Mirror Dance (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures)
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (834 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1470824582 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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book guy said A series for the ages. A thinking person’s delight.. I'm going to post the same review for the entire Vorkosigan saga. MANY years ago (shudder to think - we only had books made of paper) I was stuck at an airport with nothing to read. The only book I could find in the store was named Cordelia's Honor. It was about a woman and written by a woman. From what I could discern from the cover, it was a combination of books from some sort of "Vor" series. With no intent to offend anyone, for me back in those days the book had "A series for the ages. A thinking person’s delight." according to book guy. I'm going to post the same review for the entire Vorkosigan saga. MANY years ago (shudder to think - we only had books made of paper) I was stuck at an airport with nothing to read. The only book I could find in the store was named Cordelia's Honor. It was about a woman and written by a woman. From what I could discern from the cover, it was a combination of books from some sort of "Vor" series. With no intent to offend anyone, for me back in those days the book had 2.9 strikes against it before I read the first word: it was about a woman, science fiction written by a woman, and this stupid sounding "Vor" word. I very. .9 strikes against it before I read the first word: it was about a woman, science fiction written by a woman, and this stupid sounding "Vor" word. I very. A fine, but not entirely fun, read William Locke On one hand, this is a writing tour-de-force. It unwinds the tortuous relationship between Miles and his clone-brother Mark, delves into some of the issues which will likely be paramount when cryopreservation and revival are common, considers sibling rivalry from many perspectives (including multiple personalities!), and places immoral Jackson's Whole in the context of a future, biologically advanced humanity between aggressive, but "moral" Cetaganda and passive, but accepting Beta Colony. On the other hand, it has the least humor in the entire Vorkosigan Saga and the torture sequence, while absolutely fitting in cont. Robin Mayhall said One of Bujold's darkest - possible spoilers. I have often felt like some of Bujold's novels are almost at YA level, but this ain't one of them. Dark, depressing and outright sad at times, violent and extremely grim at others, this book was sometimes hard for me to read. I thought it was a good read, but it's hard to say I enjoyed it! Still, it has much to recommend it.Possible spoilers: Mark Vorkosigan fans will get to see the character grow into his own, and Barrayar lovers will get to revisit the planet and our favorite cast of dozens, from Simon, Gregor, and Ivan and Alys Vorpatril to the Count and Countess themselves. I think this novel has a lot going for i
The mission goes awry, Miles' rescue attempt goes even more wrong, and Miles ends up killed and placed in cryogenic suspension for future resuscitation. Having recently escaped an assassination plot whose tool was a brainwashed clone of himself, Miles has set the clone, Mark, free for a new chance at life. Read by Grover GardnerThe dwarfish, fetally damaged yet brilliant Miles Vorkosigan has more than his share of troubles. Then, as if that weren't bad enough, the cryo-container is lost! Now it is up to the confused, disturbed Mark to either take Miles' place as heir of the Vorkosigan line or redeem himself by finding and saving Miles.. But when he decides to let his clone brother assume his secret identity and lead the Dendarii Free M
The following 300 pages add a wealth more to this fantastic tale that's both humorous and finely written. Miles tries to help his brother but ends up injured, placed on cryogenic suspension and then lost in intergalactic limbo. Miles Vorkosigan faces more than his share of troubles as the protagonist in Mirror Dance. Mirror Dance won the 1995 Hugo Award for Science Fiction. Not only is he deformed and undersized but he has a cloned brother who gets into a jam in the free enterprise plague spot known as Jackson's Whole. And that's just in the first 100 pages.