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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by noblehunter   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:59 am

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Could be worse for the oligarchs, it could have been Go players. :twisted:
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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by fallsfromtrees   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:31 am

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There seems to an assumption that this occurred on a verge planet. Given no location context, it could have occurred on Earth - in which case it could have serious immediate consequences for the Mandarians.
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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by PeterZ   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:34 am

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fallsfromtrees wrote:There seems to an assumption that this occurred on a verge planet. Given no location context, it could have occurred on Earth - in which case it could have serious immediate consequences for the Mandarians.


The slang doesn't fit Earth. I doubt that even in Poland on Earth, if the nation still exists, that there would be local slang that is so far from common usage so far seen in text.

After all, Chicago is the Capital of the Solarian League. That hotbed of corruption isn't the Second City of the United States. I doubt that any of the nations of Old Earth exist any longer.
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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by ksandgren   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:50 am

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Thanks, RFC. I got to this late, but I'm really enjoying it until the bundle comes out soon.
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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by cthia   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:28 am

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PeterZ wrote:
cthia wrote:Sounds about right. I had already fallen in love with Edyta, because she kicks ass on the chessboard. And because she didn't fall for Karolina's knight trap. Some version of the Steinitz Defense or Ruy Lopez trap or other?


Dang! Even better fodder for rebels. Wanna bet one of her parents taught Edyta how to play chess? Same sort of parent that regularly cleans Honor's clock playing chess. Clearly, RFC views chess as correlated to strategic/tactical insights.


Eagleeye wrote:He's not alone with that view. There's a reason chess is known to be the "Game of Kings".

Add another aspect to that: Polish girls are known to be beautiful. If that still holds true 2,000 years down the road, the rebels can not only play the "innocent children"-card, but the (by far) stronger "innocent, smart and beautiful (girl-)children"-card to generate support for their cause.

Edyta wasn't just smart and accomplished at chess. She's obviously a child prodigy, having been accelerated a full grade and still excelling.

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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by roseandheather   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:31 am

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Clearly, RFC has decided that I haven't cried enough over the last couple of books and set about fixing that.

Mission accomplished.
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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by PeterZ   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:57 am

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roseandheather wrote:Clearly, RFC has decided that I haven't cried enough over the last couple of books and set about fixing that.

Mission accomplished.


Tell me about it! Reminds me of Irys' lamentation besides Hektor's deathbed or Hamish meeting the Salamander for the first time.
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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by filbert   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:24 pm

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Is Mr. Łukaszewski about to get a lesson in air combat etiquette from Lt. Kezczyński?
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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by jchilds   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:47 pm

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Does Lądowisko translate to some variation of "Landing"?
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Re: Shadow of victory snippet #2
Post by kzt   » Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:59 pm

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filbert wrote:Is Mr. Łukaszewski about to get a lesson in air combat etiquette from Lt. Kezczyński?

I suspect that when a couple of hundred kilo missile hits him at 8km a second he won't have time to learn much.
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