Bujold is one of my all-time favorite authors. Her characterizations are terrific, she inserts hilarious humor that springs from the characters and situations (a la real life) and she possesses an excellent grasp of politics and political intrigue.
Oh, and she's talented. Did I mention that? She's won four Hugos in the Novel Category (more than any other writer except Heinlein).
Definitely continue with her Vorkosigan series (The first two books, Shards of Honor and Barrayar, introduce his mother and father.) She also wrote Curse of Chalion, which has become one of my all-time favorite fantasy novels.
Are you a member of Science Fiction Book Club? You can get a lot of those books as 3-in-1s from them. Your library should be able to request any of them you can't find.
Yeah. I feel like I've just begun to peek into the world Miles et al are part of and it's really fascinating! She does write wonderful characters. :) solaas has already indicated that I might particularly like those books about Miles's parents, I seem to recall.
I'm not. Actually I don't think I can be, since I'm not in north america, though I'm sure there's a UK equivalent. ^^'' Our independent bookshop in town sometimes has her books in stock, anyway, and is usually happy to order stuff in if at all possible. I'll poke around. (Although the rational part of my brain IS trying to point out that I only really have money for food again now and that my to-read pile is already big. God, I hate rational thought sometimes. *g* Perhaps the library after all.)
Bujold is amazing. Her characters are so well-rounded and interesting. If you get a chance and can find it, read The Mountains of Mourning by her. It's a novella (and a Hugo winner). If you read the series chronologically, MoM is the first time we meet Miles as an adult.
It's just jkfsdljklsfd amazing. I swipe quotes from her all the time, too, and use them in RP.
You'll love Cordelia and Aral.
I think all of her stuff is in print, but a library's probably your best (and cheapest) alternative.
*sparkles at you lots* Isn't Miles great? I love him to bits and pieces, and my Yuuta muse wants to be him when he grows up. (Which, uh, tends to explain a lot about my Yuuta.)
Gosh I just realised I started reading these 10 years ago! She is my favourite author, one of the few that can make me laugh out loud. Even my mum who doesn't do sci-fi loved them ^_^ Pretty much all her Miles series has been released as 3 in 1s which would save you a fair bit of money. The timeline is here http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FanFic/timeline.html with the book names in brackets. Borders of Infinity is three short stories which is why its split.
Yeah, that would be way more practical. :D For now I'm not allowed since I'm briefly pretending that I can make my to-read pile smaller, but yeah. I'll have given up by next month I'm sure. :D
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Oh, and she's talented. Did I mention that? She's won four Hugos in the Novel Category (more than any other writer except Heinlein).
Definitely continue with her Vorkosigan series (The first two books, Shards of Honor and Barrayar, introduce his mother and father.) She also wrote Curse of Chalion, which has become one of my all-time favorite fantasy novels.
Are you a member of Science Fiction Book Club? You can get a lot of those books as 3-in-1s from them. Your library should be able to request any of them you can't find.
jklfsdlkjsdf Can you tell yet that I like her?
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I'm not. Actually I don't think I can be, since I'm not in north america, though I'm sure there's a UK equivalent. ^^'' Our independent bookshop in town sometimes has her books in stock, anyway, and is usually happy to order stuff in if at all possible. I'll poke around. (Although the rational part of my brain IS trying to point out that I only really have money for food again now and that my to-read pile is already big. God, I hate rational thought sometimes. *g* Perhaps the library after all.)
Just a bit. But that's okay. :D ♥
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It's just jkfsdljklsfd amazing. I swipe quotes from her all the time, too, and use them in RP.
You'll love Cordelia and Aral.
I think all of her stuff is in print, but a library's probably your best (and cheapest) alternative.
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Ekaterin, when you meet her way down the line, is /also/ love.
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And I concur about Ekaterin. I'd like to see a novel featuring Ivan, I think. He's so much smarter than he lets on.
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She is my favourite author, one of the few that can make me laugh out loud. Even my mum who doesn't do sci-fi loved them ^_^
Pretty much all her Miles series has been released as 3 in 1s which would save you a fair bit of money.
The timeline is here http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FanFic/timeline.html with the book names in brackets. Borders of Infinity is three short stories which is why its split.
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