Spoiler Discussion: Necessity's Child

[rolanni]

For those who want to discuss Necessity's Child.  Please, out of courtesy for those who are waiting for the dead tree edition, limit your conversation to this topic.  Thank you.

WARNING:  If you don't want the story spoiled, don't read the comments of this post! 

Comments

Re: Syl Vor's age?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

FWIW, somebody asked this over on FB and my (of course very helpful) answer was...

I really avoid definitively saying how old children who live in books are. This is partly because some people will have their enjoyment of the story Utterly Spoiled because they "know" definitively what a 6, 9, 12, 16 year old "acts like." I'm sorry for that, but I'm sorrier because some of them will feel compelled to tell me I don't know what I'm talking about :)

Also, because we have not only different planets, with different rotations and year lengths (and while the Standard Year is "standard," it's not a Terran year), but cultures with very different expectations with regard to age, the question, "how old?" tends to get meaningless pretty quick.

Re: Syl Vor's age?

[gus fleischmann (from livejournal.com)]

Sigh, thanks for the reply anyway.

I was more trying to fit Syl Vor into the range of ages we've seen of children of the clan in the past. For example in Intelligent Design we know that Neither Shan or Val Can are 20 (old enough to buy a knife on port) but they seem significantly more mature than Syl Vor.

I shall continue to muddle through some how.

I am very much enjoying the addition of a new member of the clan as a primary view point - reminds me very much of Pat Rin bursting onto the scene in I dare.