Barrayar

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Summary: Brings SF from the pulp heap to literatary standards
Review: The Vorkosigan series is one of the best contemporary SF series. This novel particularly illustrates why Bujold stands out from the crowd. Most of today's serials utilize formulas that become quite tedious as well as predictable. Bujold's formula seems to be maximum conflict and a resolution that relies on rich developing characters set against a backdrop that is enhanced by insights into our own social make-up.

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Summary: Rated 'E' for Excellent - engrossing
Review: This is an exciting prequile to the Miles Vorkosigan stories. Hard science, military action, a love story, personal sacrifice, Ms. Bujold has written a classic of the genre. I can't wait for her to write more in the Vor 'universe'.

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Summary: Contains some of the most memorable scenes in recent SF
Review: This is what we have come to expect from Bujold. The scene where Cordelia returns from her "Shopping" trip is worth the price of admission alone. It also has the wonderful line "Dear Captain, I was so worried about you that I forgot to worry about your enemies." Highly recomended.

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Summary: A wonderful space opera in the Miles Vorkosigan series
Review: This is, simply put, a fabulous book, featuring the adventures of Miles Vorkosigan's parents in the period just before Miles' birth. You have not read a climax to a science fiction novel like the one here, as Cordelia Vorkosigan sneaks into the enemy camp and single-handedly puts an end to the Vordarian pretendership. Spine chills of the highest order. I wish Ms. Bujold could write these books faster, is all.

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Summary: A wonderful space opera in the Miles Vorkosigan series
Review: This is, simply put, a fabulous book, featuring the adventuresof Miles Vorkosigan's parents in the period just beforeMiles' birth. You have not read a climax to a science fiction novel like the one here, as Cordelia Vorkosigan sneaks into the enemy camp and single-handedly puts an end to the Vordarian pretendership. Spine chills of the highest order. I wish Ms. Bujold could write these books faster, is all.

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Summary: Palace intrigues on a martial planet.
Review: This novel, which won the 1992 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel of the year, is a sequel to "Shards of Honor" (1986), "Barrayar" beginning a day after the end of that earlier novel. It again focuses on Cordelia Naismith, now Lady Vorkosigan of the planet Barrayar. Her husband is asked to serve as Regent for the child emperor of Barrayar and both Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan have to deal with the plots and palace intrigues of their foes. An assassination attempt fails but seriously affects the growth and development of their unborn child, who will be the main character in most of the other volumes in the series.