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The Vorkosigan Companion

Authors:
John Helfers (editor), Lillian Stewart Carl (editor), Darrell Sweet (covers), Crystal Carroll, Denise Little, Douglas Muir, Ed Burkhead, James A. McMaster, James Bryant, Kerrie Hughes, Lois McMaster Bujold, Marna Nightingale, Mary Jo Putney, Suford Lewis and Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan
Language:
English
Original language:
English
Categories:
Anthology and science fiction
Universe:
Vorkosigan
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Front of The Vorkosigan Companion.
Table of Contents:
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PREFACE

CREATOR OF THE VORKOSIVERSE

  • Putting It Together: Life, the Vorkosiverse, and Everything - Lois McMaster Bujold
  • A Conversation with Lois McMaster Bujold - Lillian Stewart Carl
  • Publishing, Writing, and Authoring: Three Different Things - Lois McMaster Bujold
  • A Conversation with Toni Weisskopf - John Helfers

ASPECTS OF THE VORKOSIVERSE

  • Romance in the Vorkosiverse - Mary Jo Putney
  • Biology in the Vorkosiverse and Today - Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan, Ph.D.
  • "What's the Worst Thing I Can Do to This Character?": Technology of the Vorkosiverse - Ed Burkhead

APPRECIATIONS

  • Through Darkest Adolescence with Lois McMaster Bujold, or Thank You, but I Already Have a Life - Lillian Stewart Carl
  • Foreword to Falling Free - James A. McMaster
  • Foreword to Shards of Honor - James Bryant
  • "More Than the Sum of His Parts": Foreword to The Warrior's Apprentice - Douglas Muir
  • Foreword to Ethan of Athos - Marna Nightingale

THE FANS

  • Come for the Bujold, Stay for the Beer1: Science Fiction Writers as Occasions of Fandom - Marna Nightingale

THE VORKOSIVERSE ITSELF

  • A Pronunciation Guide to the Vorkosigan Universe - Suford Lewis
  • An Old Earther's Guide to the Vorkosigan Universe - Denise Little
  • The Vorkosigan Saga Novel Summaries - John Helfers
  • The Vorkosigan Saga Concordance - Kerrie Hughes, John Helfers, and Ed Burkhead

APPENDICES

  • APPENDIX I
    A Map of the Vorkosigan Universe
    Topology of the Wormhole Nexus - Crystal Carroll and Suford Lewis
  • APPENDIX II
    Timelines of the Vorkosigan Saga
    Miles Vorkosigan/Naismith:
    His Universe and Times
  • APPENDIX III
    A Brief Guide to Barrayaran Genealogy
    Some Barrayaran Genealogy - Suford Lewis

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