlike all the other Vorkosigan books. Hopefully the time she’s spending on her new series will leave her refreshed and excited about getting back to the Vorkosigan universe at some not-too-distant point.