It's getting later in the release cycle, so I'm spending more time in my "wait for people to complain" mode, allowing me to read more.
And happily, I found Lois McMaster Bujold. I don't think I've read anything by her before, but picked up The Curse of Chalion and The Hallowed Hunt and read them very happily over the last couple of days.
Now I guess I'll have to go out and buy some more books by her to see if I was just lucky, or whether she just is consistently good.
And judging by reviews on Amazon, it wasn't just me being lucky in the two I picked up.
She's good.
ReplyDeletePaladin of Souls is a direct sequel to The Curse of Chalion, you'll probably want to start with that one.
The older Miles Vorkosigan series is SF rather than fantasy, and is immensely enjoyable.
The Spirit Ring was Bujold's first foray into fantasy (rather than SF), and is probably one of her weakest works.
Her newest Sharing Knife series isn't finished yet, you might want to wait a bit. Wait, Wikipedia tells me book four was published this January. Yay!
I love her. I suggest the Vor books. Great SF with a lot of interesting ideas.
ReplyDeleteGreat books. In fact, the ones you've already read are the ones I liked the least (but still enjoyed), so I'll echo the commenters saying "try the rest, they're good too!"
ReplyDelete"The Curse of Chalion", "Paladin of Souls" and "Hallowed Hunt" all share the same universe, but are failrly independent. All are good fantasy.
ReplyDelete"Miles Vorkosigan" series, starting with "Shards of Honor" and ending (currently) with "Diplomatic Immunity", with a side story "Falling Free" in the same universe (but much earlier chronologically) are thoroughly enjoyable character driven science-fiction space opera.
"The Spirit Ring" is standalone fantasy, in the renaisance with magic setting; I agree with Marius that is one of weaker works, but also quite good.
New "The Sharing Knife" series are also fantasy, with rather interesting universe.
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ReplyDeleteI predict that the release of the Linux kernel will slow down soon if you start reading the Vorkosigan books!
ReplyDeleteA really addictive serie, I own them all *twice*: once in French and then during a trip to the US I bought them all again to have the original version..
The Sharing Knife is finished as of a month ago. But beware! Unlike all her previous work, these four volumes cannot be read separately - the first two (the romance part) are a single book, and the last two (the world building part) are a single book too and should be read after the first. It was very experimental, both in trying to mix romance and fantasy and in building a fantasy in the American west rather than the more common feudal Europe. I personally liked the Miles romances (Komarr/A Civil Campaign) better, but it's still good.
ReplyDeleteThere is a next Miles book in progress. The Vorkosigan books can(should?) be read in chronological rather than publishing order, but she was more careful to help each stand on its own. They are a lot of fun. She actually knows biology so although it's soft sci-fi and space opera, the ramifications of advances in biology sound more like hard sci-fi. She has a good sense of humor too.
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My girlfriend recently introduced me to Bujold and I have to agree that a lot of her work is good. As many others have said before me, the Vor/Miles Vorkosigan series is an excellent series. You never know just where the story is going to go next which is a welcome relief from the typical story flow.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I really wasn't impressed with The Sharing Knife series. Mind you, I'm only two books in but it's not her best work.
Another author to look at when you need one is Robert J Sawyer. Factoring Humanity and the Quintaglio Saga (three book series) are both great reads.
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ReplyDeleteTo make it easier to read Bujold's books, here is the list (note that they are also available as e-books from http://webscriptions.com)
ReplyDeleteLois McMaster Bujold, The Vorkosigan Saga
The series titles as originally published in the story line chronological order:
Book 0: Falling Free (200 years prequel – can be read anytime)
Book 1: Shards of Honor
Book 2: Barrayar
Book 3: The Warrior’s Apprentice
Story 4: “The Mountains of Mourning”*(in the Baen Free Library)
Book 5: The Vor Game
Book 6: Cetaganda
Book 7: Ethan of Athos
Story 8: “Labyrinth”*
Book 9: “The Borders of Infinity”*
Book 10: Brothers in Arms
Book 11: Mirror Dance
Book 12: Memory
Book 13: Komarr
Book 14: A Civil Campaign
Story 15: “Winterfair Gifts”
Book 16: Diplomatic Immunity
* “The Mountains of Mourning,” “Labyrinth” and “The Borders of Infinity” were compiled into the volume The Borders of Infinity”
Many are available separately. Some are being sold as omnibus editions – buying these will get you the entire series:
Cordelia’s Honor
Contains:
Shards of Honor
Barrayar
Young Miles
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“The Mountains of Mourning”
The Vor Game
Miles, Mystery and Mayhem
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Cetaganda
Ethan of Athos
“Labyrinth”
Miles Errant
Contains:
“Borders of Infinity”
Brothers in Arms
Mirror Dance
Memory (currently not in any omnibus edition)
Miles in Love
Contains:
Komarr
A Civil Campaign
“Winterfair Gifts”
Miles, Mutants and Microbes
Contains:
Falling Free
“Labyrinth”
Diplomatic Immunity
These are currently being published in the U.S. under the omnibus titles listed in the second section. Perhaps they'll be found in other parts of the world under their original, separately published titles.
Bujold is the only author whose work I buy un-reviewed. She really *is* that good.
ReplyDeleteThe Sharing Knife series has more romance-genre elements/conventions in it than any of her other (previous) works. If the genre is uncomfortable for particular readers, then they probably will not enjoy the TSK: Beguilement and TSK: Legacy.
I never pick up a Bujold book on a day I have an appointment anywhere -- including work :)
Yes! Yes! Yes! I think, The "Barrayar" series is the best of modern sci-fi. And translations to Russian didn't blemish those books.
ReplyDeleteNow I want to recommend the books written by mr. Terry Pratchett. If you like thin English humor and fantasy parodies.
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ReplyDeleteThe Miles Vorkosigan series is even better. Bujold's sense of humor is great. I read that she started writing after her first kid was born and she was "stuck" at home.
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