mass market paperback, 544 pages

English language

Published Aug. 1, 2000 by Baen.

ISBN:
978-0-671-57885-5
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Miles Vorkosigan launches a campaign to win the heart of Ekatarina, whose former husband died as a result of Miles' investigations in the book Komarr, by the same author. As a member of the Vor class, Miles and Ekatarina are constrained by many social strictures. Because Miles is politically important, he and his actions are under close scrutiny and subject to various forms of political and social attack. The book is a comedy of manners, very well done so that we seldom look up and wonder why the characters don't just cut to the chase.

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reviewed A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga (13))

A Civil Campaign

Surely, the real point of having a dozen previous books in a long running series establishing characters and world building is so that you can then truly and properly roast them in the worst dinner party disaster ever imagined.

This book is a comedy of manners about various courtships in the shade of the Emperor getting married. I love that a science fiction action politics series can have a book like this in the middle of it, and it doesn't feel out of place.

I do wonder a little how well this book would stand up on its own, though. There's so much history with Drou and Kou, Cordelia, Mark, Alys Vorpatril, Simon that it's hard to know if this would be quite as satisfying to a reader who doesn't have the level of background of reading all the previous books. I think the primary crux of the …

reviewed Una campaña civil by Lois McMaster Bujold (Saga Vorkosigan, #12)

Review of 'Una campaña civil' on 'Goodreads'

Dios es que cada libro es mejor que el anterior... Y en este se ha superado al doble!!!
Me lo he pasado de miedo, no me he reído tanto con un libro en la vida!
Leed a Miles! Leed a Bujold!!!
Dar la brasa a la editorial para retraducción y unificación de términos pq aquí tb pasa.

Bueno… y ¿cómo afronto yo esta humilde "reseña", sin entrar en spoilers y siendo coherente? No puedo.
Señoras y Caballeros, gente NB… estamos ante el que podría ser uno de mis libros favoritos del mudo tras sólo una lectura? Puede ser.

En serio directo a las 10 estrellas de 5. Hay libros que me han encantado y les he puesto 5 estrellas; pero lo de este libro es que juega no sólo en otra liga, si no en otro deporte.

Porque a ver, llevo ya ni sé diciendo desde el 1º libro que …

Review of 'Ekaterin' on 'Goodreads'

Dans ce roman, on retrouve notre petit auditeur de retour sur Barrayar, après l'enquête de [b:Komarr|61884|Komarr (Vorkosigan)|Lois McMaster Bujold|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597725s/61884.jpg|1129294], embriguadé dans le marriage de son impérial cousin. Au milieu de la frénésie romantique ambiante, il essayera lui aussi de séduire sa dulcinée (l'Ekaterin donnant son titre au roman, rencontrée sur Komarr) avec plus ou moins de succès.
Je ne sais pas combien de fois j'ai déjà dit ça de ces romans, mais je trouve que celui-ci est, comme beaucoup de ces prédécesseurs, le meilleur roman de [author;Lois Mc Masters Bujold:].
Il y a, pour moi, une raison simple à ça. Vous ne le savez peut-être pas, au vu de mes goûts littéraires, mais sous mes airs de brute, je suis parfois un indécrotable romantique. Et voir Miles Vorkosigan, héros de guerre aux multiples victoires, et aux innombrables médailles, se débattre dans les pièges de l'amour, et se retrouver aussi timide …

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