Tej's family is shaped 100% by the author's question, "who would be an awesome SO for Ivan?" See also Ekaterin's history for same, with respect to Miles. Sadly, there's some missing second-order worldbuilding that would elevate the the family to something cool and SFnal.
The two remaining 5G novels are the Father and the Mother, so I am guessing it will be a very long time before they get written. (But say, Father's book about the Golden General? Or people in his entourage? Would be awesome. Not just because tragic yet inevitable downfalls are my bulletproof. Cough.) There could be more than one good reason for the Quadrene heresy, starting with People Are Thick As Bricks and moving on to epistemological discussions of what is divinity, anyway; and finally there is the question of whether gods evolve. (Or people's relationship to the gods, at least in this universe. That puts me back at epistemology!)
As long as I'm coming up with novels unlikely to be written, I'd like the Mother's book to involve lesbians dealing with parenting problems, while doing other plot things. There's a notable lack of LMB protags dealing with dear Junior while saving the world (ahem, Cryoburn, cough) as well as same-sex romantic relationships, especially women's. I'd like to see that amended.
(This is what happens when my internship isn't demanding enough brain power.)
And an Ekaterin novel. A spinoff series would be nice, but just one all-Ekaterin -PoV novel would be fantastic.
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:35 am (UTC)The two remaining 5G novels are the Father and the Mother, so I am guessing it will be a very long time before they get written. (But say, Father's book about the Golden General? Or people in his entourage? Would be awesome. Not just because tragic yet inevitable downfalls are my bulletproof. Cough.) There could be more than one good reason for the Quadrene heresy, starting with People Are Thick As Bricks and moving on to epistemological discussions of what is divinity, anyway; and finally there is the question of whether gods evolve. (Or people's relationship to the gods, at least in this universe. That puts me back at epistemology!)
As long as I'm coming up with novels unlikely to be written, I'd like the Mother's book to involve lesbians dealing with parenting problems, while doing other plot things. There's a notable lack of LMB protags dealing with dear Junior while saving the world (ahem, Cryoburn, cough) as well as same-sex romantic relationships, especially women's. I'd like to see that amended.
(This is what happens when my internship isn't demanding enough brain power.)
And an Ekaterin novel. A spinoff series would be nice, but just one all-Ekaterin -PoV novel would be fantastic.