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Vorkosigan Saga

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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. [1]

71 relations: A Civil Campaign, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Anaphylaxis, Aral Vorkosigan, Arcology, Artificial gravity, Audiobook, Baen Books, Barrayar, Beta Colony, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, Catherine Asaro, Cetaganda, Cetaganda (fictional empire), Comic book, Cordelia Naismith, Cryoburn, Cultured meat, Diplomatic Immunity (novel), E-book, Ekaterin Vorsoisson, Electric arc, Ethan of Athos, Falling Free, Feudalism, Five-dimensional space, Foundation series, France, Georgette Heyer, Hardcover, Hermaphrodite, Hugo Award, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novella, Hydroponics, In vitro fertilisation, Infanticide, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Isaac Asimov, Ivan Vorpatril, Jackson's Whole, Jo Walton, Komarr, Laptop, Light pen, List of military science fiction works and authors, List of Vorkosigan Saga planets, Locus (magazine), Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Lois McMaster Bujold, ..., Memory (Bujold novel), Miles Vorkosigan, Mirror Dance, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novella, New England Science Fiction Association, Novella, Paperback, Regency romance, Romance novel, Science fiction, Shards of Honor, Simon Illyan, Space opera, Teratology, Terraforming, The Vor Game, Truth serum, United States, Vorkosigan, Wormhole. Expand index (21 more) »

A Civil Campaign

A Civil Campaign: A Comedy of Biology and Manners is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in September 1999.

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science-fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930.

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Anaphylaxis

Anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death.

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Aral Vorkosigan

Aral Vorkosigan is a fictional character appearing in American writer Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga series of science fiction books.

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Arcology

Arcology, a portmanteau of "architecture" and "ecology",.

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Artificial gravity

Artificial gravity (sometimes referred to as pseudogravity) is the creation of an inertial force that mimics the effects of a gravitational force, usually by rotation.

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Audiobook

An audiobook (or talking book) is a recording of a text being read.

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Baen Books

Baen Books is an American publishing house for science fiction and fantasy.

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Barrayar

Barrayar is a science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Beta Colony

Beta Colony is an important planet (although rarely the setting) in Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series the Vorkosigan Saga.

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Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, part of the Vorkosigan Saga.

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Catherine Asaro

Catherine Ann Asaro is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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Cetaganda

Cetaganda is a science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in four parts from October to December 1995 in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and published in book form by Baen Books in January 1996.

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Cetaganda (fictional empire)

Cetaganda is the collective name for an 8-planet empire in the Wormhole Nexus of the Vorkosigan Saga novels of Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Comic book

A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Cordelia Naismith

Cordelia Naismith is the name of two fictional characters by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Cryoburn

Cryoburn is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in October 2010.

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Cultured meat

Cultured meat, also called clean meat, synthetic meat or in vitro meat, is meat grown from in vitro animals cell culture instead of from slaughtered animals.

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Diplomatic Immunity (novel)

Diplomatic Immunity is a 2002 science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, part of the Vorkosigan Saga.

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E-book

An electronic book (or e-book or eBook) is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices.

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Ekaterin Vorsoisson

Ekaterin Vorsoisson is a character in Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series, the Vorkosigan Saga.

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Electric arc

An electric arc, or arc discharge, is an electrical breakdown of a gas that produces an ongoing electrical discharge.

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Ethan of Athos

Ethan of Athos is a 1986 science fiction novel by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Falling Free

Falling Free is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, part of her Vorkosigan Saga.

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Feudalism

Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.

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Five-dimensional space

A five-dimensional space is a space with five dimensions.

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Foundation series

The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer (16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English historical romance and detective fiction novelist.

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Hardcover

A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Hermaphrodite

In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has complete or partial reproductive organs and produces gametes normally associated with both male and female sexes.

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Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are a set of literary awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

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Hugo Award for Best Novel

The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.

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Hugo Award for Best Novella

The Hugo Award for Best Novella is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.

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Hydroponics

Hydroponics is a subset of hydroculture, the method of growing plants without soil, using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent.

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In vitro fertilisation

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro ("in glass").

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Infanticide

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants.

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Internet Speculative Fiction Database

The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy fiction and horror fiction.

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.

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Ivan Vorpatril

Captain Lord Ivan Vorpatril, also known as "That Idiot Ivan" or "Ivan, You Idiot" (a likely reference to Ivan the Fool, common hero of Russian folk tales), is a fictional character in American writer Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga series of science fiction novels.

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Jackson's Whole

Jackson's Whole is a planet in the science fiction series "The Vorkosigan Saga" by Lois McMaster Bujold; its name comes from Jackson Hole, a valley in Wyoming originally called Jackson's Hole.

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Jo Walton

Jo Walton (born December 1, 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet.

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Komarr

Komarr is a 1998 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Laptop

A laptop, also called a notebook computer or just notebook, is a small, portable personal computer with a "clamshell" form factor, having, typically, a thin LCD or LED computer screen mounted on the inside of the upper lid of the "clamshell" and an alphanumeric keyboard on the inside of the lower lid.

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Light pen

A light pen is a computer input device in the form of a light-sensitive wand used in conjunction with a computer's CRT display.

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List of military science fiction works and authors

This is a list of works in the military science fiction subgenre of science fiction, sorted by the creator's surname or, in case of film and television, the title.

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List of Vorkosigan Saga planets

This is a list of planets that appear in the Vorkosigan Saga, a series of science fiction novels and short stories by Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Locus (magazine)

Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California.

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Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Winners of the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, awarded by the ''Locus'' magazine.

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Lois McMaster Bujold

Lois McMaster Bujold (born November 2, 1949) is an American speculative fiction writer.

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Memory (Bujold novel)

Memory is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in October 1996.

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Miles Vorkosigan

Miles Naismith Vorkosigan is a protagonist of a series of science fiction novels and short stories, known as the Vorkosigan Saga, written by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Mirror Dance

Mirror Dance is a Hugo- and Locus-award-winning science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Nebula Award for Best Novel

The Nebula Award for Best Novel is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novels.

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Nebula Award for Best Novella

The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas.

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New England Science Fiction Association

The New England Science Fiction Association, or NESFA, is a science fiction club centered in the New England area.

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Novella

A novella is a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel, somewhere between 7,500 and 40,000 words.

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Paperback

A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Regency romance

Regency romances are a subgenre of romance novels set during the period of the British Regency (1811–1820) or early 19th century.

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Romance novel

Although the genre is very old, the romance novel or romantic novel discussed in this article is the mass-market version.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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Shards of Honor

Shards of Honor is an English language science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in June 1986.

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Simon Illyan

Simon Illyan is a fictional character in the Vorkosigan Saga science fiction novels by Lois McMaster Bujold.

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Space opera

Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, chivalric romance, and risk-taking.

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Teratology

Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development.

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Terraforming

Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to the environment of Earth to make it habitable by Earth-like life.

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The Vor Game

The Vor Game is a science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in September 1990.

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Truth serum

"Truth serum" is a colloquial name for any of a range of psychoactive drugs used in an effort to obtain information from subjects who are unable or unwilling to provide it otherwise.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vorkosigan

Vorkosigan is an important surname in Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series, the Vorkosigan Saga.

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Wormhole

A wormhole is a concept that represents a solution of the Einstein field equations: a non-trivial resolution of the Ehrenfest paradox structure linking separate points in spacetime.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorkosigan_Saga

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