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Bezig met laden... Vorkosigan's Game (The Vor Game / Borders of Infinity)door Lois McMaster Bujold
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Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Vorkosigan: Chronological Order (Omnibus 5 & 8) Vorkosigan: Publication Order (Omnibus 6 & 7) BevatThe Mountains of Mourning door Lois McMaster Bujold (indirect) Labyrinth door Lois McMaster Bujold (indirect) The Borders of Infinity [short story] door Lois McMaster Bujold (indirect)
Miles Naismith Vorkosigan was not a mutant, although he was often mistaken for one. His home, Barrayar, was a militant world shaped by a bitter history and political strife. Years earlier, an assassin had chosen poison gas for an attack on Aral Vorkosigan, former Regent of the Barrayaran Empire--now Prime Minister--and the pregnant Lady Cordelia. They survived; unborn Miles was the terrorist's only real victim. Cursed with brittle bones that neither grew nor healed properly, a dwarf-like body and a face prematurely lined with the agony of too many corrective surgeries--and too many people who could not accept his difference--Miles refused to hide behind his Vor rank. With a brilliant mind, courage honed by a desire for adventure, and an ever-ready sense of the absurd, he carved out his own place in the galactic scheme... "The Mountains of Mourning" (included with the two other novellas in Borders of Infinity). It was just after his hard-won graduation from the Imperial Academy and before he began active duty that Miles met the hill woman. Distraught, she claimed her husband had murdered their baby daughter, who'd been born defective--an old back-country practice for culling mutants, now illegal but impossible to stamp out. The woman demanded Lord Vorkosigan's justice, and she was no less surprised than Miles himself when he was appointed his father's Voice in the matter. But he did indeed exact justice--for the sake of a child whose needless death would haunt him all his days... The Vor Game. Every cadet wants space duty; many are disappointed. In Ensign Miles Vorkosigan's case, however, being assigned as Meteorological Officer at a remote arctic based was more than disappointing; it came close to being deadly. The commander of "Camp Permafrost" was a brutal, vindictive reactionary who despised Miles on sight. When the C.O. decided a mass murder was in order to put down what he deemed a mutiny, Miles had little trouble choosing which side he was on. That decision ended his meteorological career...and started him on his highly irregular way up in the Emperor's Service--first with a job in Imperial Security, then on to an admiralty! Well, it wasn't an official commission... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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'The Mountains of Mourning' (publication order 7, chronological order 6),
The Vor Game, which includes 'The Weatherman' (publication order 9 for 'Weatherman', 10 for The Vor Game, chronological order 7)
'Labyrinth,' (publication order 8, chronological order 8)
'The Borders of Infinity.' (publication order 4, chronological order 9)
If one counts the first publication of Borders of Infinity, which includes 'The Mountains of Mourning,' 'Labyrinth,' and 'The Borders of Infinity' with a framing sequence; that would make 'The Weatherman' #10 and The Vor Game #11 in publication order. This information came from careful counting of first publications, magazine/book, in the fiction section of the full English bibliography page at the Bujold Nexus site.
If, as I did, you've read earlier and later books before finding this book or the novels/novellas it contains, it's great to finally read the stories behind mentions in those later books. As is usual with Vorkosigan stories, expect comedy and tragedy with believable characters.
The Vor Game gives us Miles' first two assignments as a brand-new Barrayaran lieutenant. It's Miles, so expect him to screw up and yet brilliantly accomplish the greater mission. General Metzov should have had sense enough to retire before he met Aral and Cordelia Vorkosigan's little boy...
'The Mountains of Mourning' takes place in a village in the Dendarii Mountains where newly-graduated, but not yet assigned Ensign Miles must act as his father's voice in a possible murder case where the victim was an infant. I really liked Miles' judgment.
'Labyrinth' introduces us to a girl created to be a super soldier who was not even close to being as lucky as Captain America. Some of the greedy barons of Jackson's Whole will not be pleased when Miles is done with them.
'The Borders of Infinity' is the story of how Miles winds up rescuing thousands of prisoners of war taken by the Cetagandan Empire. One prisoner's 'scripture' is taken from a famous work of classic literature. I've read that classic only once, so I had to plug a good part of the quotation into Google to confirm my suspicion.
The only map in the book shows the relative positions of the Hegan Hub to (clockwise, starting with the upper right) Jackson's Whole, Vervain, Komarr, Barrayar, Pol, and Aslund, as well as the positions of certain space stations, not to mention arrows pointing the various wormhole routes to other planets.
If you also prefer hardcovers to paperbacks, especially for books you expect to reread a lot, this is a nice edition to get. (