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![]() Rereading this, once more I enjoyed it a lot. It's not the best the Vorkosigan saga will have to offer, but it's still entertaining. I remembered it for the light romance between Aral Vorkosigan and Cordelia Naismith, falling in love despite coming from two extremely different cultures that are at war with each other. I did not remember events that would greatly impact the saga. However, rereading it I saw that it does have some quite dark elements, and the events are very important for the saga. It's just that when Miles comes around this will seem old history, while the events in Barrayar (the second book in the saga) will have a more direct impact on him. Also, there's a lot of action and a fast pace. Good stuff, made better by the knowledge that the books of the saga will get even better. this was a very tepid book, so it is really a 2.5, which is kind of disappointing because I love space opera, and I like Lois McMaster Bujold's other works. The romance doesn't feel very fully developed, and any action/ political intrigue happens off-screen to be explained to the main character Cordelia. Coredelia also experiences culture shock from the Barrayan culture because they are an extremely militaristic and patriarchal culture, and not as technologically advanced. Most of the time she is the only woman in a sea of men, and the men are surprised that she is a captain. I don't think many of the issues presented are well analyzed, or even well resolved in this book, which is probably why it is published as part of an omnibus with the second book, because it just kind of ends in an unsatisfactory way. Me habían hablado muy bien de esta saga, y con razón. Se que Miles será el protagonista mayoritario, pero necesito leer y saber más de Cordelia y Aral. Que modo de meter política, amor, critica a la violencia más sanguinaria en una sociedad militarizada y todo esto mezclado con la mejor ciencia ficción. Quizá el principio del libro es lo que mas me ha costado para arrancar, pero es que todo va a mejor a medida que pasas paginas y al final se convierte en un disfrute. Is contained inContainsAwardsNotable Lists
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HTML: Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Betan Expeditionary Force was on a routine mission to study the life forms on an uninhabited, neutral planet. Little did she know that the enemy Barrayarans had chosen this place as their secret base for an as-yet undeclared war. Separated from her team, Cordelia is captured by Lord Aral Vorkosigan, the leader in charge of the Barrayaran mission. Aral himself is caught in a web of political intrigue that has led to a recent attempt on his life. As the two strangers struggle together across the unfriendly terrain of the foreign planet toward Aral's ship, they discover that their greatest danger may be the romance inconveniently developing between them, on the brink of a war that will divide their peoples more strongly than ever. Recognized as the current exemplar of character-based science fiction, Bujold debuts her beloved Vorkosigan saga with this tale about the future parents of Miles Vorkosigan. .No library descriptions found. |
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