Ancillary Sword discussion thread!

[kaberett]

Because, yep, it's out tomorrow. :-) There will be spoilers in comments.

And before it gets to us... thoughts on the first three chapters (if you've read 'em)?

ALSO it is probably worth noticing - in case any of you don't subscribe to annleckie_feed - that Ann Leckie is doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything, with some questions (left in comments at her blog) already answered in the body of the post! I am going to try not to hit refresh endlessly...

Comments

[axilet]

Some more observations, in addition to those already made:
Breq appears to be adopting Awn's MO for her own -- go to the slums, earn the people's trust, fix society's problems from the bottom up. I wonder how much of it is her own moral code and how much of it is a desire to atone by doing things that Awn would do. As Justice of Toren she engaged in territorial wars and killings of innocents/citizens without any apparent moral crisis. However both Justice of Toren and Mercy of Kalr do observe and comment on things like classism with disapproval, though it's hard to know whether it's because of favorites that were negatively impacted by the system, AM's meddling, something they came up with on their own or all three. Not clear what Sword of Atagaris thinks of all this but probably not every AI has the same opinions on the subject.

[kaberett]

Yes! I spotted this and then didn't think to comment on it, but yes, it is fascinating; I suspect influence-of-Awn coupled with... something that isn't quite sulking and isn't quite stubbornness and isn't quite Wanting To Make A Point, but... something in those areas?