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Chargement... Degrees of Separationpar Sharon Lee, Steve Miller (Auteur)
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  LisCarey | Apr 7, 2019 |   Although I haven't read the other 26 books in this series, I was assured this tale was stand-alone. I agree with this as I had no trouble or sense of feeling lost by setting or characters. The first-chapter sample I read before purchase predictably conveyed setting and sketched out the main character's background. Unfortunately, that pure-exposition style carried through the entire book! The only time characters conveyed their desires was through infrequent and very brief snippets of dialogue. The authors hand-waved years with simple sentences, "that is how the first two years went." Technically, the writing is sound. The trouble is, it's hard for me to feel anything when all I know about the character is told to me. The authors' style feels very distancing from the story itself, as if these are not real people but characters made conveniently for the purpose of story. I simply cannot connect with them when their lives are told to me as if they are dry curiosities to study. The characters' situations were interesting but in my opinion, this tale could be told better or given more life than it has if it could be freed from its heavy, expository style. (  ) imayb1 | Oct 4, 2018 |  ) kmartin802 | Jan 20, 2018 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieAdventures in the Liaden Universe (chapbooks) {Lee & Miller} ((Degrees of Separation) 27) Liaden Universe Chronological Order {Lee & Miller} ({short stories 27}{short stories 34}) Liaden Universe Publication Order {Lee & Miller} ({Adventures 27: Degrees of Separation}) Est contenu dans
Life. Luck. Love. Lowport.Life, so the wags tell us, is what happens while we're making other plans.Luck. . .or, as some have it, chance. . .Luck is what makes Life interesting; introducing spicy bits of chaos - good, bad, and neutral. Without Luck, there is no savor - no adventure - in Life.Love. Ah, Love. The yeast of Life, Love expands our horizons, deepens our understanding, and opens our eyes. Love makes us daring.And Lowport? Lowport tries and tests Life, and Luck. And, most especially, Love.So here is small tale of Lives in progress, plans made and altered - and altered again. A tale of bread, and Luck, and Love . . .. . . and Lowport.We start with two people - a baker, Don Eyr; Serana, a captain of the Watch. Two people who have not much in common, until Luck brings them together, and they see each other.What, you say? There are no adventures here?Are you certain? Remember that Luck is involved.Degrees of Separation: Adventures in the Liaden Universe? Number 27 * * *"Degrees of Separation" is a perfect gem, both alone and with "Block Party" as a sequel. Once again, Lee and Miller show themselves able to create intriguing new characters, as well as interesting clues to enlighten the re-reads of the earlier books and new ones. (Who knew the depths of subtlety a qe'andra might employ within the Code? ) Read fast or savored in a second or fourth reading, it's a modest but sustaining masterpiece, like Don Eyr's breads and pastries. Elizabeth Moon, author of Into the Fire Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Auteur LibraryThingSharon Lee est un auteur LibraryThing, c'est-à-dire un auteur qui catalogue sa bibliothèque personnelle sur LibraryThing. Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires  
 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999ÉvaluationMoyenne: (3.86)
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Twelve years later, he's a graduate, is teaching some classes there, and beginning to make plans for what he'll do next. He meets Captain Serana Benoit, of the Watch, after he protects one of his students from the unwanted attentions of a member of the Council, and becomes a target in his turn. They're making their own plans, when Don Eyr is summoned home to Liad by his delm, for reasons that prove to be less honorable than implied.
It's on Liad, with Don Eyr trapped for the moment by his uncle's greed and mismanagement, that Don Eyr and Serana begin to develop a plan of action, and a newset of goals for their future. Oh, and for the impoverished and abandoned residents of Low Port.
This is, as always, an interesting and enjoyable visit to the Liaden universe, with fun, adventure, and decent, admirable characters as our protagonists. We keep getting glimpses of new and different parts of that universe.
Recommended.
I bought this book. (