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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7490667" data-attributes="member: 20564">Since last check in, I finished LMB's Cetaganda, ready the next Vorkosigan story after that Ethan of Athos, and around both of them read Pratchett's The Free Wee Men.Ethan of Athos I read more for completeness.&nbsp; I like Elli Quinn, and it's not a bad story, but it misses the spark that makes stories about Miles (and Cordellia) so breakneck.&nbsp; Ivan stories have their own charm.&nbsp; Ethan as a character doesn't lack charm, but it doesn't excite me the same as the others.&nbsp; Also it's right after Cetaganda in the internal chronology but it was written 4th (of 31) while Cetaganda was written 15th, and in that time the people of Cetaganda got their own character ibnstead of beign &quot;just another place&quot;, but that character is not really present in the earlier-written Ethan of Athos work.But hey, it's in an omnibus.The Free Wee Men on the other hand I greatly enjoyed.&nbsp; First time reading it, first Tiffany Aching novel.&nbsp; i do greatly enjoy the witches of the Discworld, and this was a great take on what it means to be a witch.&nbsp; Plus it had a cameo by Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax that had me cheering out loud (COL?!).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7490667, member: 20564"] Since last check in, I finished LMB's Cetaganda, ready the next Vorkosigan story after that Ethan of Athos, and around both of them read Pratchett's The Free Wee Men. Ethan of Athos I read more for completeness. I like Elli Quinn, and it's not a bad story, but it misses the spark that makes stories about Miles (and Cordellia) so breakneck. Ivan stories have their own charm. Ethan as a character doesn't lack charm, but it doesn't excite me the same as the others. Also it's right after Cetaganda in the internal chronology but it was written 4th (of 31) while Cetaganda was written 15th, and in that time the people of Cetaganda got their own character ibnstead of beign "just another place", but that character is not really present in the earlier-written Ethan of Athos work. But hey, it's in an omnibus. The Free Wee Men on the other hand I greatly enjoyed. First time reading it, first Tiffany Aching novel. i do greatly enjoy the witches of the Discworld, and this was a great take on what it means to be a witch. Plus it had a cameo by Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax that had me cheering out loud (COL?!). [/QUOTE]

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