tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post4535495467329062839..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Mountains of Mourning and Cetaganda, by Lois McMaster BujoldAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-85251629498338339072009-01-30T14:20:00.000+00:002009-01-30T14:20:00.000+00:00I'm sorry to hear about Young Miles, Tony. I hate...I'm sorry to hear about <B>Young Miles</B>, Tony. I hate when publishers do that! I guess this is just another reason I'd recommend reading the Vorkosigan series by publication date, not internal chronology.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, "The Mountains of Mourning" was originally published in <B>Borders of Infinity</B> (1989), which I'd highly recommend (if you didn't already own 1/3 of it). It's a book I often recommend to newcomers as a good introduction to the series - a potentially better sample than the first book, which doesn't include Miles at all. Besides "The Mountains of Mourning" and the title novella, where Miles engineers the largest prison break in history, it also includes "Labrynth," which is one of my favorites (Miles rescues Taura, the "sex-starved teenage werewolf," from Jackson's Whole).<BR/><BR/>But I really enjoy the humor in Bujold's books (that was evident in <B>Cetaganda</B>). And the insights into people (as in "The Mountains of Mourning"). Well, I guess I like everything about them. But I know people who don't like them much at all. Different tastes.<BR/><BR/>BillBill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.com