4.3
Borders of Infinity
From AudioFile The Reader's Chair brings us three novellas from the life of Miles Vorkosigan, the crippled Vor Lord from Barrayar. In "The Mountains of Mourning," Miles must play Sherlock Holmes to a murder in the woods of Barrayar. In "Labyrinth," he must rescue a geneticist trapped in Jackson's Whole. In "The Borders of Infinity," Miles must escape from a Cetagandan Prison. The team of Michael Hanson and Carol Cowen again gives us an auditory treat with their distinctive reading styles. Solid writing makes BORDERS OF INFINITY a joy to listen to. Again, there are no "end of side" markers, but it's a small price to pay for such a wonderful book. A.Z.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine Product Description Bujold, Lois McMaster From Library Journal Reader's Chair continues its inexorable and much appreciated march through the Bujold canon with this latest rendition of the 1989 collection of three Vorkosigan adventures. The first and most successful story, "The Mountains of Mourning," is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning tale that finds Miles dispatched by his emperor father to investigate an infanticide in a rural and provincially minded region. In "Labyrinth," Miles covertly travels to wild Jackson's Whole as Dendarii Mercenary Admiral Naismith on an undercover mission to extract an important research geneticist who mandates the destruction of his last surviving experimental creature as a condition of his departure. In the title story, Miles infiltrates a Cetagandan prison and performs a memorable poetic dance before women. A thread that works better in print than on audio is the dialog between Miles and Simon Illyan, chief of Barrayar's Imperial Security, which introduces each story. Here, it is confusing, abrupt, and unnecessary. Michael Hanson and Carol Cowan, as they have so often in the past with Bujold's work, once again assert their sure and confident narrative control over the material. Essential for all sf collections.DBarry X. Miller, Austin P.L., TX Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Audio Adult: OtherLiterary Criticism
RELEASED2000
PUBLISHERReaders Chair
LANGUAGEEN
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.
4.3
Borders of Infinity
From AudioFile The Reader's Chair brings us three novellas from the life of Miles Vorkosigan, the crippled Vor Lord from Barrayar. In "The Mountains of Mourning," Miles must play Sherlock Holmes to a murder in the woods of Barrayar. In "Labyrinth," he must rescue a geneticist trapped in Jackson's Whole. In "The Borders of Infinity," Miles must escape from a Cetagandan Prison. The team of Michael Hanson and Carol Cowen again gives us an auditory treat with their distinctive reading styles. Solid writing makes BORDERS OF INFINITY a joy to listen to. Again, there are no "end of side" markers, but it's a small price to pay for such a wonderful book. A.Z.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine Product Description Bujold, Lois McMaster From Library Journal Reader's Chair continues its inexorable and much appreciated march through the Bujold canon with this latest rendition of the 1989 collection of three Vorkosigan adventures. The first and most successful story, "The Mountains of Mourning," is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning tale that finds Miles dispatched by his emperor father to investigate an infanticide in a rural and provincially minded region. In "Labyrinth," Miles covertly travels to wild Jackson's Whole as Dendarii Mercenary Admiral Naismith on an undercover mission to extract an important research geneticist who mandates the destruction of his last surviving experimental creature as a condition of his departure. In the title story, Miles infiltrates a Cetagandan prison and performs a memorable poetic dance before women. A thread that works better in print than on audio is the dialog between Miles and Simon Illyan, chief of Barrayar's Imperial Security, which introduces each story. Here, it is confusing, abrupt, and unnecessary. Michael Hanson and Carol Cowan, as they have so often in the past with Bujold's work, once again assert their sure and confident narrative control over the material. Essential for all sf collections.DBarry X. Miller, Austin P.L., TX Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Audio Adult: OtherLiterary Criticism
RELEASED2000
PUBLISHERReaders Chair
LANGUAGEEN
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.
