Shards of Honor

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• tired_man · Aug 23, 2015 · Recommends

  …individual. I feel sorry for her more than any sort of ire. She cherry-picked right past Cordelia Naismith (later Vorkosigan) and her mother, both from "Beta Colony" where genders swap like day and night ("Shards of Honor," Vorkosigan Saga, Book One). You won't find any simpering females in any of Lois McMaster Bujold's novels unless they are a plot device there to serve as a victim and you won't run into gender discrimination…

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• etatoby · Sep 9, 2018 · Recommends

  Not forgotten, but not well known either, Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series, the Vorkosigan Saga is one of the best reads I ever found. The first couple of books, Shards of Honor and Barrayar, are a superb mixture of futuristic technology, society, and humanity. The protagonist, Cordelia deals with a number of situations that would bring the best of us to our knees, with strength…

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• Terr_ · Oct 9, 2023 · Mentions

  …novels, but it does a lot of world-building and introduces some important characters who will be pervasive supporting cast later. (It's an omnibus that merges what was originally published separately: Shards of Honor, Aftermath, Barrayar.) 2. The Warrior's Apprentice: The first of the books focusing on the main protagonist of the rest of the series, however if you value knowing the world-building, backstories, and…

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• miningold · Jul 30, 2014 · Mentions

  Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold and the rest of the Vorkosigan Saga

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• Terr_ · Dec 16, 2024 · Mentions

  …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." -- Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

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• Terr_ · Feb 22, 2025 · Mentions

  …interrogation. "Is not owning a comconsole the lowest standard of living you can imagine?" he said in wonder. > "It's the first article in the constitution. 'Access to information shall not be abridged.' " -- Shards of Honor (1986) by Lois McMaster Bujold In the 39 years since this was published, I would have hoped our real society would have advanced a bit more in that direction.

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• Terr_ · Mar 7, 2025 · Mentions

  …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." -- Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

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• Terr_ · Apr 11, 2026 · Mentions

  …interrogation. "Is not owning a comconsole the lowest standard of living you can imagine?" he said in wonder. > "It's the first article in the constitution. 'Access to information shall not be abridged.' " -- Shards of Honor (1986) by Lois McMaster Bujold

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• Terr_ · Apr 23, 2026 · Mentions

  …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. -- Shards of Honor (1986) by Lois McMaster Bujold

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