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Tag Archives: political intrigue
A Civil Campaign – Lois McMaster Bujold
(Baen 2010, originally published in 1999) I shouldn’t have read this book out of order, since there are so many references to events occurring in previous books in Bujold’s Vorkosigan saga, particularly Komarr, which immediately precedes A Civil Campaign, that … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 New Reads, Fiction, Humour, Reviews, Romance, Science fiction
Tagged butter bugs, gardens, Lois McMaster Bujold, love, patriarchy, plots, political intrigue, smear campaign, Vorkosigan saga, votes
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Restoree – Anne McCaffrey
McCaffrey is well known for her series of books set on Pern (Dragonsong, The White Dragon, and so on) as well as several other series of science fiction books (the Crystal Singer books, The Ship Who Sang books, and many … Continue reading
Posted in 2009 New Reads, Fiction, Science fiction
Tagged alien abduction, doctors, interplanetary war, love, political intrigue, rescue, rhinoplasty, role reversal, villains
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