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Komarr by Lois Bujold

June 5, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I typically get bored or annoyed before completing most long sci-fi or fantasy sagas; Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is the lone exception so far. Lois Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga has the potential to join that tiny club, although to be fair, I’ve only read one, Komarr. I’m pretty sure I saw someone’s rave review on here, but I’m sorry I don’t remember whose it was. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this series before then, but I’m glad to have found it. Komarr is both very […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, classic sci-fi, komarr, Lois Bujold, mystery, vorkosigan saga

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:48 · Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, classic sci-fi, komarr, Lois Bujold, mystery, vorkosigan saga ·
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Is that your idea of how men advance?

Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold

August 5, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I love this series and this book clearly marks a different era of the series. In the previous novel, Memory, Miles’s career as a covert military admiral reporting back to his home planet’s imperial security agency comes to an end. He has taken up the post of imperial auditor, an investigative role similar to an inspector general or head of a fact-finding mission with blanket authority. That temporary post led to a new ImpSec head and a permanent posting as auditor. So now we begin […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: komarr, lois mcmaster bujold

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:444 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: komarr, lois mcmaster bujold ·
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