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Original Title:	Borders of Infinity
ISBN:	0671578294 (ISBN13: 9780671578299)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #5.1-5.3, Vorkosigan Saga (Chronological) #4.1, 7.1, 7.2
Characters:	Miles Vorkosigan
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Collection and Best Novella for "Labyrinth" (1990), Analog Award for Best Novella/Novelette for "Labyrinth" (1989)

Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #5.1-5.3)

Lois McMaster Bujold

Paperback | Pages: 311 pages

Rating: 4.24 | 9285 Users | 344 Reviews

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Title	:	Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #5.1-5.3)
Author	:	Lois McMaster Bujold
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 311 pages
Published	:	September 1st 1999 by Pocket Books (first published October 1989)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Short Stories. Science Fiction Fantasy. Fantasy. Audiobook

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A buddy read with Choko and Maria.

One of the biggest problem with modern series is to figure out the reading order. It is actually very easy for the authors to confuse their readers. Imagine somebody wrote an excellent trilogy with a perfect ending. Now the author realized (s)he has not done with the trilogy universe, but nobody in their right mind would write a sequel to spoil that perfection I mentioned. The easy way out is to write a prequel. Now the inevitable confusion about the reading order comes: chronological, or publication? As you see it is easy to confuse people without even trying.

This is all fine, but some authors really go out of their way to complicate the matters even more. Meet Lois McMaster Bujold. I read enough book of the series to state it is excellent. However I am sure some of the potential readers avoid it out of the pure confusion with the reading order. I know at least 3(!): publication, chronological, and author recommended.


This is a collection of three novellas of the series and it clearly demonstrated what I just said. Chronologically the first novel goes between books 4 and 5 and the second and third between 7 and 8. But wait, this is not all! There is also a framing story connecting the three novellas. And now for a $1000 question: when is the best time to read this one? Decisions, decisions.

Now without further ado the short plot discussions. The framing story deals with accusation of Miles' misappropriation of funds given to him for some very much undercover missions. The 3 novellas are his flashbacks explaining the expenses.

The Mountains of Mourning.
I reviewed this one earlier as a standalone. As his first independent assignment Miles investigated an infanticide. If you think it is depressing you are right. It also happened to be quite good.

Labyrinth.
Miles had to smuggle a scientist with dangerous knowledge from a place called Jackson's Hole. This place is basically run by criminal clans, so for Miles the price of a failure is very painful death. To make a long story short nothing ever goes smooth for poor guy.

The Borders of Infinity.
Miles infiltrated a high security Cetagandian prison to help one very important for Barrayar Empire guy escape. Have I mentioned nothing ever goes smooth for Miles? I was impressed by Cetagandians' ability to reduce their prisoners to practically floral state while completely upholding that universe's Geneva Convention for POWs.

The book makes you answer a very difficult question: which place is worse: Jackson's Hole, or Ceta? I would be inclined to take hardened criminals over generically-bred superhumans, but this is just me. Let me say that all stories are very good.

So if they are so good why only 4 stars? Because of that confusion factor I mentioned. Seriously there was no need for this mix of chronologically different tales - and this is the only reason for 1 star less from otherwise practically perfect read.

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5.0 stars. The best Miles Vorkosigan stories of them all are contained in this book (and that is saying A LOT). The Mountains of Mourning was AMAZING. Highly Recommended.

A fix-up novel where three novellas are presented as Miles Vorkosigan giving reports on his adventures.The Mountains of Mourning (3 stars) - a murder mystery where Miles confronts the regressive thinking of some of the more backwards parts of Barrayars society. Confronting superstition and ignorance is never fun, but doubly so when a baby has been murdered. Not exactly a feel-good story, but it underscores how people view Miles, who was born a dwarf as a result of a chemical attack his mother

I have been slow to take to this series but it seems like with this book I have finally seen Miles Vorkosigan. These three novella length stories share a common themes, but you can tell they were not written with that in mind. Due to a terrorist act Miles suffers from a degenerative bone disease in a society that views physical defects with disdain. He does not let this stop him as he seeks ways to serve his country (planet). The first story is a whodunit, that I reviewed separately.The second,

Three good novellas bookended by a Barayaran political crisis.

Great character development through three linked novellas about young Miles Vorkosigan working his way along in his military career in Bujold's outstanding space opera series. In "Mountains of Mourning", he is tasked while on leave by his Prime Minister father to serve as judge and detective in a case of infanticide in a rural backwater on his home world of Barrayar. In "Labyrinth", he has to infiltrate a prison camp of an empire at war with Barrayar as preparation for a rescue of the 10,000

Here is my theory - and if anyone besides me has noticed this, I haven't read about it, so it's just begging for a English term paper to be written on it - I think that Lois McMaster Bujold's novella The Borders of Infinity is (among other things) a riff on Dante's Inferno. Why? (Here there be spoilers. For both works.) 1. The Borders of Infinity opens with Miles Vorkosigan thinking, "How could I have died and gone to hell without noticing the transition?" Hell. Yes. That one word is part of my

"The Mountains of Mourning" is the first story & comes directly after The Warrior's Apprentice & before The Vor Game, so I listened to just it. As a murder-mystery, it wasn't bad. As another story to establish Miles' personality & the world he lives in, it was excellent. I love the way Bujold portrays horses. She doesn't get overly technical, but they are certainly individuals & are well done. Having known horses like Ninny & the others, they added a lot to the story for me.