[ SECRET POST #3247 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3247 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

Actually, the lack of Bilbo in Fellowship of the Ring through me at first - I mean, he was in it obviously, but Frodo was the hero. I never did find Frodo as interesting as a hero. (Overall I prefer The Hobbit to LOTR. Even if I did think Fili and Kili were women until they died and everyone spoke of what good men they were... I was young, okay?)

[philstar22]

Interesting. I didn't much like Frodo, but I loved Sam and most of the rest of the Fellowship, so it didn't bug me as much. Bilbo was better than Frodo, but Sam was better than Bilbo.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought Merry was a woman for a good chunk of LotR. My introduction to it was my parents reading it to me as a bedtime story and I assumed I was hearing "Mary."

[kallanda_lee]

I get that? I mean world-building is awesome, but a lot of people really are in it for the characters.

[elaminator]

I have a really hard time playing favorites in Tolkien. Picking between Frodo and Bilbo would be impossible, and even adding in the rest of the cast...IDK, I love them all, and they're all so different.

But as for your actual secret, I feel you. I'm not sure there are many instances where I feel quite this strongly, but I have definitely missed old characters to the point where I wasn't getting much (if any) enjoyment out of the new cast.

[philstar22]

Agreed. I'd say Frodo is my least favorite of his main characters, but really I love all of them so very much.

[(Anonymous)]

With the Bujold, start with "The Warrior's Apprentice" and look at "Cordelia's Honor" as a prequel.

[elialshadowpine]

For Bujold -- Cordelia's Honor (which is an omnibus of Shards of Honor and Barrayar) is more of a prequel. They're amazing books, and the latest book is supposed to be another book about Cordelia. But, the main series is about her son, and you could start with Warrior's Apprentice, then swing back around later, if you wanted. The only thing you'd lose is that some of the backstory for the main series is on-screen in the prequels. If you don't want to risk getting attached to the characters as main characters (they do show up a fair bit in the main series but not as POV characters), then yeah, just start with Warrior's Apprentice and go read CH after you've gone through the main series. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I definitely agree with this! I love Cordelia and her books, but Miles is my favorite, and I'm glad most of the series is about him. I started with Warrior's Apprentice and was hooked immediately. :)

[ketita]

This was going to be my suggestion too. It's a shame to miss out on the Vorkosigan saga just because the first book is a prequel about Cordelia.
I'm excited that there will be another book about her, though. I was a little bummed at how... perfect? she ended up being in the later Miles books. I get that it's just Miles' perception, but I want to see her more realized as a character once again.

[(Anonymous)]

Everything I've read says it was written first. That's not really a prequel, then. - OP

[elialshadowpine]

You're half right. Shards was her first book; Barrayar was written much later, after the main Vorkosigan series took off and people wanted her to go into more detail about what had actually happened to Miles. So, that one was definitely written in order to make some of the things that happened between Shards and Warrior's Apprentice make sense, which is pretty much a prequel.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if I'm in the minority or not, but I didn't really care much for the Vorkosigan books that featured Cordelia as a main character. Why not start with The Warrior's Apprentice?

[(Anonymous)]

It's a fair view. Miles is the main character so it makes sense to start with his 'first' book. I think Cordelia's books are better for getting to know her through Miles first.

[cloudtrader]

I'm the opposite. Barrayar was absolutely my favorite book in the whole series and while I like Miles and the other books, something about Cordelia really stood out for me.

[(Anonymous)]

I just read Dune as a standalone book. It's more bearable that way.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I don't know how much of what you're saying applies to Dune. Dune Messiah still has mostly the same main characters as Dune, but it's several years later, after Paul Atreides has solidified his position as Emperor. Children of Dune may be a bit more of a disconnect, because the main character is Leto Atreides, but several characters from the previous book are still present as well. From what I am aware of, the book that most fits your description is probably God Emperor of Dune since it's set thousands of years later and the only remaining character from CoD is Leto, and in that time he's changed a lot.

But really, it's your choice, I just say you can probably risk DM and CoD.

[litalex]

Cordelia Vorkosigan is still alive and well all through the Vorkosigan Saga. Or, if you really don't want to have the same character throughout, start with The Warrior's Apprentice.

[(Anonymous)]

I really know how you feel. It's so disappointing, The Giver was a series I struggled with for that. Lovely books, but not enough about the two main characters from the first book is in the sequels.

Dune is OK though? It does follow on with the same characters. I've not read all of them though, got a bit bored!