The Vorkosigan Companion - Lillian Stewart Carl [0]
Lillian Stewart Carl, and
John Helfers
This is a reference work about works of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
Copyright @ 2008 by Tekno Books, Lillian Stewart Carl, and John Helfers.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
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ISBN 10: 1-4165-5603-6
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Vorkosigan companion / edited by Lillian Stewart Carl and John Helfers.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-4165-5603-6
1. Bujold, Lois McMaster—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Vorkosigan, Miles (Fictitious character)—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Science fiction, American—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Carl, Lillian Stewart. II. Helfers, John.
PS3552.U397Z95 2009
813'.54—dc22
2008032556
Pages by Joy Freeman (www.pagesbyjoy.com)
Printed in the United States of America
Copyrights
Preface copyright © 2008 by Lois McMaster Bujold.
"Putting It Together: Life, the Vorkosiverse, and Everything," copyright © 2008 by Lois McMaster Bujold.
"A Conversation with Lois McMaster Bujold," copyright © 2008 by Lillian Stewart Carl.
"Publishing, Writing, and Authoring: Three Different Things," copyright © 2008 by Lois McMaster Bujold.
"A Conversation with Toni Weisskopf," copyright © 2008 by John Helfers.
"Romance in the Vorkosiverse," copyright © 2008 by Mary Jo Putney.
"Biology in the Vorkosiverse and Today," copyright © 2008 by Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan.
" 'What's the Worst Thing I Can Do to This Character?': Technology in the Vorkosiverse," copyright © 2008 by Ed Burkhead.
"Through Darkest Adolescence with Lois McMaster Bujold, or Thank You, but I Already Have a Life," copyright © 2008 by Lillian Stewart Carl.
"Foreword to Falling Free," copyright © 2004 by James A. McMaster. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"Foreword to Shards of Honor," copyright © 2000 by James Bryant. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"More Than the Sum of His Parts: Foreword to The Warrior's Apprentice," copyright © 2002 by Douglas Muir. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"Foreword to Ethan of Athos," copyright © 2003, revised version copyright © 2009 by Marna Nightingale. Reprinted by permission of the author.
"Come for the Bujold, Stay for the Beer: Science Fiction Writers as Occasions of Fandom," copyright © 2008 by Marna Nightingale.
"A Pronunciation Guide to the Vorkosigan Saga," copyright © 2008 by Suford Lewis. Revised from "A Pronunciation Guide to Names and Places," copyright © 2001, 2000, 1996 by Suford Lewis.
"An Old Earther's Guide to the Vorkosigan Universe," copyright © 2008 by Denise Little.
"The Vorkosigan Saga Novel Summaries," copyright © 2008 by John Helfers.
"The Vorkosigan Saga Concordance," copyright © 2008 by Kerrie Hughes, John Helfers, and Ed Burkhead.
"Topology of the Wormhole Nexus," copyright © 2008 by Crystal Carroll and Suford Lewis. Revised from "Galactic Tourist Bureau Map" copyright © 1999 by Crystal Carroll.
"Timelines: 800 Years in Barrayaran and Galactic Human History; 60 Years in Barrayaran and Galactic Human History," copyright © 2008, 2001, 2000, 1996 by Suford Lewis.
"Some Barrayaran Genealogy," copyright © 2008, 2001 by Suford Lewis. Revised from "Towards a Genealogy of Lord Miles Vorkosigan and Other Persons of Interest," copyright © 2000, 1996 by Suford Lewis.
BAEN BOOKS by LOIS McMASTER BUJOLD
The Vorkosigan Saga:
Shards of Honor
Barrayar
The Warrior's Apprentice
The Vor Game
Cetaganda
Borders of Infinity
Brothers in Arms
Mirror Dance
Memory
Komarr
A Civil Campaign
Diplomatic Immunity
Falling Free
Ethan of Athos
Omnibus Editions:
Cordelia's Honor
Young Miles
Miles, Mystery & Mayhem
Miles