The reader's contribution is important, and how that contribution This happens all the time, how the reader is not a passive lump, but that In her essay 'The Unsung Collaborator' Bujold explains how Perfectly vivid impression of what Miles felt, and how he reacted I just Short, spare sentence 'Clearly, he was not a horse', I have a No 'spitting it out in disgust', no 'wiping That rose tasted like, or Miles' reaction to it.

Just look at the way that there is no description at all of what Sure that Esterhazy was nowhere in sight, and bit into it curiously. Now, after the crisis is over, and Miles can Saw Miles' horse, Fat Ninny, eating the feral roses (an adjective-nounĬombination that itself is just wonderful) with evident enjoyment en Help illustrate the marvelous way Bujold writes her stories.

There is a pair of sentences near the end of 'MoM' that might Packs a lot into this novella (having a previously established background Spare, transparent prose style, she needs room for all the layering, depthĪnd development she gives her characters and plots - but she certainly Thinks the novel is her best length: I believe she's right - despite her In one of the essays, Bujold says that she

Skill, cunning, and compassion, not simply to solve a murder, but more Skill, as Miles undergoes a harrowing experience, and must use all his Here Bujold is showing her real depth and Novella 'The Mountains of Mourning', giving us a turning point Novella, with a more satisfying, interesting SF background, turning onĪnd then there's the Hugo and Nebula award winning 'Dreamweaver's Dilemma' is a more substantial Suburban life, those kind of single SF-trick stories typical of many Slight (in terms of SF content), stories of the hell of contemporary Sale' and 'The Hole Truth' are well-written, but rather The feel, without the turgidness, of the original. Lady on the Embankment' is a good Sherlock Holmes pastiche, capturing (In Penric's Labors )Ī collection of short stories and essays, the best of which haveĪlready appeared elsewhere in print before.

The Adventures of the Lady on the Embankment.

The Borders of Infinity linking story.

Allegories of Change: the 'New' Biotech in the Eye of Science Fiction.

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