Barrayar
9 best books like Barrayar (Lois McMaster Bujold): Dreamsnake, Field of Dishonor, The Snow Queen, Cyteen, They'd Rather Be Right, Valor's Trial, Once a Hero, The Quantum Rose, Scout's Progress
Author | Vonda N. McIntyre |
ISBN | 0553296590 |
While this book gets docked a point or two for the cheesy 70s cover and the title, it deserves a place among the classics of the genre. I first read the Nebula-winning novella "Of Mist, And Grass, And Sand," in middle school, but I never realized that McIntyre had expanded it to novel length. It's a thoughtful...
Author | David Weber |
ISBN | 0743435745 |
HONOR BETRAYED
The People's Republic of Haven's sneak attack on the Kingdom of Manticore has failed. The Peeps are in disarray, their leaders fighting for power in bloody revolution, and the Royal Manticoran Navy stands victorious.
But Manticore has domestic problems of its...
Author | Joan D. Vinge |
ISBN | 0446676640 |
This reissue of a modern classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Locus Award-winning and Nebula-nominated The Snow Queen, marks the first time the book has been reprinted in fifteen years.The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter...
Author | C.J. Cherryh |
ISBN | 0446671274 |
A brilliant young scientist rises to power on Cyteen, haunted by the knowledge that her predecessor and genetic duplicate died at the hands of one of her trusted advisors. Murder, politics, and genetic manipulation provide the framework for the latest Union-Alliance novel by the author of Downbelow...
Author | Mark Clifton |
ISBN | 0898651654 |
Bossy was right. Always. Invariably. She was limited only in that she had to have facts -- not assumptions -- with which to work. Given those facts, her conclusions and predictions were inevitably correct.
And that made Bossy a 'ticking bomb.'
Bossy had been designed as a servomechanism...
Author | Tanya Huff |
ISBN | 0756404797 |
The rousing military adventure (Locus) continues with a brand new Valor novel.
Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is a Confederation Marines marine. She's survived more deadly encounters and kept more of her officers and enlistees alive than anyone in the Corps. Unexpectedly pulled from battle,...
Author | Elizabeth Moon |
ISBN | 0613926234 |
In this quite entrancing space adventure, we have Esmay Suiza as the main character. Now, those like myself who read previous books by this author will have met Esmay as a side character in Winning Colors (The Serrano Legacy, #3) where she was a key factor in the resolution of that adventure. The first...
Author | Catherine Asaro |
ISBN | 0812568834 |
Here are a few reasons why it may have won the Nebula:
* The entire novel is an allegory for quantum scattering theory. This is a clever and unexpected device.
* The series brings back the old "space opera" style of science fiction. (Think "Star Wars.")
* The technology described...
Author | Sharon Lee |
ISBN | 0441009271 |
5/5; 5 stars; A+
Well, after re-reading this book, I've had to up my rating from 4 stars to 5. When your heart rate is up and you're all wound up as you're coming to the close of your book...you know you've been thoroughly entertained.
This book is not only an interesting and well paced adventure...