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A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)

Lois McMaster Bujold

Start date: April 15, 2010

Finish date: May 14, 2010

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Apr 15, 2010 Kathi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science-fiction

Romance and romantic missteps, intrigue and counter-intrigue, and painful emotional growth (not to mention insect growth as well) abound in this installment of the Miles Vorkosigan series.

This book took me from laughter bursting forth to tears trickling down my cheeks. Bujold is a master of the one-liner, but she also sets up and unfolds the most absurd situations in absolutely believable detail. Her characters are so real, so layered, so nuanced--not just Miles, but his clone-brother Mark, his ...more

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Oct 15, 2024 Nyssa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This installment is currently my favorite! I enjoyed it so much that I practically inhaled it! Politics, romance, and mayhem, who could ask for anything more?

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Even with approximately seven titles remaining, I'm already mourning coming to the end of t ...more

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Nov 07, 2022 Duffy Pratt rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science-fiction

This book was thoroughly charming, with a dinner party in one chapter that ranks among the funniest things I've ever read. It's dedicated to Jane (Austen), Charlotte (Bronte), Georgette (Heyer) and Dorothy (L. Sayers). And it's subtitled "A Comedy of Manners and Biology." That's an unusual mix for a science fiction novel, but Bujold makes it work almost effortlessly.

Miles is determined to marry Ekaterina, and courts her with much of the same calculation and obsessive determination that he brings ...more

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