Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robert Woodward Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Gentleman Jole Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 21:44:37 -0700 Organization: home user Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net err0rnEdtX6tUKHNXfRFgAGMWxeEKU0dHsmD6JusIYJAprWO9l X-Orig-Path: robertaw Cancel-Lock: sha1:7W25CVMqLuHgxHlzhKDWXIzmO1w= sha256:hX97l31SqBEJ05EoDXherm1fV/wwLuK0TA272AtK/Fg= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Bytes: 2261 In article , Tony Nance wrote: > On 5/18/24 9:04 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote: > > I've finally gotten around to _Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen_. > > > > Oliver Jole appears to have had a long involvement with Aral and > > Cordelia. I remember none of it. Was he on-screen in any of the > > early books? > > > > According to The Vorkosigan Companion[1], Jole (no first name listed) is > in The Vor Game: "A lieutenant in the Barrayaran military, he is Aral > Vorkosigan's aide-de-camp during the Vervain cobflict. Blond, > good-looking, and brilliant, he was commended for quick thinking durong > a shipboard accident, and came to Aral's attention soon after. He > accompanies Aral in the Prince Serg when they arrive at Vervain." > > Tony > [1] My edition was published before Cryoburn, Captain Vorpatril's > Alliance, and Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen came out. I don't > know/recall if Jole is mentioned in Cryoburn or Captain Vorpatril's > Alliance. He is mentioned in _Cryoburn_, in the 5th drabble in the Aftermaths section. He, actually his sailboat, is mentioned in the epilogue of _Captain Vorpatril's Alliance_ (which takes place before _Cryoburn_, though published later). -- "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement." Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. —----------------------------------------------------- Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com