Borders of Infinity, Lois McMaster Bujold
Borders of Infinity, Lois McMaster Bujold
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Borders of Infinity
A Miles Vorkosigan Adventure

Author: Lois McMaster Bujold

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/19/2010

Synopsis

The popular adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, a clever and outlandish science fiction hero for the modern era, continue in these three tales. In “The Mountains of Mourning,” Miles is dispatched to a backcountry region of Barrayar, where he must act as detective, judge, and executioner in a controversial murder case.In “Labyrinth,” Miles adopts his alternate persona as Dendarii Mercenary Admiral Naismith for an undercover mission to rescue an important research geneticist from Jackson’s Whole.And in the title story, Miles infiltrates an escape-proof Cetagandan POW camp and plays hero to the most deeply distressed damsel of his colorful career.

About Lois McMaster Bujold

Lois McMaster Bujold is one of the most honored writers in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. In 2019 she was named a Damon Knight Grand Master by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, one of science fiction’s highest honors. She has won seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. In 2011 she was awarded the Skylark Award for her significant contribution to science fiction. Hugo awards for Best Series were received by the Vorkosigan Saga in 2017, and the World of the Five Gods in 2018.

About Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on February 13, 2012

Here is my theory - and if anyone besides me has noticed this, I haven't read about it, so it's just begging for a English term paper to be written on it - I think that Lois McMaster Bujold's novella The Borders of Infinity is (among other things) a riff on Dante's Inferno. Why? (Here there be spoil......more

Goodreads review by Antonio TL on June 28, 2023

Grandes historias para agregar a la serie Vorkosigan Las historias de Miles son muy entretenidas y Lois McMaster Bujold sigue siendo una de las escritoras más talentosas de la literatura de ciencia ficción actual. Su estilo es rápido, lleno de diálogos, y apenas te das cuenta de que estás leyendo, e......more

Goodreads review by Charlie Parker on September 08, 2022

Fronteras del infinito Novela de ciencia ficción con el magnífico Miles Vorkosigan, personaje creado por Bujold para disfrute de ella misma y de sus lectores. Miles es un crack con infinitos recursos, da igual donde lo pongan, a pesar de sus limitaciones físicas saca de esto una ventaja al parecer po......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 21, 2014

"The Mountains of Mourning" is the first story & comes directly after The Warrior's Apprentice & before The Vor Game, so I listened to just it. As a murder-mystery, it wasn't bad. As another story to establish Miles' personality & the world he lives in, it was excellent. I love the way Bujold portra......more

Goodreads review by Choko on May 18, 2024

*** 4.55 *** I have read half of the books in this series before, and this is the only one I actually remember! It had really made a deep impression on my mind and on a reread it is just as powerful!!! Wow! So, of the three stories in this book, the first and the last are easy 5* reads for me. Strong......more

Quotes

“Essential for all SF collections.” Library Journal

“These stories showcase Bujold at her complex-plot-resolution best…Grover Gardner…truly gets to the heart of the story and has an abiding ability to deliver a narration which communicates the emotional aspects of both the overall tale and the individual characters…Blackstone and Gardner have given Bujold’s...Vorkosigan series high-quality treatment.” SoundCommentary.com (starred review)

“The variation in tone across the tales is handled exceptionally well.” Amazon.com editorial review

Awards

  • SoundCommentary.com’s The Best of the Best
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