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Lois McMaster Bujold
Bio: Lois McMaster Bujold is the Fictionwise 2002 Author of the Year!
I was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1949. I graduated from Upper Arlington High School in 1967, and attended Ohio State University from 1968 to 1972. I have two children, Anne, born in 1979, and Paul, born in 1981. We resided in Marion, Ohio, from 1980 to 1995, and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1995. I've been a voracious reader all my life, beginning with a passion for horse stories in grade school. I began reading adult science fiction when I was nine, a taste picked up from my father. He was a professor of Welding Engineering at Ohio State and an old Cal Tech man (Ph.D.'s in physics and electrical engineering, magna cum laude, 1944), and used to buy the science fiction magazines and paperback books to read on the plane on consulting trips; these naturally fell to me. My reading tastes later expanded to include history, mysteries, romance, travel, war, poetry, etc. My early writing efforts began in junior high school. By eighth grade I was putting out fragmentary imitations of my favorite writers--on my own time, of course, not for any class. My best friend Lillian Stewart and I collaborated on extended story lines throughout high school; again only a fragment of the total was written out. The high point of my high school years was a summer in Europe at age 15, hitchhiking with my older brother. More...
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Winterfair Gifts [Vorkosigan Series Book 15]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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In the festive season of Winterfair on the planet Barrayar, Lord Miles Vorkosigan's long-awaited wedding is the occasion for romance and intrigue for bioengineered space mercenary Sergeant Taura and shy, diffident Armsman Roic. (Published: 2004) Hugo Award Nominee, Romance Readers Anonymous Listserv Award Winner, Fictionwise eBook of the Year (2005)
Words: 23091 - Reading Time: 65-92 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Cetaganda [Vorkosigan Series Book 6]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Cetaganda is another installment in the Hugo-award winning adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, in which Miles and Cousin Ivan go to Cetaganda to play the part of sprigs of the nobility doing their diplomatic duty by good old Barrayar. The idea is that they will gain diplomatic polish on this simple mission, but when the Cetagandan empress dies naturally and her lifelong attendant dies unnaturally--apparently a suicide, but there are rumors--Miles and Ivan find themselves in the thick of it. Miles tr... more info>> (Published: 1996) Seiun Award Nominee, HOMer Award Nominee, Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 85082 - Reading Time: 243-340 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Shards of Honor [Vorkosigan Series Book 1]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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First novel in the popular series that begins with the inauspicious meeting of Betan astrocartographer Cordelia Naismith and Barrayaran Captain Aral Vorkosigan during a treacherous war. As captor and prisoner on an abandoned outpost planet, the honorable captain and the resolute scientist must rely on each others' trust to survive a trek across dangerous terrain, thus sparking a relationship that shares the struggles of culture and politics between their worlds. (Published: 1986) Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 78689 - Reading Time: 224-314 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Warrior's Apprentice [Vorkosigan Series Book 4]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Miles Naismith Vorkosigan comes of age. After failing the Barrayaran Military Academy physicals, the brittle-boned, dwarfish son of Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan uses a clever touch of creativity to finance a shipment of munitions into a war zone. When the simple merchant expedition draws the attention of an unexpected enemy, Miles is forced to masquerade as commander of a fictional fleet of hired guns he names after the mountains near his home--the Dendarii Mercenaries. His original crew of misf... more info>> (Published: 1986) Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 99705 - Reading Time: 284-398 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Barrayar [Vorkosigan Series Book 2]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Second novel in the popular SF Vorkosigan series. Cordelia Naismith has deserted her home planet and a career in astrocartography for her husband Aral Vorkosigan, who has just been appointed Regent of Barrayar by the dying Emperor. As Lord and Lady Vorkosigan, they struggle to establish stability in a fragile government thrown into confusion by the transition of power. When a palace coup endangers the government, their lives, and her unborn son, Cordelia takes action to secure the safety of her ... more info>> (Published: 1991) Hugo Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Locus Poll Award Winner
Words: 104037 - Reading Time: 297-416 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Labyrinth [Vorkosigan Series Book 8]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Twenty-three year old Lieutenant Miles Vorkosigan challenges the criminal underground on the planet Jackson's Whole to rescue a research scientist. [Publisher's Note: Labyrinth was originally published as a stand-alone novella in the August 1989 issue of Analog. It was then included in the novel Borders of Infinity (October 1989). For the novel, Ms. Bujold added a short "framing story" that tied the three novellas together by setting up each as a flashback that Miles experiences while recovering... more info>> (Published: 1989) Analog Reader's Choice Award Winner, Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 30702 - Reading Time: 87-122 min.
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The Borders of Infinity [Vorkosigan Series Book 9]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Miles infiltrates a prison camp at Dagoola IV, where he plots from within to free the prisoners. [Publisher's Note: The Borders of Infinity was originally published as a stand-alone novella in the anthology Free Lancers in September 1987. It was then included in the novel Borders of Infinity (October 1989). For the novel, Ms. Bujold added a short "framing story" that tied the three novellas together by setting up each as a flashback that Miles experiences while recovering from bone-replacement s... more info>> (Published: 1987) Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 26923 - Reading Time: 76-107 min.
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The Vor Game [Vorkosigan Series Book 5]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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[Sequel to "The Warrior's Apprentice"] Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Barrayaran Military Academy with high expectations of ship command, but is disappointed with an assignment as meteorologist to Lazkowski Base, an arctic training camp. His tenure in the windy, snow-covered north is cut short when Miles narrowly averts a massacre between the trigger-happy base commander and mutinous recruits. After a brief stay under 'house arrest', Miles is re-assigned to investigate a suspicious military... more info>> (Published: 1990) Locus Poll Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner, HOMer Award Nominee, SF Chronicle Poll Nominee, Seiun Award Nominee, Fictionwise eBook of the Year (2002)
Words: 98365 - Reading Time: 281-393 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Beguilement [The Sharing Knife Volume One] [Secure]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family's farm. But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier--sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret, ongoing war against the scourge of the "malices," immortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike. It is Dag--a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and onerous pr... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Category: Fantasy
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Falling Free [An independent Vorkosigan Novel]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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[An independent novel in the Vorkosigan universe.] In an attempt to corner the market on labor contracts across the galaxy, the medical research corporation GalacTech bio-engineers a thousand human embryos into a new race of humans perfectly suited to a weightless environment. In addition to many carefully engineered internal adjustments for a life without gravity, the Quaddies' most visible improvement is the substitution of legs for an additional pair of arms. Expert space welder and engineer ... more info>> (Published: 1988) Prometheus Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Winner, Hugo Award Nominee, Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 81014 - Reading Time: 231-324 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Paladin of Souls [Secure]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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It's been three years since the curse was lifted, but Ista dy Baocia, Dowager Royina of Chalion, holds a dark secret: she was responsible for the destruction of Chalion years ago. When her kingdom is threatened once again, Ista must defend her homeland, and her soul. One of the most honored authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold transports us once more to a dark and troubled land and embroils us in a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a real... more info>> (Published: 2003) Hugo Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Winner
Category: Fantasy
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The Curse of Chalion [Secure]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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On the eve of the Daughter's Day-the grand celebration that will honor the Lady of Spring, one of the five reigning deities-a man broken in body and spirit makes his way slowly down the road to Valenda. A former courtier and soldier, Cazaril has survived indignity and horrific torture as a slave aboard an enemy galley. Now he seeks nothing more than a menial job in the kitchens of the Dowager Provincara, in the noble household where he served as page in his youth.
But the gods have greater pl... more info>> (Published: 2001) World Fantasy Award Nominee, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winner, Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Preliminary Ballot Nominee
Category: Fantasy
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The Mountains of Mourning [Vorkosigan Series Book 4]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Twenty year old Ensign Miles Vorkosigan plays detective in a murder case, and tests the balance of power as a member of the Barrayaran nobility. [Publisher's Note: The Mountains of Mourning was originally published as a stand-alone novella in the May 1989 issue of Analog. It was then included as the first of three novellas that make up the novel Borders of Infinity (October 1989). For the novel, Ms. Bujold added a short "framing story" that tied the three novellas together by setting up each one... more info>> (Published: 1989) Locus Poll Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner, SF Chronicle Poll Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Winner
Words: 28714 - Reading Time: 82-114 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Spirit Ring
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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During the height of the Renaissance, Fiametta Beneforte learns the secrets of magic and metalworking from her father in the Italian province of Montefoglia. Just as Fiametta begins to develop her skills, her country is overrun by enemies and everything she owns is destroyed, except for the clothes on her back and the ring she made just the day before. It was supposed to be a magic ring, to bring her true love, but what it brings her instead is a chance to fight back against her oppressors befor... more info>> (Published: 1992) Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 109530 - Reading Time: 312-438 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Brothers in Arms [Vorkosigan Series Book 10]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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The daring interspace rescue of an entire Cetagandan POW camp by the Dendarii Mercenaries made for some deadly enemies. Having finally outrun the infuriated Cetagandans, Admiral Naismith (a.k.a. Lord Miles Vorkosigan) and the Dendarii arrive on Earth for battle shuttle repair and a well deserved rest. When the Mercenaries' payroll doesn't arrive on time and someone tries to kill Miles, he realizes he's in trouble again. Miles must juggle both his identities at once to unravel the complicated plo... more info>> (Published: 1989)
Words: 90575 - Reading Time: 258-362 min.
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The Hallowed Hunt [Secure]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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An acclaimed legend in the field of fantasy and science fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold returns to the vivid and perilous world of her previous masterworks, the Hugo Award-winning Paladin of Souls and Hugo and World Fantasy Award-nominated The Curse of Chalion, with an epic tale of devotion and strange destiny. Prince Boleso is dead--slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile. Lord Ingrey kin Wolfcliff has been dispatched to the remote castle of the late, exiled, half-mad royal to transport ... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Category: Fantasy
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Ethan of Athos [Vorkosigan Series Book 7]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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[An independent novel in the Vorkosigan universe.] Dr. Ethan Urquhart is Chief of Biology at a District Reproduction Center. He delivers babies from uterine replicators. You see, on Athos there are no women. In fact, the planet is forbidden to them. Isolated from the galactic community by distance and a lack of exploitable resources, the Athosians have peacefully lived their peculiar social experiment for 200 years. But now the ovarian cultures dating back to the original settlement of the plane... more info>> (Published: 1986)
Words: 62349 - Reading Time: 178-249 min.
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Legacy [The Sharing Knife Volume Two] [Secure]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Fawn Bluefield, the clever young farmer girl, and Dag Redwing Hickory, the seasoned Lakewalker soldier-sorcerer, have been married all of two hours when they depart her family's farm for Dag's home at Hickory Lake Camp. Having gained a hesitant acceptance from Fawn's family for their unlikely marriage, the couple hopes to find a similar reception among Dag's Lakewalker kin. But their arrival is met with prejudice and suspicion, setting many in the camp against them, including Dag's own mother an... more info>>
Category: Fantasy
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Memory [Vorkosigan Series Book 12]
by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Dying is easy. Coming back to life is hard. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks and he should know, having done both once already. That was when he last visited the planet of Jackson's Whole, while rescuing his brother. Thanks to quick thinking on the part of his staff, and incredible artistry on the part of the specialist who revived him, his first death won't be his last. But his next one might be, a realization he finds profoundly unsettling. Even after he returns to military duty, h... more info>> (Published: 1996)
Words: 135056 - Reading Time: 385-540 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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