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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. This was recommended as the best book to start with in the Vorkosigan Saga, which Noah Smith writes is "the best sci fi series ever". This follows Cordelia Naismith, a planetary surveyor from the planet Beta, caught up in a military action, as the point of view character. She meets Arad Vorkosigan, a Barrayaran military leader who has been betrayed by the political officer on his ship. They have to journey over multiple days to reach a cache of supplies, during which they fall in love though they have to part as Vorkosigan deals with a complex political plot on his ship and Cordelia escapes back to her home planet. Months later, the war has fully broken out, and Naismith (now drafted into the military) is captured by the Barrayarans once more, caught in the middle of more political machinations in the midst of the war which I won't spoil here. The book focuses on the theme of honor, as Vorkosigan plots the honorable course and attempts to keep his countrymen from raping and butchering prisoners. But we learn that acting honorably in a complex and dysfunctional political system can be impossible at times. I enjoyed the book, and plan to read through this whole series. I wouldn't agree with Smith that it's the best ever yet, but the first book reveals a series that is definitely worth sticking with. 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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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.
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