Three great short stories about Miles Vorkosigan, spoiled only by the useless linking narrative. Skip the conversations with Simon Illyan and just read the stories. ( )

A collection of three stories that appear in different anthologies, each short story addresses a turning point in Miles' life.

In 'Mountains of Mourning' The Count sends a young Miles into the mountains to solve a murder. Miles' own appearance as a 'muty' and his future as leader of the district make him the perfect mediator in the death of the infant.

'Labyrinth' sets the stage for events in a later novel. Miles and Bel are on a covert mission for Illyan, though, as usual with any of Miles' missions, things don't go exactly as planned.

'Borders of Infinity' is my favorite short story in this collection. Miles on a deep undercover mission alone is a recipe for disaster. But this story, more than any other Miles story, serves to prove that Miles' manic personality solves more problems than it causes.

While none of the stories are necessary to know for events in the full-length novels, they provide fascinating filler and are as compelling as any Vorkosigan novels. ( )

Contains what I think is the best sf story ever written -- the eponymous "Borders of Infinity". The other stories aren't too shabby either.

I have to admit to being a complete Miles fangirl. This is a set of three stories scattered through the series.
The first The Mountains of Mourning is set on Barryar, shortly after Miles finishes his military training, and you have some flashbacks to his training. Miles has to investigate the murder of a child with a minor defect. He has to face up to the discrimination of the people about defects and specifically his own defects.

The Second is Labyrinth, where we find out how Taura and Miles meet. Taura is such a cool character and it brings up issues with genetic research and what happens to the subjects of this research and humanity. Of course Taura isn't the purpose of the adventure, but many times it's the fact that Miles achieves his objectives and some of his own wishlists as well. I enjoyed this the most of the set.

The Borders of Infinity is the last of the set, while I remember reading the other two of this series this one is a blank. It wasn't as satisfying as the other two, Miles plotting a way out of a prison camp, is pure Miles but somehow lacking in ways, it's quite a short story, and some of it is quite obvious, but I think it's more the proximity to the other two that spoil it.

Overall this is a good read, I'd recommend it to anyone who would like to see if they would like to try Miles out, it's also made me want to hunt down the rest of the series and revisit. ( )

A collection of three novellas, a couple of which came from Analog, and another from a book. This is taken none too seriously with a Miles under investigation for accounting irregularities linking sort-of-story.

Borders of Infinity : Borders of Infinity - Lois McMaster Bujold
Borders of Infinity : Labyrinth - Lois McMaster Bujold
Borders of Infinity : Mountains of Mourning - Lois McMaster Bujold

Undercover recover uprising bustout.

3.5 out of 5

Werewolf nookie rescue.

3 out of 5

Infanticide investigation experience.

3 out of 5

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