Ah! (I didn't know he was a fan, but it makes sense.) In fact, it reminds me a lot of Cordelia trying to encapsulate in a numbered list, Barrayaran etiquette for talking about sex, and how hilarious trying to *write down* this stuff is :)
I find it hard to imagine reading one of the books with that many characters first -- I think I started with Warrior's Apprentice and Shards of Honour. I know there's division in the ranks of where to start people, which of those two "first books", or with another; lending someone the one you think they'd like most might make sense, but I don't know which ones might be as good without knowing the context of the characters, although all are technically standalone.
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Date: 2008-02-11 03:26 pm (UTC)I find it hard to imagine reading one of the books with that many characters first -- I think I started with Warrior's Apprentice and Shards of Honour. I know there's division in the ranks of where to start people, which of those two "first books", or with another; lending someone the one you think they'd like most might make sense, but I don't know which ones might be as good without knowing the context of the characters, although all are technically standalone.