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Much of my early adolescent reading years were taken up with science fiction and fantasy, from Tolkien to Asimov. I pretty much abandoned fantasy soon thereafter, but have returned time and again to the science fiction genre, sometimes with good result and sometimes not.

Several years ago, after a long hiatus, I sampled several of the new generation of science fiction writers who crafted highly original, new science fiction (such works as The Windup Girl, Anathem, River of Gods and The Reality Dysfunction). At the same time, I made it a point to go back and read some of the prior winners of the Hugo Award. I must say, that while I found some good reads in the older work (The Left Hand of Darkness, The Gods Themselves), by and large I was disappointed with many of the winners (Ringworld, Gateway, Startide Rising, Paladin of Souls, A Fire Upon the Deep). In many ways, this Lois McMaster Bujold work fell into this latter category.

I'm certainly no elitist and am far from an intellectual, however after reading many of the newer works listed above, and thinking back on some of the work of Philip Dick, Frank Herbert and Jack Vance, a book such as Mirror Dance almost comes across as a Young Adult offering, very simple in comparison. Many of the characters and technological advances are stereotypical and hackneyed. There is just nothing new here and no reason to recommend it.

As it relates to many stories in its genre, it was perfectly readable, but when compared to others (even from the same time period) it was mediocre at best. When compared to some of the more recent, highly original work, it suffered greatly by comparison. If this were the first science fiction book you read, you might be satisfied, but after reading dozens of others previously, you'll find little to differentiate or recommend it.


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Mirror Dance Miles Vorkosigan Adventures Lois McMaster Bujold 9780671876463 Books Reviews

On one hand, this is a writing tour-de-force. It unwinds the tortuous relationship between Miles and his clone-brother Mark, delves into some of the issues which will likely be paramount when cryopreservation and revival are common, considers sibling rivalry from many perspectives (including multiple personalities!), and places immoral Jackson's Whole in the context of a future, biologically advanced humanity between aggressive, but "moral" Cetaganda and passive, but accepting Beta Colony. On the other hand, it has the least humor in the entire Vorkosigan Saga and the torture sequence, while absolutely fitting in context, is gut-wrenching. While one can follow the thread without it, this volume sets up the humor of "A Civil Campaign", when Miles and Mark next get together. I prefer Bujold at her acerbic best, but this is great straight space opera.
The setting of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga is utterly fantastic, and the circumstances not to be believed. This is, after all, space opera, but it isn't your grandfather's space opera. Character development shines here. Of course, the denizens of this far-future universe aren't real people, but they seem like they might be, given more than a thousand years of human evolution. The characters in these novels are three-dimensional figures who act in ways that are indisputably human. And Bujold outdoes herself in Mirror Dance, the most ambitious novel in the series.

In this ninth entry in the Vorkosigan Saga, Miles' clone-brother, Mark, comes into his own. He takes center stage throughout much of the novel. In a sense, though Mark was introduced in the preceding book, Brothers in Arms, this is his coming-of-age story. We follow his development from antagonist to collaborator, through a long series of conflicts and adventures that force him to grow. We learned in Brothers in Arms that Mark was designed and raised on the criminal planet Jackson's Whole to impersonate Miles and eventually worm his way onto the throne of the Barrayaran Empire. In that book, the two brothers finally met. Now, as Mirror Dance opens, Miles is away from his fleet, engaged on business in his guise as Admiral Miles Naismith of the Denarii Mercenaries. Mark seizes the opportunity to commandeer one of Miles' warships and sets out on a mission to avenge the crimes committed against him on Jackson's Whole. The two brothers come together again when Mark's mission has gone awry, as is so often the case with so many of their adventures.

Lois McMaster Bujold is an American science fiction writer who rivals Robert Heinlein in the number of major awards she has won for her work. The first book in the Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor, was published in 1986. The most recent appeared in May 2018. Apparently, then, we can hope for many more installments in this charming series of novels.
Much of my early adolescent reading years were taken up with science fiction and fantasy, from Tolkien to Asimov. I pretty much abandoned fantasy soon thereafter, but have returned time and again to the science fiction genre, sometimes with good result and sometimes not.

Several years ago, after a long hiatus, I sampled several of the new generation of science fiction writers who crafted highly original, new science fiction (such works as The Windup Girl, Anathem, River of Gods and The Reality Dysfunction). At the same time, I made it a point to go back and read some of the prior winners of the Hugo Award. I must say, that while I found some good reads in the older work (The Left Hand of Darkness, The Gods Themselves), by and large I was disappointed with many of the winners (Ringworld, Gateway, Startide Rising, Paladin of Souls, A Fire Upon the Deep). In many ways, this Lois McMaster Bujold work fell into this latter category.

I'm certainly no elitist and am far from an intellectual, however after reading many of the newer works listed above, and thinking back on some of the work of Philip Dick, Frank Herbert and Jack Vance, a book such as Mirror Dance almost comes across as a Young Adult offering, very simple in comparison. Many of the characters and technological advances are stereotypical and hackneyed. There is just nothing new here and no reason to recommend it.

As it relates to many stories in its genre, it was perfectly readable, but when compared to others (even from the same time period) it was mediocre at best. When compared to some of the more recent, highly original work, it suffered greatly by comparison. If this were the first science fiction book you read, you might be satisfied, but after reading dozens of others previously, you'll find little to differentiate or recommend it.