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Perplexed comments on *Cryoburn* by Bujold - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: NancyLebovitz 25 October 2010 01:01AM

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Comment author: Perplexed 10 November 2010 07:07:46AM 0 points [-]

Why is no one mentioning The Vor Game? I thought it did the best job of carrying through on the main comic theme of the series - Miles bumbling and scheming his way to victory in a universe which seems determined to make him the butt of its jokes.

But the two best books in the series, IMHO, didn't even include Miles as a character - Barrayar and Ethan of Athos.

Comment author: Cyan 14 November 2010 01:44:07AM 0 points [-]

I agree that The Vor Game is the best exemplar of the comic theme you note, but it just didn't pack quite the emotional punch of Brothers in Arms or Memory.