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Have any of you read her work? She may be more known about her SF work, in the Miles Vorkosigan books, but she wrote some good fantasy lately too.
The Curse of Chalion is a good book, in my opinion. She's been putting up some interesting stuff in it.
Paladin of Souls is even better. She's fleshing out a character from the earlier book in a real good way there.
Magic/God's stuff is balanced well in these books...
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Lois McMaster Bujold
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 08:48 PM
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 02:44 AM
Yes, what do you want to know. I would start at the first of the timeline which doesn't actually have Miles in it. There was an omnibus called "Cordilias Honor" which had both "Shards of Honor" and "Brarryer" (spelling?) in it. Then the actually Miles books start and I found then entertaining. Miles is a very interesting character and I think reading the first two books which deal with his parents helps you understand him. It helps you understand how he must have grown up and why he is the way he is as well as some of the actions he takes.
So yes I would Recommend them.
So yes I would Recommend them.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 04:12 AM
I would recommend the Curse of Chalion to both fantasy and non-fantasy fans; it's terrific. It has clear prose, a good story, and good characters. Not to mention the theology mentioned above. Plus, Bujold seems to be very good in inserting humor; there are a number of scenes that genuinely made me laugh in a good way.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 10:38 AM
I'm fan of Bujold's SF and fantasy work. The Miles saga is pretty much mined out at this stage I suppose, but I really love some of the older novels...Shards of Honour is a fave, as is Cetaganda.
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 03:20 AM
Is there a generally agreed upon stopping point for the Miles books? Having made the mistake of reading through book ten of Hamilton's Anita Blake series, I'm rather leery of going past the, um, point of no return in any given series.
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 05:57 AM
mxlm;154515 said:
Is there a generally agreed upon stopping point for the Miles books? Having made the mistake of reading through book ten of Hamilton's Anita Blake series, I'm rather leery of going past the, um, point of no return in any given series.
I dont' really think so. Lucky for use when she got tired of the series she just stopped writing books in that setting. It's a good policy.
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Posted 03 February 2007 - 03:33 PM
mxlm;154515 said:
Is there a generally agreed upon stopping point for the Miles books? Having made the mistake of reading through book ten of Hamilton's Anita Blake series, I'm rather leery of going past the, um, point of no return in any given series.
Although some books are better than others, I wouldn't say there were any in the series that weren't reasonably good. Even the (current) last book in the series, Diplomatic Immunity was quite good. Basically, I'd suggest keep reading while you're still enjoying it.
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