I Read Nine Vorkosigan Saga Books in 11 Days, And You Should Too 

Themes are not an accident in Bujolds writing, they are just incorporated very well in the plot. There is an underlying love for humanity and quest for identity.

Bujolds seems under-represented in booktube. She is such a good author of both sci-fi and fantasy but it seems like not as many younger folks have read her, so +1 to everyone checking out the excellent Vorkosigan Saga. There is a reason this series won so many awards in the 1980s and 1990s.

She is one of the authors that I always meant to check out as a teen and somehow never did. I'm taking Jim Butcher's repeated mentions of her and now your review as a sign to pick up her books.

Had a feeling you'd love these. Let's hope more people discover how good LMB is . My favourite of the series is Mirror Dance. That one just blew me away. Miles is such an unforgettable character but Mark is my favourite character in the whole series. But it's far too spoilery to discuss why. But what she does with character in that novel IS why she's one of my favourite authors.

It's my favorite series of all time!! Thanks for bringing attention to it! It's also in my parents' favorite books of all time, and same for my ex-girlfriend who I showed it to via audiobook on roadtrips... literally everyone should read this (and by the way, the Audible narrrator is fantastic)

I just got my hands on the first 5 books last week (for free!) and I'm really looking forward to trying them out when I have more free time, I'm glad to know I'll probably not be disappointed

Currently rereading the series and In The Vor Game. Glad you agree! I'm amazed that so few know about this series, and I wouldn't have picked it up except for a readalong with Mike's Book Review's Discord.

But is there truly a better feeling than having a proper binge read?! Love that this series is turning out to be such a big hit for you, I am completely and totally sold. Thanks for bumping this so high up my TBR!!

Oh man attention to detail, consequences…strengths that def bode well for me

I fell in Love with Lois McMaster Bujold's writing quite some times ago now. Everything started with the Warrior Apprentice that a friend gave me. I enjoyed the series, the style that evolves into something more mature as Miles grows older, the character development... As far as I'm concerned, the sharing knives series is the culmination point (in terms in characters writing) -- I'm left with this odd feeling that "nothing" happens in this strange world, and yet so much happens between the characters. Nowadays I'm addicted to Penric & Desdemona 's sub-series. Needless to say I was hooked at the end of the first chapter of the curse of Chalion. Thanks for sharing your "ramble". (I didn't know LMB was Jim Butcher's favorite author. That explains why I also like his work :))

I'm almost done Shards of Honour after you put it on Ben's list. I really liked it! It's very tightly paced, and there isn't a word wasted so you have to pay attention. It's a little bit dated with the insta-love-your-kidnapper thing going on, but Cordelia and Aral are cool enough that I don't mind it too much. I'm interested to see how Book 2 goes :)

Like Hobb and Butcher!? Sold! Out of curiously would you say it breaks your top 10 series of all time? Or even top 5?

I'm one of those people who doesn't watch a lot of reviews, but I decided to watch this one because of the whole "whoa Jake actually posted a video!" thing. Your review was very good and these books sound very interesting; they are definitely on my radar now. I may start Bijould with Curse of the Chalion or something but I'll definitely read her stuff sometime.

gonna be my next obsession, i can feel it :wicked:

Please make a video about your favourite tropes, favourite types of character dynamics, favourite types of plots and other similar categories. Because I absolutely believe that you and I have the same taste.

I was wondering about reading order because for Kindle here the order its sold in goes: Shards of Honor, Warrior's Apprentice, Ethan of Athos, Falling Free, Brothers in Arms, Vor Game, then Barrayar etc. What would you recommend?

I’m going to check this out thanks to you! But I first need to get to Liveship Traders, Dandelion Dynasty, and more GGK! 😅

I read Shards of Honor some years ago and found it good but it did not really make me want to read more of the series - which is funny enough the same experience I had with Storm Front. For Dresden however I, years later, read Skin Game because I wanted to read all books that were nominated for the Hugo that year and now Dresden Files is one of my favorite series. Would you think the experience with Vorkosigan might be similar?

You sold me. There are parts of Malazan that had me cackling. Not because any joke, but because the situation was hilarious. This despite it being super not fun for anyone. If it is that way, and reads at a Dresden Files pace, I am into that. Especially if it’s Sci-Fi. I have an interest in Sci-Fi, but the techno-babble gets on my nerves. Which is why it’s difficult to reread the Hyperion Cantos for me. Or even say Neuromancer. Despite liking the aesthetic.

Such a fun series. I started them in a weird order suggested by someone on book tube but quickly changed to chronological. We have the luxury of this order since they are older books and there are certain books that really make more sense this way. Finished all of them last year and I don't think a single one was a dud.

Funny, I just started the series. After deciding that The Curse of Chalion is the best/most well-written fantasy in existence, I wanted to check out Lois McMaster Bujold's sci-fi starting with Cordelia's Honor (which is a bind-up of Shards of Honor and Barrayar). So far I'm disappointed that the writing quality of these older Bujold books is WAY worse than the practically perfect prose of her newer fantasy, but like I said, I'm just starting out.

4:48 "such a sense of humanity...." This! She really is good at everything - character, plot, prose... I think one reason Bujold is so easy to recommend to most readers is that she absorbed and assimilated all of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, etc. So if somebody likes novels at all, they're likely to enjoy Bujold.

Bujold has written entire other series, and they're just as good. One of us! One of us! Gooble goggle gooble goggle one of us!

Well, I've downloaded the samples for Shards of Honour and Curse of Chalion. Vorkosagian sounds like a potential RotE and Culture replacement for me.

Forward Momentum!

Shards of Honor is pretty good so far.

Great series 👍

Read Sun Eater…book of the new sun, dune, Vorkosigan thrown in a blender! Lorian is soooo inspired by Miles!

Dude. It's Lois Bujold, not Louis. It's making me crazy.

Read a bunch of these books on the strength of this recommendation, and enjoyed them immensely until "Cetaganda" (reading in publication order, because I simply don't believe people who say that I should read things not in the order they were written). "Cetaganda" sucks though, unbearably boring, did not finish it and decided to stop there.

Hi Jake, I really enjoy your videos & we have very similar tastes in authors. This series is problematic from the point of view of availability, early volumes are not in print, only some later volumes & the publisher Baen refuse to reprint! I am not a lover of e books but that seems the only way one can get the whole series. Extremely frustrating. Regards from David in the UK.

Honestly I thought this author was a guy at first. Such an amazing author. Curse of the chalion was so good.

good

I'm sure you'll be shocked to hear that I like Vorkosigan

Author good

Wait.. if I strictly DONT like Dresden should I avoid Vorkosigan? 😬😱

I don't read books, sorry