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From: Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com>
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Subject: Re: Gentleman Jole
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 21:44:37 -0700
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In article <v2bdg6$30qav$1@dont-email.me>,
 Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> 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_.
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Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com