Twelve kinds of taste
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Fiction, Interplanetary voyages, Miles Vorkosigan (Fictitious character), Series:vorkosigan_saga
The hero, Miles Vorkosigan, is sent to represent his planet at the funeral of the empress of the planet Cetaganda. While there he becomes involved in a power struggle for the control of software used by Cetaganda's rulers to genetically engineer an entire people. By the author of Mirror Dance.
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Epic, richly built, resolved and cool.
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On Open Library, 15 have read it and 11 want to.
“"Now is it, 'Diplomacy is the art of war pursued by other men,'" asked Ivan, "or was it the other way around?”
One of the most respected writers in the field of speculative fiction, **Lois McMaster Bujold** burst onto the scene in 1986 with Shards of Honor, the first of her tremendously popular Vorkosigan Saga novels. She has received numerous accolades and prizes, including the Nebula Award (for Falling Free), three Hugo Awards for Best Novel (The Vor Game, Barrayar, and Mirror Dance), as well as the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her novella Mountains of Mourning. Her short story, “Labyrinth,” won first place in Analog Magazine's annual awards. The mother of two, Ms. Bujold lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Taste Buds. Other media included when they land close.
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“Is this Lois McMaster Bujold's best work?”
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“Is it too big for its own story?”
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“Is Cetaganda a masterpiece, not merely a very good book?”
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