The introduction and editing were done jointly with Bujold having first billing, she being the reason I bought this anthology. While the title is Women at War, it is not a collection of space battles or even a female sergeant on the planet kicking butt and taking names/5(5). Lois McMaster Bujold’s second novel, written in , The Warrior’s Apprentice, introduced her quirky, dwarf-like hero, Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, the son of Cordelia and Aral. Poisoned in utero during an assassination attempt on his parents, Miles has extremely brittle bones that break with very little www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. The stories in this no-Y-chromosomes-allowed anthology go a long way toward answering the question raised by multiple-Hugo winner Bujold in her introduction: "What does it mean to 'write like a woman?'" In exploring that issue, Bujold and Green present 17 original stories that muster a regiment of women either born or borne to war/5(5).
Lois McMaster Bujold's second novel, written in , The Warrior's Apprentice, introduced her quirky, dwarf-like hero, Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, the son of Cordelia and Aral. Poisoned in utero during an assassination attempt on his parents, Miles has extremely brittle bones that break with very little force. Readers have awarded Lois McMaster Bujold four Hugo Awards for Best Novel, a number matched only by Robert Heinlein. Her Vorkosigan series redefined space opera with its emotional depth and explorations of themes such as bias against the disabled, economic exploitation, and the role of women in society. This book traces Bujold's career, showing how Bujold emerged from fanzine culture to win. Lois McMaster Bujold: Topias. Lois McMaster Bujold was born in Columbus, Ohio. She began writing in , and her first sale was short story ''Barter'' to Twilight Zone Magazine in Her notable short work includes Nebula finalist ''Weatherman'' () and Hugo finalist ''Winterfair Gifts'' (). Some of her.
Lois McMaster Bujold’s second novel, written in , The Warrior’s Apprentice, introduced her quirky, dwarf-like hero, Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, the son of Cordelia and Aral. Poisoned in utero during an assassination attempt on his parents, Miles has extremely brittle bones that break with very little force. A quarter of a century ago, as the editors ruefully admit, this would have been a groundbreaking anthology, composed as it is of 17 ``original military science fiction stories by women writers.'' Still, groundbreaking or not, the proposition is more elastic than it sounds, including several fantasies and one yarn without military significance. Curious, too, how many of the contributors have. Lois McMaster Bujold is an American speculative fiction writer. She is an acclaimed writer, having won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Her novella "The Mountains of Mourning" won both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. In the fantasy genre, The Curse of Chalion won the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for best novel, and both her fourth Hugo Award and second Nebula Award were for Paladin of Soul.
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