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fjtorres · 06-24-2010, 01:50 PM

+1 for A Civil Campaign, but the story really is a trilogy; it starts with MEMORY as Miles hits 30 and 30 hits back. Hard. Having hit his mid-life crisis early, Miles end up on KOMARR as an apprentice troubleshooter on an accident investigation that is anything but. All of which sets the stage for the courting of the woman of Miles' dreams. Except nobody told miles courting is a bit different than planning a military campaign. Throw in no less than four other mangled romances, two parallel political struggles over issues of sucession and a disjointed planetary male/female sex ratio and things get...interesting.
More than a rom/com Civil Campaign is an SF comedy of manners.

Now, if you're in the mood for fractured fairy tales, John Moore has 4 that I know of:
HEROICS FOR BEGINNERS
THE UNHANDSOME PRINCE
BAD PRINCE CHARLIE
A FATE WORSE THAN DRAGONS

Of the four, HEROICS FOR BEGINNERS is the closest to a hollywood-style Rom/com as it features an "Ice Princess" too hot for her own good, a dashing price too smart for his times, an Evil Overlord who knows all the rules, an Ancient Artfact(tm), and a Diabolical Device(tm) that is truly diabolical. Plus the usual super-competent rival prince.
Lots of humor and a good dash of romance plus a lot of common sense you don't normally see in fantasy (which is where a lot of the humor comes from).

I wish Moore had more like that.
(I'm re-reading HEROICS right now. Still funny.)

06-24-2010, 01:50 PM	#17
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	+1 for A Civil Campaign, but the story really is a trilogy; it starts with MEMORY as Miles hits 30 and 30 hits back. Hard. Having hit his mid-life crisis early, Miles end up on KOMARR as an apprentice troubleshooter on an accident investigation that is anything but. All of which sets the stage for the courting of the woman of Miles' dreams. Except nobody told miles courting is a bit different than planning a military campaign. Throw in no less than four other mangled romances, two parallel political struggles over issues of sucession and a disjointed planetary male/female sex ratio and things get...interesting. More than a rom/com Civil Campaign is an SF comedy of manners. Now, if you're in the mood for fractured fairy tales, John Moore has 4 that I know of: HEROICS FOR BEGINNERS THE UNHANDSOME PRINCE BAD PRINCE CHARLIE A FATE WORSE THAN DRAGONS Of the four, HEROICS FOR BEGINNERS is the closest to a hollywood-style Rom/com as it features an "Ice Princess" too hot for her own good, a dashing price too smart for his times, an Evil Overlord who knows all the rules, an Ancient Artfact(tm), and a Diabolical Device(tm) that is truly diabolical. Plus the usual super-competent rival prince. Lots of humor and a good dash of romance plus a lot of common sense you don't normally see in fantasy (which is where a lot of the humor comes from). I wish Moore had more like that. (I'm re-reading HEROICS right now. Still funny.)