More Vorkosigan!

[vilakins]

Fellow fans of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series will be pleased to know that there's going to be a new Miles novel. There's also a new Honor Harrington from David Weber and a couple of others in series I don't know. I should check them out.

I did wonder if Bujold had decided to leave Miles with his new family, but I'm delighted to know we're going to have more of him. And, having read The Hallowed Hunt recently, I think there must be two more books due in the Chalion universe. There are five gods and we've had the Mother, Bastard, and Son, which leaves the Father and Daughter.

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[kernezelda]

Oh, I'm excited, also a little nervous. After the high mark of A Civil Campaign, Diplomatic Immunity was a bit lackluster. Maybe the time spent on Chalion will have refreshed LMB's Vorkosigan vitality.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yes, I found Diplomatic Immunity a bit slow and I do fear sprog-fic a bit. Bujold has a thing about children being the ultimate meaning and goal of life. Argh. I liked seeing how the quaddies had turned out though.

A Civil Campaign was a wonderful romp and had me laughing out loud, but there are people who didn't like it, believe it or not: too light-hearted for them I suppose.

[kerravonsen]

too light-hearted for them I suppose.

Not necessarily. I much prefer "Komarr" to "A Civil Campaign" because I enjoy a lot more seeing Miles bring Ekatarin out into the light than I do seeing him do excrutiatingly stupid things and hurt her -- albeit it all comes out right in the end, and I love the proposal scene, I just find it hard to bear what leads up to it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh, me too. He was trying to help her get established professionally, but as usual not even considering how she might feel when she found out. I just happened to see some on-line reviews that complained that it was a 'mere comedy' and that the butterbugs were a laboured and obvious comic device. I disagree; I enjoyed the book though I did wince at poor Miles digging himself more holes. I do think that if we hadn't had Miles being his socially-inept self and screwing up, there mightn't have been enough substance (as some people said).

Komarr was wonderful. I especially loved how Ekaterin was so resourceful and brave on the space station.

[kerravonsen]

I especially loved how Ekaterin was so resourceful and brave on the space station.

And the bit afterwards, where she basically said that it went without saying that she wasn't worrying about her own life, because she had to save Barrayar, because she was Vor. Finally Miles had found a woman who was not only brave and strong, but who understood what being Vor meant.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yes! The others (understandably) wouldn't even live on Barrayar. Miles is now loved for himself, not his assumed Betan persona, and he really needed that as much as Ekaterin did.

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

DI felt like Lois lite. CC was a tremendous read, albeit a huge departure from her earlier works, but I felt it paid off. I guess some people just always want writers/artists/actors to stick to what they know and love.

"May I introduce... Quick! She's getting away!"

*still* makes me laugh.

I was so excited about the new book when I first read that it was coming, but couldn't find a synopsis or summary on the Baen website.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I don't know any more than that either.