Jo Walton

[jack]

I just re-read Tooth and Claw. Firstly, does anyone have a nice list of the ranking of the noble titles? I keep getting them in the wrong order.

Secondly, I'm curious, does anyone keep notes on that sort of thing when they read? Possibly I sometimes read too quickly. In an intricate detective novel or similar it would certainly make sense. But it always feels over the top for anything else, even if if there were a list of N things or characters you could keep a lot more straight if you had a little list of the names.

Thirdly, had anyone read any of the Farthing series?

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[atreic.livejournal.com]

Well, angoel (who lent me the book; I still think he should have lent them me in order, but hey, at least he introduced me to them) was quite amused by it.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

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.