#the vorkosigan saga

[crowns-of-violets-and-roses]

"The real unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, without anger, or desire, or any redeeming emotion to excuse them but cold fear of some pretended future. But the crimes they hope to prevent in that future are imaginary. The ones they commit in the present - they are real."

Aral Vorkosigan, The Vorkosigan Saga, Lois Mcmaster Bujold

#the vorkosigan saga #vorkosigan saga #lois mcmaster bujold #quotes

[mizeliza]

I think a lot about how in one of the later books someone says something along the lines of really the only person who simon illyan is afraid of is cordelia, due to the lasting power of first impressions, and remember that when they met, cordelia was free aboard a barrayaran ship and covered in the blood of a dead admiral

#vorkosigan saga #the vorkosigan saga #simon illyan #cordelia naismith vorkosigan

[n0brainjustvibes]

ah, yeah, this quote will do numbers on the tumblr

#I've seen this type of exchange in so many Writing Prompts #need to go back and comment 'read brothers in arms' on all of the #damn. replacing Miles in particular is a special kind of torture #and not just because of the physical alterations required #the vorkosigan saga #brothers in arms

[grumpyoldsnake]

So I've been saying for years that the Discworld series (by Sir Terry Pratchett) and the Vorkosigan Saga (by Lois McMaster Bujold) share several of the same thematic bones

But I never go into specifics

So! For tonight! I will present one case among many.

The Wee Free Men and The Mountains of Mourning

It's about taking action because these people are yours and you have a duty. It's about speaking up for those with no voices of their own. It's about saying, sure, maybe your motivation is selfish, but the impact of your actions sure as hell is not going to be. It's about finding a center to which you can return, when the challenges you face nearly undermine your purpose.

It's about someone who died, and whose memory you refuse to betray.

#discworld #the vorkosigan saga #the mountains of mourning #terry pratchett #lois mcmaster bujold #the wee free men #(Disclaimer: it's been a few years since I read either of these stories ffff.) #anyway if you like the themes of one series and haven't read the other #go read the other :P #book recs

[vorbarrsultana]

aesthetic meme: [1/10] anything else → the barrayaran imperium

I’ve seen the Barrayaran system be awkward, beautiful, stupid, honorable, frustrating, insane and breathtaking. It gets most of the work of government done most of the time, which is about average for any system.

#vorkosigan saga #lois mcmaster bujold #* #aesthetic meme #the vorkosigan saga

[halfdeadhalfdrunk]

- A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold

#Lois McMaster Bujold #the vorkosigan saga #cordelia vorkosigan #this isn't cynicism #this is idealism - with style

[earlgraytay]

at this rate Miles is going to wind up having conned his way into an honest to god interplanetary mercenary fiefdom entirely from If You Give A Mouse A Cookie style consequences of idly defending a rando when he was bored and out of sorts

this is not the direction I expected this to go from my limited fandom osmosis- I was aware going in that Miles is the scrungliest too-smart-for-his-own-good gremlin, and that Cordelia is the badass middle-aged lady that the target audience wants to be, and I was vaguely aware that Miles was a spy or something?

-- and yet I can't say as I mind the turns this has taken

#the things i choose to read #well i guess this is a liveblog: the warrior's apprentice #the vorkosigan saga #miles naismith vorkosigan

[thirdwifeofriversong]

“It’s… a transcendental act. Making life. I thought about that, when I was carrying Miles. ‘By this act, I bring one death into the world.’ One birth, one death, and all the pain and acts of will between.” - Barrayar, Ch. 17

This passage stands out after reading further Miles books. Cordelia did not, in fact, bring about one birth and one death as she had imagined. Instead, because of advanced technology, Miles experienced at least two of each. Two births — Cordelia’s placental transfer at five months and the “uncorking” of the uterine replicator at ten. In his late 20’s, Miles was killed, experienced death, then was revived (or, one could argue, born a third time) through cryo-revival. He then presumably dies a final time, perhaps after the series has ended (I’ve only read to “Winterfair Gifts”). Then we can consider Mark. Mark is a separate person, but he is a genetically identical clone made from Miles’s tissue samples as a young child — bringing Cordelia’s birth/death production to (arguably) four and three, though only of two humans. As is the case with much SF, advancements in technology serve to blur and expand our understanding of creation, life, death, and human experience.

#the vorkosigan saga #cordelia naismith vorkosigan #miles naismith vorkosigan #mark vorkosigan #barrayar #mirror dance #brothers in arms #lois mcmaster bujold #bujold #vorkosigan saga #vorkosigan #miles vorkosigan

[inconclusionray]

Miles in Brothers in Arms:

#this is funny to approximately three people in the world #but to me it's freaking HILARIOUS #the vorkosigan saga #miles vorkosigan #has someone done this yet and if so who and can we be friends please #spoilers #(hetk hasn't read these yet because she does not actually love me)

[thelastofthebookworms]

You'll find the other polls in my 'sf polls' tag / my pinned post.

#polls #science fiction #sf polls #a fire upon the deep #vernor vinge #book of the new sun #gene wolfe #old man's war #john scalzi #the gods themselves #isaac asimov #shards of honor #the vorkosigan saga #vorkosigan saga #lois mcmaster bujold #contact #carl sagan #ringworld #larry niven #nine princes in amber #the chronicles of amber #chronicles of amber #roger zelazny #dragonflight #dragonriders of pern #anne mccaffrey

[paradises-library]

'Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.'

Memory, Lois McMaster Bujold

#memory #lois mcmaster bujold #the vorkosigan saga #quotes

[crowns-of-violets-and-roses]

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.... The friction tends to arise when the two are not the same....There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.

Aral Vorkosigan, The Vorkosigan Saga, Lois Mcmaster Bujold

#the vorkosigan saga #vorkosigan saga #lois mcmaster bujold #quotes #i promise at some point I'll post something about the vorkosigan saga which isn't just aral quotes posting

[n0brainjustvibes]

^ me (real)

#the vorkosigan saga #mark vorkosigan #also: #chris elman #pr0_d1gy #uriel clements #you know. #the clones...

[lalaithion]

#the vorkosigan saga

[vorbarrsultana]

speaking of perfect but impossible fancasts: vyacheslav tikhonov as aral vorkosigan

#i was rewatching soviet war and peace and my mind literally was like #wait that's aral from my head #(also maxim isaev my blorbo from my soviet books & tv series) #vorkosigan saga #aral vorkosigan #lois mcmaster bujold #the vorkosigan saga

[doyouknowthisdisabledcharacter]

Do You Know This Disabled Character?

Miles Vorkosigan has Osteogenesis Imperfecta

#poll #polls #disability #disabled characters #id in alt text #miles vorkosigan #the vorkosigan saga