Winner of the Hugo Award this science fiction story includes three action-packed episodes from the career of Miles Vorkorsigan - the unpredictable, undersized, undercover agent - tackling problems of cosmic proportions.
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This collection of short stories includes tales that take place before The Vor Game and others extending past Brothers in Arms. The variation in tone across the tales is handled exceptionally well, as we see Miles mourn and get a better look at his relationship with Illyan. The stories include Miles's first outing as a detective, in which he's faced with a case of infanticide in the mutant-phobic hill country; his largest rescue mission ever; and the most distressed damsel for whom he ever played the knight.
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Winner of the Hugo Award this science fiction story includes three action-packed episodes from the career of Miles Vorkorsigan - the unpredictable, undersized, undercover agent - tackling problems of cosmic proportions.
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I usually can't stand short stories because I just NEED that lengthy feel of a novel to be able to get into the author's mind. But from reading Bujold's previous works, it was no problem to get the feel of Miles' world - I already knew it by heart.
Ironically enough, I think Bujold has done her best characterization in the Borders of Infinity and in Ethan of Athos - her shortest works. At times the tone is light-hearted but the overriding themes were truly compelling.
I LOVE Borders of Infinty (the short story), I love it, love it, LOVE IT - Especially the moment when Miles bows down with the hat and does that poetic dance in front of the women.
I can't believe how well and how completely Bujold created a world within the dome. Read it, you'll know what I mean.
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This is a collection of short-stories in the Miles Vorkosigan space opera series. Each story takes place at a different point in Miles' career. One of these stories, "The Mountains of Mourning" (1989), where Miles has to deal with the prejudices of his own planet, won a Nebula Award for best science fiction short story of the year. If I could, I would probably award the book three-and-a-half stars.
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An excellent collection despite...
21. Juni 2000
Von Lenora Heikkinen
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This collection of novellas was my introduction to Miles Vorkosigan, and while I suspect that the first book (The Warrior's Apprentice) Might have been a better opening, it did convince me to read every one that our libraries contained, and finally to begin collecting the series.
This collections contains three complete novellas and a, well, best described as sort-of-a-story to connect the three very different events in Miles' career. This wrap-around story is the main reason I gave the collection a mere four stars; it contains a suggestion of a rather scanty plot against Lord Aral Vorkosigan via Miles' more unusual adventures (Or rather, his monetary expenses), which serves no purpose except to perhaps introduce the idea of the imperial Auditors used in the later book Memory (And much better introduced within that book itself). As another reviewer said, the novellas could probably stand alone safely.
As for the three stories themselves, they vary immensely in theme. "The Mountains of Mourning" is a tale of Miles Vorkosigan's early years, and in theory it is a murder mystery, but the emotional impact on both Miles and myself as reader was quite incredible. This is probably the best of the three stories.
Following this, "Labyrinth" is a bit of a surprise; an almost rollicking adventure of Miles as the little "Admiral Naismith". It was grerat fun, but there was very little real emotional impact. It contained another excellent character, but felt to me like it was lacking depth - it was a plot-driven story, and shamelessly so. Having reread it sicne, it is better than my first impression, but the difference between the two stories was a bit of a shock.
The last story, "the Borders of Infinity", combined the two nicely - a rapid-paced adventure with a strong heart and some emotional twisting. Here Lois achieves something amazing in itself - she shows the story from the point-of-view of the one character who *really* knows everything that's going on, yet doesn't give away her own plot in so doing.
All in all, this hooked me on the little hyperactive madman; I've sought out every book of hers I can since.
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3. August 2002
Von A. Trotter
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This is the complicated book of the lot. It's short stories, which take place in various times throughout the series. I recommend reading them in the time-order of the series, not when the book shows up in the series. I mean, read "The mountains of Mourning" after "The Warrior's Apprentice" but before "The Vor Game", etc. These stories fit together so tightly and seamlessly that you might as well just consider the whole series one long book, and read it that way; just think of the individual books as bite-sized packages for the larger story.
Shards of Honor
Barayar
(these two books are also combined into "Cordelia's Honor")
The Warrior's Apprentice
Short Story: The Mountains of Mourning
(all short stories are contained in "Borders of Infinity")
The Vor Game
Cetaganda
Ethan of Athos
Short Story: Labyrinth
Short Story: The Borders of Infinity
Brothers in Arms
The Borders of Infinity
Mirror Dance
Memory
Komarr
A Civil Campaign
Diplomatic Immunity
Now go forth and read...
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Excellent, thoughtful science-fiction adventure stories
5. April 1997
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This is a collection of stories featuring Miles Vorkosigan. If you haven't encountered Miles before, this is probably the best place to start. Deformed but brilliant, Miles is an aristocrat born into a culture where "aristocracy" still means "duty" rather than "privilege". Unfortunately, it's also a culture that views the handicapped as mutants, objects of hatred and contempt. Miles is forced to challenge, again and again, the preconceptions of those around him. These are brilliant stories, written with wit, insight, and a strong sense of the tragicomic. "Mountains of Mourning" won a Hugo, I think, and one of the others was nominated. Even if you don't like science fiction, you can still enjoy this book thoroughly. If you *do* like sf, you absolutely need to have this book. Bujold's unadorned prose style has been compared to "Heinlein without the preaching", but this may be unfair... to Bujold. See for yourself why this woman keeps winning SF writing awards. Buy this book
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