and found it strangely but deeply disatisfying, (although it did inspire me to want to read more about the mid-1800s, so not a total failure.)
I met her once casually and briefly at a con, and I doubt she'd know me from Eve, where she seemed nice enough, but i haven't read any of her other books, and i don't know her online opinions well enough to say how much of it is her projecting.
Because, although I *gather* there has been some derailment (in a variety of ways, chara and plot) in the latest three episodes - the second half of the 2nd season in that weird hiatus thing they're doing now - I haven't seen them and so am going on reviews and discussion, and in the first and first half of 2nd season, no... altho' there was *lots* of fanprojecting going on that said more about the viewrs' assumptions than what was there in the eps I saw.
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I read "Freedom and Necessity"
on 2006-02-01 09:53 pm (UTC)I met her once casually and briefly at a con, and I doubt she'd know me from Eve, where she seemed nice enough, but i haven't read any of her other books, and i don't know her online opinions well enough to say how much of it is her projecting.
Because, although I *gather* there has been some derailment (in a variety of ways, chara and plot) in the latest three episodes - the second half of the 2nd season in that weird hiatus thing they're doing now - I haven't seen them and so am going on reviews and discussion, and in the first and first half of 2nd season, no... altho' there was *lots* of fanprojecting going on that said more about the viewrs' assumptions than what was there in the eps I saw.