I agree that Lois is great at character development. I have been so impressed that she is not afraid to change Miles entirely, when necessary to the story. She could have sold endless books about Miles and the Dendarii Mercenaries, but instead she blew up that life for him and forced him to become someone else--someone even better and braver, because he wasn't facing a cardboard cut-out enemy. He was facing himself. You're right; he really does grow and develop.
Lois says that her books are about identity. And a lot of them are about parenting.
Hope you are successful in getting friends to read her books. I nagged my best friend kijjohnson to read her books for years, and Kij finally broke down and read them last year, and now she loves them as much as I do. It's so much fun to burble excitedly to a friend about who reads them because of your recommendation and them learns to love them, too.
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Re: OMG! You read Miles too!
Date: 2003-03-10 07:29 pm (UTC)Lois says that her books are about identity. And a lot of them are about parenting.
Hope you are successful in getting friends to read her books. I nagged my best friend
Cheers,
Peg