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Title: Borders of Infinity (The Vorkosigan Series) by Lois McMaster Bujold, Michael Hanson, Carol Cowan ISBN: 1-885585-06-3 Publisher: Readers Chair Pub. Date: 2000 Format: Audio Cassette List Price(USD): $54.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: get this book to attain understanding!
Comment:
well, borders of infinity features as one of the most confusing book in the back of each vorkosigan saga book, where the times of miles vorkosigan/admiral naismith is shown.
what you actually have here is a collection of 3 stories, written in a style in which miles is telling them to simon. so in between each short story, you have the interaction between miles and simon. so in the end you have four stories!
no! don't skip this book! each story is important and will be mentioned again later in the series! the first of the three stories appears in the collection, young miles, but the other two stories don't appear anywhere else.
if you are new to the vorksigan series, start with shards of honour (about miles' parents) or skip the parents and start at the warrior's apprentice or the collection young miles. this is a fantastic sci-fi series ; funny and interesting. you won't regret reading the series!
Rating: 4
Summary: Great stories to add to series - but watch what you buy
Comment: The stories of Miles are wonderful and Lois McMaster Bujold remains one of the most talented writers in sci-fi literature today. Her style is rapid, full of dialogue, and you hardly notice that you're reading - it's so smooth.
This book is a collection of stories about Miles, who recounts them to Simon, his boss in the imperial secret services. Miles himself is in hospital and cornered by Simon to cough up some details on the somewhat ambiguous reports Miles has been sending in. Like a rat caught in the corner, Miles has no choice but to spill the details.
The first is a story of Miles' younger years when his father sends him off to judge on an issue that happened among his own people. Barrayar, unfortunately, still murders babies that are deformed. It's a short murder mystery.
The second story revolves around Jackson's whole and the dubious activities that go on there. Miles' mission is to "collect" a person; but it's never as easy as it seems.
The third is the strangest yet. Miles ends up in an enemy prison camp. At first it's not obvious how he got there, but Miles being Miles, he soon gets people moving.
Bujold's writing certainly deserves five stars, as do the stories about Miles. The reason I give this only four stars is that two out of the three stories featured in previous "collections". It's very confusing to the buyer: which novel comes before which? And although Bujold has a lovely table in the back of each book to help you with the chronology, it's almost impossible to buy books that only feature the stories you want. I now own three versions of the same story, and I resent having spent money on the same thing (not to mention the waste of trees that produced the paper for this).
Rating: 4
Summary: Highly Recommended
Comment: A fun Sunday afternoon read. I would read it after Cetaganda but before Brothers in Arms, as recommended by Amazon, even though one of the stories technically takes place after Brothers in Arms.
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Title: Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold ISBN: 0671697994 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 02 January, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Memory by Bujold ISBN: 067187845X Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold ISBN: 0671578081 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold ISBN: 0671578855 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cetaganda by Bujold ISBN: 0671877445 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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