The Vorkosigan Saga

 


  

[First posted on tumblr™   6/2/2015]

Start with A Civil Campaign or Diplomatic Immunity

Author: Lois McMaster Bujold

Sometime in Earth’s future, space-faring humans locate the NEXUS OF WORMHOLES which amazingly enough conduct ships to star systems with nearly habitable planets.  Colonization and terra-forming ensue.  Barrayar, at the end of a wormhole cul-de-sac is settled by a mixed group of Russian, Greek, French, and English Europeans, and then—surprise! – the unstable wormhole collapses.  After hundreds of years of isolation, the “primitive” Barrayarans, rediscovered, oust would-be conquerors and form their own interstellar empire.

Miles Vorkosigan is one of the more diverse characters in sci-fi.  Damaged in utero, with fragile bones and stunted growth, viewed by Barrayarans as a mutant, he must prevail using his wits.

He has marvelous wits.

I entered the Vorkosigan-verse in the middle of Miles’ adventures, reading my way out in both directions along the timeline, and have exhausted the library’s holdings here.  Inter-library loans next!

Post-posting Note: In reading backwards to the beginning, and forward to the most current releases, one runs into other fascinating characters such as Miles' mother and quaddies. Happy Reading! 

-Xina Lowe, Librarian and hopeless nerd

#sci-fi, #Vorkosigan-verse, #lois_mcmaster_bujold, #space opera, #booktalk

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