Lois McMaster Bujold
Autor(a) de The Curse of Chalion
About the Author
Science fiction and fantasy author Lois McMaster Bujold was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1949. After graduating from Ohio State University, she worked as a pharmacy technician at Ohio State University Hospitals. Her first short story was published in Twilight Zone Magazine in 1984 and her first three mostrar mais novels were published in 1986. She received the Nebula Award for Falling Free and The Mountains of Mourning and the Hugo Award for The Vor Game, Barrayar, Mirror Dance, The Mountains of Mourning, and Paladin of Souls. She also received the Locus award for Mirror Dance and Paladin of Souls, the Minnesota Book Award for Komarr, the Mythopoeic Award for The Curse of Chalion, and a Romantic Times 2003 Reviewers' Choice Award for Paladin of Souls. She is best known for her series featuring Miles Vorkosigan. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Photo by Carol Collins 2010
Séries
Obras de Lois McMaster Bujold
Young Miles (The Warrior's Apprentice / The Mountains of Mourning / The Vor Game) (1986) 1,667 cópias
Penric's Labors (Masquerade in Lodi/ The Orphans of Raspay/ The Physicians of Vilnoc) (2023) 69 cópias
La Saga Vorkosigan intégrale, Tome 1 : Chute libre ; L'honneur des Cordelia ; Barrayar (2011) 9 cópias
Lois McMaster Bujold 4 cópias
Dreamweaver's Dilemma [novelette] 1 exemplar(es)
Falling Free, Part Two 1 exemplar(es)
Falling Free, Part Four 1 exemplar(es)
El anillo del espíritu / La búsqueda sagrada / Paladín de almas / y La maldición de Chalión 1 exemplar(es)
Falling Free 1 exemplar(es)
The Sharing Knife Volume 1 exemplar(es)
Le Cycle de Chalion - L'Intégrale 1 exemplar(es)
Cetaganda 4 [short story] serial chapter 1 exemplar(es)
五神傳說終部曲:神聖狩獵 1 exemplar(es)
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1991 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1988) — Contribuinte — 58 cópias
Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism (1999) — Contribuinte — 42 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CIX, No. 8 (August 1989) (1989) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CVII, No. 13 (Mid-December 1987) (1986) — Autor — 20 cópias
Glass Bead Games — Prefácio — 13 cópias
FenCon VI — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- McMaster, Lois Joy (birth name)
- Data de nascimento
- 1949-11-02
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Locais de residência
- Marion, Ohio, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Educação
- Ohio State University
- Ocupação
- science fiction writer
- Relacionamentos
- McMaster, Robert C. (father)
- Organizações
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Premiações
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1995)
Guest of Honour, Worldcon, Denvention 3 (2003)
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year ( [2002])
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year ( [2003])
Fictionwise eBook Author of the Year ( [2005])
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2019)
Membros
Discussions
Group Read: Paladin of Souls (Apr 2021) em The Green Dragon (Julho 2022)
Group Read: The Curse of Chalion (Jan 2021) em The Green Dragon (Fevereiro 2021)
Bujold Wins Award! em Science Fiction Fans (Dezembro 2019)
Group Read: The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold em 2016 Category Challenge (Outubro 2019)
Year-long Group Read: The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold em 2014 Category Challenge (Dezembro 2015)
Vorkosigan Group Read: Miles, Mutants and Microbes em 2014 Category Challenge (Abril 2015)
Vorkosigan Group Read: Miles, Mystery and Mayhem em 2014 Category Challenge (Março 2015)
Vorkosigan Group Read: Cordelia's Honor em 2014 Category Challenge (Janeiro 2015)
Vorkosigan Group Read: Young Miles em 2014 Category Challenge (Agosto 2014)
Lois McMaster Bujold fan here em Science Fiction Fans (Novembro 2012)
Resenhas
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Books Read in 2018 (14)
Books Read in 2013 (15)
Nebula Award (3)
Unread books (2)
Shelf 101 (2)
Farm Boy Fantasy (2)
Epic Fantasy (2)
Female Author (3)
Favourite Books (1)
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 88
- Also by
- 32
- Membros
- 77,577
- Popularidade
- #159
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Resenhas
- 2,439
- ISBNs
- 812
- Idiomas
- 21
- Favorito
- 528
So far, the Vorkosigan books are often at their best when considering cultural clashes, but I got little sense of that in this book even though it ought to be rife with it; in the rigid, ossified, stratified society of Cetaganda, one might think Miles could see a mirror to his own society. (And indeed, the cover implies such an image.) But I did not see such a thing really presented in the actual book.
Of course, it's a Vorkosigan book by Bujold, so it has good action, fun jokes, nice moments of characterization, and all comes together well. But it's the first book in the series that has felt disposable, that hasn't felt like a story that needed to be told. One knows she could do more.… (mais)