- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books (Dec 2 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1416556036
- ISBN-13: 978-1416556039
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.5 x 4.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 721 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #323,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lois McMaster Bujold’s best-selling Vorkosigan series is a publishing phenomenon, winning record-breaking sales, critical praise, four Hugo Awards and a Nebula award. And the thousands of devotees of the series now have a book that will be a goldmine of information, background details, and little-known facts about the Vorkosigan saga. Included are an all-new interview with Bujold as well as essays by her on crafting the Vorkosigan universe, articles on the biology, technology and sociology of the planet Barrayar, appreciations of the individual novels by experts, maps, a complete timeline of the series, and more. Readers can’t get enough of the Vorkosigan series and they’ll jump at the chance to read this story behind the stories. Baen has a new novel in the Vorkosigan series under contract.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
What the Hell?,
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This review is from: The Vorkosigan Companion (Hardcover)
First off, all goes well until page 24....What The@@@#$%^^^%????? No page 25,26. Next Pages 27 to 58 appear to be from an entirely different book. Back to a second page 57, into the middle of a conversation between Lois and Lillian. Haven't read any further yet, but if the publishers are playing "What book am I reading now?" they deserve 5 stars.
It appears that there was no proof reading the day they put this book together.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 60 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not that great,
By N. L. Booth "Gnome" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Vorkosigan Companion (Hardcover)
This was not the best companion book I've ever had. I didn't have the errors mentioned in a previous review so the print run must have been corrected (for those who still want the book). Other companion books have had maps and pictures to flesh out the stories. This book only has a 'map' of the planets and their relativity in space. What about Barrayar, or Sergyar, or other planets where the characters covered wide areas? Where are the different areas in relation to each other? Or floor plans of Vorkisigan House so that we can see the Great Butter Bug Battle? How about a picture of Taura? Or the bubble chair of the Cetagandans?
This book was mainly about LMB and the genesis of each story. Don't get me wrong - it was interesting. But not in a companion book to the stories. There was also a pronunciation guide AND a concordance. A lot of this was repetition and the size of the book would have been much less if the two had been combined. The summaries of each book would be good if you were new to the series - but what new reader is going to buy a companion book? That's for those who love the series and are die-hard fans. This book just didn't measure up to expectations and if I'd seen it before I bought it then it would have stayed where it was. Unfortunately that didn't happen so it will sit on the shelf as a bad buy. Only get this book if you really are die-hard and must have everything written by LMB. 9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended for any prior avid fan of Bujold's books,
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Vorkosigan Companion (Hardcover)
The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold is a 'must' for any prior reader of her Vorkosigan books: it is packed with essays, articles, and even a new interview with Bujold and discusses the sociology, science and psychology of her themes and novels. The Vorkosigan universe is complex: chapters delve into underlying meanings, influences, and more and provide a satisfying companion reader highly recommended for any prior avid fan of Bujold's books.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Close to Three Stars,
By William Reich "Bill Reich" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold (Mass Market Paperback)
This book has a few very nice essays by LMB and by the editors but there isn't enough _to_ it to justify buying it while it is still in hardcover, which I did. I am a very big Bujold fan, although just as much for her other stuff as for the Miles stories, but I should have waited for the paperback. I'm not unhappy that I have the book but it doesn't transcend the nature of such books. I would rather save my time and money for fiction.
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