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jaceyLois McMaster Bujold: Proto Zoa
An ebook bought for my Kindle containing five early short stories from the author of the Vorkosoiverse, Chalion and many other favourites. It's interesting to see the starting point and a very early trip ito what later became the Vorkosiverse well before Miles started holding it to ransom. Stories are; Barter, Garage Sale, The Hole Truth, Dreamweaver's Dilemma and Aftermaths. Barter is about a mother who finds an unexpected solution to her hectic life (and with a family like hers I'd have been tempted to do the same). Garage Sale is abut the lengths neighbours can drive us to. The protagonist, Krieger, appears again in the Hole Truth where a hole in the road turns out to have hidden depths. Dreamweaver's Dilemma is set partly on Beta Colony and one of the co-protagonists is (according to Bujold's intro) probably the ancestor of the ill-fated Ensign Dubauer from Shards of Honour. Aftermaths is a stand-alone short set in the Vorkosoiverse which is usually appended to Shards of Honour in print books,and does indeed show the aftermath of the events in that book from the point of view of those with the task of retrieving and identifying the dead. It's one that always makes me cry.
An ebook bought for my Kindle containing five early short stories from the author of the Vorkosoiverse, Chalion and many other favourites. It's interesting to see the starting point and a very early trip ito what later became the Vorkosiverse well before Miles started holding it to ransom. Stories are; Barter, Garage Sale, The Hole Truth, Dreamweaver's Dilemma and Aftermaths. Barter is about a mother who finds an unexpected solution to her hectic life (and with a family like hers I'd have been tempted to do the same). Garage Sale is abut the lengths neighbours can drive us to. The protagonist, Krieger, appears again in the Hole Truth where a hole in the road turns out to have hidden depths. Dreamweaver's Dilemma is set partly on Beta Colony and one of the co-protagonists is (according to Bujold's intro) probably the ancestor of the ill-fated Ensign Dubauer from Shards of Honour. Aftermaths is a stand-alone short set in the Vorkosoiverse which is usually appended to Shards of Honour in print books,and does indeed show the aftermath of the events in that book from the point of view of those with the task of retrieving and identifying the dead. It's one that always makes me cry.
