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by Lois McMaster Bujold (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 315 pages
  • Publisher: Baen Books (Aug 1986)
  • ISBN-10: 0671655876
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671655877
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars ...or how to take charge, in 3 easy lessons, 16 Jan 2003
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Whilst not the first novel in the Vorkosiverse sequence, this is the first novel in which Miles plays an active role. He soon learns how easy it is for things to get out of control, but with his usual luck, bluster and desire to see the right thing done he soon has things sorted out. Extremely well written, good characterisation, and the epic scope required for stories set in space. Miles Vorkosigan is the sort of character to inspire loyalty and a desire to wring his neck - usaully by turns, although sometimes at once. If you enjoy this novel, then follow the rest of his adventures. This one is probably a good place to start.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well-crafted Sci-fi that won't boggle or baffle, 4 Feb 2002
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Unlike many Sci-Fi authors, Bujold does not burden her readers with complex societal histories or baffle them with technobabble. Set in the indeterminately distant future where Earth seems to have been abandoned and humans inhabit a range of differing worlds (some inhabited by non-humans) linked by wormholes, Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan series are simple and accessible without detracting from sophisticated plotting and excellent characterisation. The central figure, Miles Vorkosigan, is a stunted half-Betan who makes up for his lack of height with attitude. In this particular novel, Miles fails to qualify to enter the Imperial Service and embarks instead of a chain of increasingly desperate moves than end up with him in accidental control of a mercenary fleet. It's cunning stuff from Bujold that will keep most readers very entertained and leave them wanting to read more of the Vorkosigan series, but part of the beauty her writing is that you could quite happily read her novels as one-offs, without losing a great deal; conversely, to read them in order is a real treat. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A page turner, 4 April 2001
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Immediately after I red this book for the 1st time, I went back to page 1 and started reading it again, and the next book, and then the next, till I finally read the whole series. I can't remember the last time I read a book and laughed and cried on the same page. This is a series in which the caracters have so amny virtues and flaws and they are so complex, that everybody can find something about themselves in them and relate to them. I'm not an SF fan, but these books are just grand.
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