- Cryonics, Immortalism, Life on other planets, Fiction
When a Kibou-daini cryocorp--an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future--attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan to check it out.
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Classical in form, contemporary, richly built and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 345
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audio, Inc., Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc., J'ai lu
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9781451637502
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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.
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