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“You should have fallen in love with a happy man, if you wanted happiness. But no, you had to fall for the breathtaking beauty of pain.”

March 20, 2018 by alwaysanswerb 16 Comments

The Vorkosigan Saga is one of those classic SF series that has been a little intimidating to me because there are so many books in the series, and the suggested reading order of the series is not the publication order, so it doesn’t naturally lend itself toward easily identifying the “next” book in the series. Cordelia’s Honor is actually an omnibus edition comprised of Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan #1) and Barrayar (Vorkosigan #7)(???) Here’s a short plot description from Goodreads for both of those: Shards […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: classic sci-fi, female author, female protagonist;, lois mcmaster bujold, sci fi romance, space opera, vorkosigan saga

alwaysanswerb's CBR10 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: classic sci-fi, female author, female protagonist;, lois mcmaster bujold, sci fi romance, space opera, vorkosigan saga ·
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When I added this review I typed it “Sharks of Honor” by accident, and now I am obsessed with that as a title for a book I will hopefully someday write.

November 18, 2015 by narfna 13 Comments

What a strange little book, but I quite enjoyed it. Will definitely be reading the rest of the series. I wavered on my rating for quite a while. I liked this more than some books I’ve read that I rated four stars, but it had some pretty significant pacing and world-building issues that were really jarring, and I just couldn’t ignore them. I’m also hoping that future books will be even better, so I’m saving my higher ratings, I guess. I’ve been meaning to read […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: lois mcmaster bujold, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, shards of honor, space opera, vorkosigan saga

narfna's CBR7 Review No:178 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: lois mcmaster bujold, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, shards of honor, space opera, vorkosigan saga ·
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