[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
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