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The dwarfish, fetally-damaged yet brilliant Miles Vorkosigan has more than his share of troubles. Having recently escaped an assassination plot whose tool was a brainwashed clone of himself, Miles has set the clone, Mark, free for a new chance at life. But when he decides to let his clone brother assume his secret identity and lead the Dendarii Free Mercenary on an unauthorized mission to liberate other clones from the outlaw planet of Jackson's Whole, things start to get really messy. The mission goes awry, Miles's rescue attempt goes even more wrong, and Miles ends up killed and placed in cryogenic suspension for future resuscitation. Then, as if that weren't bad enough, the cryo-container is lost! Now it is up to the confused, disturbed Mark to either take Miles's place as heir of the Vorkosigan line or redeem himself by finding and saving Miles.… (meer)
An entertaining book about clones and how they fit (or fail to fit) into the social structure of different planets. The protagonist, a clone of an infamous military officer, impersonates that officer to lead a military strike to rescue another group of clones. Hijinks ensue. I was somewhat put off by what a terrible person the protagonist starts out as, but he has a lot of growth. A lot of characters and settings from previous books are used; probably not a good entry point for a new reader. There's a Shakespearian level of mistaken identities due to all the clones, which was quite fun. Overall I enjoyed it. ( )
2021 reread via audiobook - an important book in the series but parts of it are so painful... ------------------------ 4.5* see my comments under the omnibus "Miles Errant" ( )
it's insane that there's a reviewer endorsement on the back of my copy that's like "great place for people new to Bujold to start!" No it isn't. What the hell. If I saw somebody holding a copy of this and they said "I think this'll be a great place to start" I would kick it out of their hands
El enano, con daño fetal pero brillante Miles Vorkosigan tiene más que su cuota de problemas. Habiendo escapado recientemente de un complot de asesinato cuya herramienta era un clon de sí mismo al que le habían lavado el cerebro, Miles ha liberado al clon, Mark, para una nueva oportunidad en la vida. Pero cuando decide dejar que su hermano clon asuma su identidad secreta y dirija al Mercenario Libre Dendarii en una misión no autorizada para liberar a otros clones del planeta forajido de Jackson's Whole, las cosas empiezan a complicarse mucho. La misión sale mal, el intento de rescate de Miles sale aún más mal y Miles termina asesinado y colocado en suspensión criogénica para una futura reanimación. Entonces, como si eso no fuera suficientemente malo, ¡el criocontenedor se pierde! Ahora depende de Mark, confundido y perturbado, tomar el lugar de Miles como heredero de la línea Vorkosigan o redimirse encontrando y salvando a Miles.
Another great Miles story. And I ended up loving Mark too, which I didn't think would happen. I'd say more but really if you like sci fi space opera and wonderfully developed characters why aren't you reading the Vorkosigan Saga already? ( )
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For Patricia Collins Wrede, for literary midwifery above and beyond the long-distance call of duty.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The row of comconsole booths lining the passenger concourse of Escobar's largest commercial orbiter transfer station had mirrored doors, divided into diagonal sections by rainbow-colored lines of lights.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The traffic was worse than London's and, if possible, even more disorderly, or ordered according to some rule involving survival of the fittest.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The dwarfish, fetally-damaged yet brilliant Miles Vorkosigan has more than his share of troubles. Having recently escaped an assassination plot whose tool was a brainwashed clone of himself, Miles has set the clone, Mark, free for a new chance at life. But when he decides to let his clone brother assume his secret identity and lead the Dendarii Free Mercenary on an unauthorized mission to liberate other clones from the outlaw planet of Jackson's Whole, things start to get really messy. The mission goes awry, Miles's rescue attempt goes even more wrong, and Miles ends up killed and placed in cryogenic suspension for future resuscitation. Then, as if that weren't bad enough, the cryo-container is lost! Now it is up to the confused, disturbed Mark to either take Miles's place as heir of the Vorkosigan line or redeem himself by finding and saving Miles.
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