The Vor Game

Book Details

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Author(s):

Lois McMaster Bujold

First Pub:

1990

Genre(s):

Science Fiction; Space Opera

First Read:

2019

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

17 chapters

Internal ID:

1833

Series:

<- Vorkosigan's Game - Barrayar ->

The Vorkosigan Saga*

#6 of 16

The Vorkosigan Saga*

A series of science fiction novels and short story collections by Lois McMaster Bujold centering around Miles Vorkosigan and his parents Cordelia and Aral. This is the series in original publication order.

View this series in the book list

1) Shards of Honor
2) The Warrior's Apprentice
3) Ethan of Athos
4) Falling Free
5) Brothers in Arms
6) The Vor Game
7) Barrayar
8) Mirror Dance
9) Cetaganda
10) Memory
11) Komarr
12) A Civil Campaign
13) Diplomatic Immunity
14) Cryoburn
15) Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
16) Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

"Ship duty!" chortled the ensign four ahead of Miles in line

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"I’ll look forward to them, sir."

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract (may contain spoilers)

Floating in the heat tank in the base infirmary, Miles considered crucifixion for the two saboteurs from the motor pool from several angles. Such as upside down. Dangling over the sea at low altitude from an antigrav sled. Better still, staked out faceup in a bog in a blizzard . . . But by the time his body had warmed up, and the corpsman had pulled him out of the tank to dry, be reexamined, and eat a supervised meal, his head had cooled.

It hadn’t been an assassination attempt. And therefore, not a matter he was compelled to turn over to Simon Illyan, dread Chief of Imperial Security and Miles’s father’s left-hand man. The vision of the sinister officers from ImpSec coming to take those two jokers away, far away, was lovely, but impractical, like shooting mice with a maser cannon. Anyway, where could ImpSec possibly send them that was worse than here?

They’d meant his scat-cat to bog, to be sure, while he serviced the weather station, and for Miles to have the embarrassment of calling the base for heavy equipment to pull it out. Embarrassing, not lethal. They could not have—no one could have—foreseen Miles’s inspired safety-conscious precaution with the chain, which was in the final analysis what had almost killed him. At most it was a matter for Service Security, bad enough, or for normal discipline.

He dangled his toes over the side of his bed, one of a row in the empty infirmary, and pushed the last of his food around on his tray. The corpsman wandered in and glanced at the remains.

"You feeling all right now, sir?"

Added: 14-Jun-2015

Last Updated: 20-Nov-2019

Quotes

Our officer cadre thinks that mercenaries have no honor, because they can be bought and sold. But honor is a luxury only a free man can afford. A good Imperial officer like me isn’t honor-bound, he’s just bound.

The Vor Game
Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles Vorkosigan

Publications

03-Dec-2013

Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.

Kindle e-Book

Date Issued:

03-Dec-2013

Format:

Kindle e-Book

Cover Price:

$6.99

Pages*:

352

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 1 Jun 2019 - 14 Aug 2019

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1863

Publisher:

Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

From amazon.com:

Hugo Award-Winning Sequel to The Warrior's Apprentice.

New-minted ensign Miles Vorkosigan faces enormous challenges as he leads a mutiny against his military commander's criminal orders, rejoins his Dendarii mercenaries, and attempts to rescue Emperor Gregor after Barrayar's royal scion has run off straight into trouble. The Vor Game continues to attract new readers to this internationally acclaimed series that Publishers Weekly described as "among the most enjoyable and rewarding in contemporary SF."

“Bujold is not just a master of plot, she is a master of emotion.”
- SF Site

“Bujold is one of the best writers of SF adventure to come along in years.”
- Locus Magazine

“A superb craftsman and stylist, Ms. Bujold is well on her way to becoming one of the great voices of speculative fiction.”
- Rave Reviews

“Bujold has a gift, nearly unique in science fiction, for the comedy of manners.”
- Chicago Sun Times

“Superb far-future saga.”
- Publishers Weekly on the 'Vorkosigan' series

Bujold's "work remains among the most enjoyable and rewarding in contemporary SF."
- Publishers Weekly

Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982. She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series. www.dendarii.com

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Author(s)

Lois McMaster Bujold
Birth: 02 Nov 1949 Columbus, Ohio, USA

Notes:

From the Kindle version of Shards of Honor:

Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982. She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series.

Awards

1991	Locus Magazine	Best SF Novel	Nominee
1991	World Science Fiction Society	Hugo Award - Best Novel	Winner

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