Sujet : Re: Gentleman Jole
De : michael.stemper (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Michael F. Stemper)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 20. May 2024, 18:43:53
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On 18/05/2024 18.27, Tony Nance wrote:
On 5/18/24 9:04 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
I've finally gotten around to _Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen_.
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Oliver Jole appears to have had a long involvement with Aral and
Cordelia. I remember none of it. Was he on-screen in any of the
early books?
According to The Vorkosigan Companion[1],
I had no idea such a thing existed.
Jole (no first name listed) is in The Vor Game: "A lieutenant in the Barrayaran military, he is Aral Vorkosigan's aide-de-camp during the Vervain cobflict. Blond, good-looking, and brilliant, he was commended for quick thinking durong a shipboard accident, and came to Aral's attention soon after. He accompanies Aral in the Prince Serg when they arrive at Vervain."
That's all consistent with the morsels of his back-story in GGatRQ.
I finished it this morning. After the Epilogue, there was s two page ad
for other Miles works, both novels and omnibii. Amusingly, despite the
connection to _The Vor Game_, it wasn't on the list.
[1] My edition was published before Cryoburn, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, and Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen came out. I don't know/recall if Jole is mentioned in Cryoburn or Captain Vorpatril's Alliance.
That's the problem with trying to do a concordance for a series with a
still-living author. In fact, as RAH and Ian Fleming (at least) showed,
it's risky even after the author is dead, as they can still keep
publishing.
-- Michael F. StemperPsalm 82:3-4