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Old 12-17-2013, 04:25 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by Graham View Post
I was chiming in on the Georgette Heyer suggestion because you had read "A Civil Campaign" (the title is an homage to Heyer's "A Civil Contract").

Bujold's touchstone for "A Civil Campaign" was Heyer's Regency romances.

I keep meaning to read them myself. They were (possibly still are) my mother's favourite books.

Graham
Ah. So, not steam-punk, then?

Like Strether, I was thinking it was an odd mention, but since three people in a "Vorkosigan" thread have brought them up, I may have to give them a look.

There's a lot of good-sounding stuff mentioned here so far. I hope some of them are available as audiobooks. Preferably from the library.

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