Barrayar was written later to fill in the backstory, but the rest are written in order.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Ginger - Apr 09, 2007 7:39:26 am PDT #2491 of 28175
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
-t - Apr 09, 2007 7:54:05 am PDT #2492 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Is there a firm listing of the proper story order of the the Vorkosigan books?
There's a swell timeline at the end of many (all?) of them that includes the short stories and Falling Free and things that are just alluded to. A useful reference.
Gris - Apr 09, 2007 11:16:25 am PDT #2493 of 28175
Hey. New board.
All I know about Miles Vorkosigan is that AJ Hall wrote some crossover fic between her HP Lopiverse and the Vorkosiverse. Which were good.
That... is a very unhelpful answer, huh?
My literary ventures of the week have consisted of Uglies, a young adult SF dystopia along the lines of The Giver, and, now, Party Princess (the seventh book in the Princess Diaries series). Uglies was excellent, and i need to read the sequel stat. Party Princess is... pretty much exactly the same as the other PD books, which means silly and addictive as hell if you're into that very pink genre.
beth b - Apr 09, 2007 11:21:16 am PDT #2494 of 28175
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Uglies was ok. I haven't read The Pretties yet. But there are a lot of westerfield's other books that I really really like. Including Peeps , the vampire book.
Consuela - Apr 09, 2007 5:04:41 pm PDT #2495 of 28175
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The Vorkosigan novels are not written in chronological order. Or not published, anyway. It's a bit frustrating.
Steph: Shards is a romance-with-politics-and-battles. Barrayar, which follows it immediately, is a political thriller with rich character details. (And battles, but those are mostly offstage.) If you don't like those two, you won't like the rest; but even if you're kind of meh on Shards, stick it out to Barrayar, which -- shopping, yes. Sigh.
After those two, the order is:
The Warrior's Apprentice, (space battles! adventure! fun and angst!, thus setting the tone for the series)
The Vor Game, (somewhat disjointed but it has some fun stuff in it)
Borders of Infinity (a short story collection, some of them awesome),
Cetaganda (a political intrigue/mystery which I found kind of meh),
Brothers in Arms (politics/intrigue, and necessary, as it sets up the next few),
Mirror Dance (politics and adventure),
Memory (Miles hits 30; 30 hits back),
Komarr (a mystery, mostly),
A Civil Campaign (a Sayers/Heyer tribute, which works better in theory than in practice, but is often very fun: primarily a romance),
Diplomatic Immunity (a mystery, which was also quite meh).
That's the main line: there's also Falling Free and Ethan of Athos, which are set in the same universe but the Vorkosigans do not appear onscreen.
(Did I miss any?)
Ginger - Apr 09, 2007 5:15:17 pm PDT #2496 of 28175
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Shards of Honor (1986)
Barrayar (1991)
The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)
"The Mountains of Mourning" (1989) (short story in Borders of Infinity)
The Vor Game (1990)
Cetaganda (1995)
"Labyrinth" (1989) (in Borders of Infinity)
"The Borders of Infinity" (1987) (in Borders of Infinity)
Brothers in Arms (1989)
Mirror Dance (1994)
Memory (1996)
Komarr (1998)
A Civil Campaign (2000)
Diplomatic Immunity (2002)
P.M. Marc - Apr 09, 2007 5:21:09 pm PDT #2497 of 28175
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ethan of Athos rules.
Consuela - Apr 09, 2007 5:23:19 pm PDT #2498 of 28175
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
You know, it's been years since I read it. I don't even own a copy.
Ginger - Apr 09, 2007 5:23:54 pm PDT #2499 of 28175
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Chronologically, Ethan of Athos comes somewhere between The Vor Game and Brothers in Arms. It has a major character in common with the other books.
Jessica - Apr 09, 2007 5:24:57 pm PDT #2500 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And haven't the first few been repackaged a few times as Young Miles or somesuch?