A NEW NOVEL IN THE AWARD WINNING SERIES FROM MULTIPLE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD! Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan returns to the planet that changed her destiny.
FUTURE TENSE
Three years after her famous husband’s death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, widowed Vicereine of Sergyar, stands ready to spin her life in a new direction. Oliver Jole, Admiral, Sergyar Fleet, finds himself caught up in her web of plans in ways he’d never imagined, bringing him to an unexpected crossroads in his career.
Meanwhile, Miles Vorkosigan, one of Emperor Gregor’s key investigators, this time dispatches himself on a mission of inquiry, into a mystery he never anticipated – his own mother.
Plans, wills, and expectations collide in this sparkling science-fiction social comedy, as the impact of galactic technology on the range of the possible changes all the old rules, and Miles learns that not only is the future not what he expects, neither is the past.
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Product ReviewProbably not to everyone's taste, but I think it is absolutely brilliant. Someone in an earlier comment said those readers over 30 will appreciate this book most. I think that is most likely true.
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Product ReviewA happy story with some surprising twists. Non-military, with no violence, but an explanation of some of the personal lives of our favourite characters. Good read for fans of the series.
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Product ReviewThis is the book for people who grew with the series and are now 40+. There is no action whatsoever - only slowly unfolding romance. Very Bujold - deep psychology that feels natural, and sudden flashes of humor that make you laugh at the most unexpected places.
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Product ReviewI've been following the Vorkosigan Saga since "The Weatherman" was published in Analog. Lois is the only writer I've ever read who can take a gay or bi character and make them a person, not just an agenda for an LGBT message. Yes, this is short on action. OTOH, there's a lot of message and advice inside a story of mid-life crisis.
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Product ReviewI really wish there were Betan earrings for Cordelia. There were many times I laughed out loud, to the point my stomach hurt. This is not a book for the young, with their idealistic, black and white definitions for what people should be doing. It is much more a book for folks above the age of thirty, and for people who have suffered losses and survived them. I have nothing but praise for this novel. It is an emotional bulls-eye.
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Product ReviewI was a bit disappointed. There is very little action, most of the book is given to introspection/retrospection. While it was fascinating to hear what kind of marriage Aral and Cordelia actually had, I should have preferred a bit less thinking and a bit more hearing about the sequel to all this.
Certainly it can't be compared to Captain Vorpatril's Alliance or Civil Campaign, or only to this one's detriment.
I kept going, but didn't have my usual reflex on finishing one of Bujold's books to turn to the beginning and start again!Posted on
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Product Reviewthe vorkosigan series began as a love story. this is the quiet life filled with the adventire of renewal. it takes place not quite 3 years after the death of Aral.
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Product ReviewFor those who can't abide books without action, please go read poorly constructed schlock. For everyone else, I recommend this book.
The Vorkosigan series is one that is about people, not necessarily the action. And this book is very much about people. I sometimes regret buying e-ARCs, but this one I do not.
I had to share some of the lines with my poor bewildered friends; out of context they make less humor than in-context.
That said, I wouldn't really recommend this book to people who hadn't read the rest of the Vorkosigan books. The impact of the characters just wouldn't be there without it.
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Product ReviewIt kept me interested but not what I'm come to expect from a Vorkosigan book. Much slower pace and little real action. This could be attributed to the age of the main characters - having them run around madly like they were in their 20s wouldn't sit well. The book introduces some new characters and expands on old ones that have had only minor bit parts. It had a filler kind of feel to it, as if this needed to be done to close off loose ends and set the stage for a younger generation of characters to take centre stage in the future.
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