Vorkosigan Sag
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Published on 2010-05 by Books LLC, Wiki Series
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Lois McMaster Bujold, Miles Vorkosigan, Ethan of Athos, Cordelia Naismith, Cetaganda, Koudelka, Aral Vorkosigan, Ivan Vorpatril, Dendarii Mercenaries, Ekaterin Vorsoisson, Konstantin Bothari, Gregor Vorbarra, Barrayaran Imperial Auditor, Weatherman, Mark Vorkosigan, A Civil Campaign, Beta Colony, Time of Isolation, The Vor Game, Falling Free, Simon Illyan, Barrayaran Imperial Military Service, Shards of Honor, Vordarian's Pretendership, Cryoburn, Memory, District Count of Barrayar, Haut, Ezar Vorbarra, Count Piotr Vorkosigan, Ghem. Excerpt: The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold. Like Isaac Asimov's earlier Foundation series, humanity colonizes a galaxy in which there are no competing intelligent alien species. Most, though not all, of the stories revolve around Miles Vorkosigan, an aristocrat from the planet Barrayar who is born with major physical disabilities, the result of a failed assassination attempt aimed at his parents. The various works in the series have received numerous awards and nominations, including winning four Hugo awards. Wormhole travel as envisioned by Les Bossinas for NASATravel between star systems is made possible by wormholes, spatial anomalies which allow instantaneous travel between widely separated locations. Spaceships employ artificial gravity to shield their passengers from the effects of high acceleration, allowing them to cross from one wormhole to another in a matter of hours or days. The inhabited systems are known collectively as the Wormhole Nexus, reflecting their interconnectedness. Life in the Nexus is tremendously varied, with planetary societies ranging from the all-male culture on Athos, to the liberal, technologically-advanced Beta Colony, to the hegemonistic, g...
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