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Which means the entire AJ short story has been published! Part 1 and Part 2.

Discussion in the comments? YES I THINK SO.

Ullamaliztli

Date: 2014-11-17 06:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] davidgillon
I thought it might be worth discussing the game itself. The instant I saw the illustration* I thought of the Aztec ball game, ullamaliztli, and knew that there would be deaths involved. There's a pretty good explanation here. Politically the Aztec game seems to be the closest match we have, though play-wise the game Sister Ultimately-Justice makes her own seems to have somewhat more in common with volleyball, with the distinct player zones, though the scoring across a goal-line is more handball-ish (I was completely confused as to who had won the final point as I initially read it as out-of-play in the soccer or tennis sense).

*It's disappointing from the access side of things that there's no alt-text to explain the image for people who can't see it.

Date: 2014-11-18 11:46 am (UTC)
vass: Jon Stewart reading a dictionary (books)
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I love how immediately recognisable Breq's voice is, and I don't mean her singing voice.

"One of the disciples who witnessed it," Ultimately-Justice said, "became abbot in his place. The other died soon after."
"You're a student of Blue Lily history."
"No," she said. "It was obvious."


Yep, there you are. Hi, Breq.

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