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It's not too often I'm reading a book for the first time, and somewhere in the middle of it I think to myself, "I can't wait to read this again." The Riddle-Master of Hed struck me that way near the end, and I got a bit of it from This Alien Shore. I have to say, though, I'm enjoying Cordelia's Honor so much I'm almost tempted to start over again as soon as I finish it.
I won't, of course; I try to let enough time elapse between readings that the details are lost to memory, as I enjoy it more when I don't remember exactly what's going to happen. I've been impatiently waiting for The Riddle-Master of Hed to hit that point, and I should be able to get to it before the end of the year (finally)... it's been maybe five years with that one, but it was exceedingly vivid to me. I re-read the Death Gate Cycle every two years or so.
Still, I'll be counting the months before I feel like I can pick up Cordelia's Honor again. I'll get the sequels -- they don't have quite the same characters, but at least the outrageousness of Lois McMaster Bujold's style will still be there. It had me literally busting out in giggles as I read it... every few pages there was a sense of "they did what...? she what?" It's hilarious, without being a comedy. I love that.
I won't, of course; I try to let enough time elapse between readings that the details are lost to memory, as I enjoy it more when I don't remember exactly what's going to happen. I've been impatiently waiting for The Riddle-Master of Hed to hit that point, and I should be able to get to it before the end of the year (finally)... it's been maybe five years with that one, but it was exceedingly vivid to me. I re-read the Death Gate Cycle every two years or so.
Still, I'll be counting the months before I feel like I can pick up Cordelia's Honor again. I'll get the sequels -- they don't have quite the same characters, but at least the outrageousness of Lois McMaster Bujold's style will still be there. It had me literally busting out in giggles as I read it... every few pages there was a sense of "they did what...? she what?" It's hilarious, without being a comedy. I love that.
