false 61899 7 If you relish costume adventure in an intergalactic society starring strong, convincing male <I>and</I> female characters, you'll adore the Vorkosigan Series. If you haven't met Miles Vorkosigan, whose brilliance, manic energy, and unstoppable determination make him a larger-than-life hero despite his dwarfish stature, pick up <I>Komarr</I> and <I>A Civil Campaign</I>. Read them, and then go back and catch the previous <I>nine</I> books (10 if you count <I>Ethan of Athos</I>, which features not Miles but his partner, Ellie Quinn); or read the series in order, starting with the romance of Miles's parents in <I>Shards of Honor</I>. <p> <I>A Civil Campaign</I> opens where <I>Komarr</I> ends, with Miles determined to court Ekaterin. Unfortunately, his approach is described as "General Romeo Vorkosigan, the one-man strike force." By his <I>father</I>. The potential for comic disaster increases when Miles's clone brother Mark arrives. He's brought a brilliant but scatterbrained scientist who's created a bug producing a perfect food: bug butter. They set up a lab in the basement of Vorkosigan House. Mark has also found a nice Barrayaran girl--she even likes the bugs--with whom he got together on the sexually liberated world of Beta. But now Kareen's living at home. Naturally, disaster strikes, repeatedly and on all fronts.<p> Bujold unfolds her comedy of manners while continuing to explore familiar themes: the difficulties in becoming a strong adult woman in a patriarchy, the need for trust and honesty in relationships between the sexes, the difference between appearance and identity, and the impact of advanced biotechnologies on society. <I>A Civil Campaign</I> is a sure-fire Hugo and Nebula nominee, likely to add another statue to Bujold's already full shelf. It's charming, touching, and quite funny too. <I>--Nona Vero</I> 1093445 book 1 8 2000 A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan) total:1245|5:647|4:419|3:158|2:16|1:5| 1245 5422 1472 85 5 2 false false Wed Apr 09 11:09:22 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 11:14:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 13 14:11:52 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 14:15:55 -0800 2009 Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice and returned to it and found to my surprise and pleasure that Bujold had consciously and cleverly incorporated parts of those plots here. Then I read Gaudy Night and all the pieces fit together and I saw that Bujold ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 07:38:18 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 12:25:17 -0700 2007
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