Lois McMaster Bujold

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Lois McMaster Bujold (2009)

Lois McMaster Bujold Joy (born 2 November 1949 in Columbus ( Ohio 's)) is a US-American author of science fiction - and fantasy books .

Life

Bujold 1996

Bujold studied from 1968 to 1972 at Ohio State University in Columbus . Since 1969 she was part of the science fiction fandom , where she also met John Fredric Bujold, whom she married in 1971 and with whom she has a daughter and a son. She began writing in 1982 and published her first short story in 1985, which became the basis for an episode of George A. Romero's television series Tales from the Darkside ( Barter , season 4, episode 19, 1988). In 1986 the first three novels of the Vorkosigan saga followed , which were published by Baen Books .

Bujold is divorced and lives in Minnesota .

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Her books prove Bujold's mastery of the diverse science fiction genre. Earlier titles mainly follow the space opera tradition (also known as military science fiction ), with a lot of battles, conspiracies and surprising twists and turns. However, she only apparently follows the clichés of the genre .

Her best-known work is the Vorkosigan saga , which is set around 1,000 years in the future . The protagonist Miles Vorkosigan is an interstellar spy and mercenary admiral from the planet Barrayar . Miles Vorkosigan is handicapped by short stature and very brittle bones - the result of an attack on his mother while she was pregnant with him. The novels show how he fights prejudice, senseless violence, stupidity and his own weaknesses with intelligence, courage and humanity and (of course) wins in the end.

A central theme that appears again and again in her novels are relationships of all kinds. Be it the love between normal and genetically modified people (The Quaddies of Cay Habitat), the love between enemies (Shards of Honor), homosexuality (Ethan of Athos) or even the tendency of short men (like Miles Vorkosigan) to grow tall Women. While happy endings are often common, there is no pretense that this type of relationship is the real deal or even normal for everyone. Instead, she simply portrays these idiosyncrasies of her protagonists without prejudice, but adorable, and in this way advocates more tolerance.

She has won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times (breaking Robert Heinlein's record ). She has received the Nebula Award twice for best novel. For her short novel The Mountains of Mourning and the novel Paladin of Souls she even received both prizes and the Locus Award .

Awards

  • 1989 Analog Award for Labyrinth as best story
  • 1989 Nebula Award for Falling Free for best novel
  • 1990 Analog Award for Weatherman for Best Narration
  • 1990 Hugo Award for The Mountains of Mourning for best story
  • 1990 Nebula Award for The Mountains of Mourning for best story
  • 1990 Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll for The Mountains of Mourning for Best Narration
  • 1991 HOMer Award for Barrayar for best SF novel
  • 1991 Hugo Award for The Vor Game for best novel
  • 1992 Hugo Award for Barrayar for best novel
  • 1992 Locus Award for Barrayar for best SF novel
  • 1995 Hugo Award for Mirror Dance for best novel
  • 1995 Locus Award for Mirror Dance for best SF novel
  • 2002 Mythopoeic Award for The Curse of Chalion in the category "Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature"
  • 2004 Hugo Award for Paladin of Souls for best novel
  • 2004 Locus Award for Paladin of Souls for best fantasy novel
  • 2005 Nebula Award for Paladin of Souls for best novel
  • 2011 Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction
  • 2014 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for Falling Free
  • 2017 Hugo Award for The Vorkosigan Saga as best series
  • 2018 Hugo Award for World of the Five Gods as best series
  • 2020 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

bibliography

Vorkosigan saga / Barrayar cycle

The plot of the novels does not correspond chronologically with the order in which they were written. An overview of the chronological order can be found on the cycle page.

Miles Vorkosigan
  • 1 The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)
    • German: The Cadet. Translated by Edda Petri. Heyne SF&F # 5020, 1993, ISBN 3-453-06602-2 .
  • 2 The Vor Game (1990)
  • 3 Ethan of Athos (1986)
    • German: Ethan von Athos. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 5293, 1995, ISBN 3-453-08569-8 .
  • 4 Brothers in Arms (1990)
    • German: Brothers in Arms. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 5538, 1996, ISBN 3-453-11879-0 .
  • 5 Borders of Infinity (1989)
    • German: limits of infinity. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 5452, 1996, ISBN 3-453-10915-5 .
  • 6 Mirror Dance (1994)
    • German: mirror dance. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 5885, 1997, ISBN 3-453-12670-X .
  • 7 Cetaganda (4 parts in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1995  ff.)
    • German: Cetaganda. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 6317, 1999, ISBN 3-453-15644-7 .
  • 8 Memory (1996)
    • German: viruses of forgetfulness. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 6352, 2000, ISBN 3-453-17097-0 .
  • 9 Komarr (1998)
  • 10 A Civil Campaign (1999)
    • German: Ambassador of the Empire. In: Lois McMaster Bujold: The Ambassador. Heyne, 2006, ISBN 3-453-52127-7 .
  • 11 Diplomatic Immunity (2002)
    • German: Diplomatic entanglements. In: Lois McMaster Bujold: The Ambassador. Heyne, 2006, ISBN 3-453-52127-7 .
  • 12 Cryoburn (2010)
  • 13 Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012)

Short stories:

  • The Borders of Infinity (1987, in: Elizabeth Mitchell (Ed.): Free Lancers )
    • German: limits of infinity. In: Lois McMaster Bujold: Limits of Infinity. Heyne SF&F # 5452, 1996, ISBN 3-453-10915-5 . Also as: The limits of infinity. In: Lois McMaster Bujold: The double. Heyne, ISBN 978-3-453-52106-3 .
  • Labyrinth (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1989 )
    • German: Labyrinth. In: Lois McMaster Bujold: Limits of Infinity. Heyne SF&F # 5452, 1996, ISBN 3-453-10915-5 .
  • The Mountains of Mourning (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1989 )
    • English: The mountains of sorrow. In: Lois McMaster Bujold: Limits of Infinity. Heyne SF&F # 5452, 1996, ISBN 3-453-10915-5 .
  • Weatherman (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1990 )
  • Winterfair Gifts (2004, in: Catherine Asaro (Ed.): Irresistible Forces )

Collective issues:

  • Vorkosigan's Game (collective edition of 2 and 5; 1990)
  • Young Miles (collective edition of 1 and 2; 1997)
  • Miles, Mystery & Mayhem (Collective Edition of 7 and 3; 2001)
  • Miles Errant (collective edition of 4 and 6; 2002)
    • German: Presents for the Winter Festival. In: Lois McMaster Bujold: The Ambassador. Heyne, 2006, ISBN 3-453-52127-7 .
  • Miles in Love (collective edition of 9 and 10; 2008)

German collective editions:

  • Young Miles. Translated by Edda Petri and Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 7051, 2005, ISBN 3-453-52014-9 (collective edition of 1 and 2 and the story Die Berge der Trauer ).
  • Dangerous missions. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 7052, 2005, ISBN 978-3-453-52090-5 (collective edition of 3 and 7 and the story Labyrinth ).
  • The lookalike. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne, 2005, ISBN 978-3-453-52106-3 (collective edition of 4–6).
  • The revolt. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne, 2005, ISBN 978-3-453-52122-3 (collective edition of 8 and 9).
  • The ambassador. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne, 2006, ISBN 3-453-52127-7 (collective edition of 10 and 11 and the story Presents for the Winter Festival ).
Cordelia Vorkosigan
  • 1 Shards of Honor (1986; also: Shards of Honor , 1988)
    • German: Shards of Honor. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 4968, 1994, ISBN 3-453-07744-X .
  • 2 Barrayar (4 parts in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July 1991  ff.)
    • German: Barrayar. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 5061, 1993, ISBN 3-453-07227-8 .
  • 3 Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (2016)
  • Aftermaths (in: Jerry Pournelle and Jim Baen (Eds.): Far Frontiers, Volume V / Spring 1986 )
  • Cordelia's Honor (collective edition of 1 and 2; 1996)
Quaddies
  • 1 Falling Free (4 parts in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, Mid-December 1987  ff.)
    • English: The Quaddies of Cay Habitat. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 5243, 1995, ISBN 3-453-07965-5 .
further books of the cycle
  • Test of Honor (1987)
  • Dreamweaver's Dilemma (1996, in: Lois McMaster Bujold: Dreamweaver's Dilemma )
  • Miles, Mutants and Microbes (2007)
  • The Flowers of Vashnoi (2018)

Series and cycles

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Putnam (short stories)
  • Barter (in: Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, March-April 1985 )
  • The Hole Truth (in: Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1986 )
  • Garage Sale (in: American Fantasy, Spring 1987 )
World of the Five Gods (novels)
  • 1 The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
    • English: In the shadow of the wolf. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction & Fantasy # 20547, 2006, ISBN 3-404-20547-2 .
  • 2 The Curse of Chalion (2001)
  • 3 Paladin of Souls (2003)
    • English: Paladin of Souls. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 20505), 2005, ISBN 3-404-20505-7 .

Penric and Desdemona (short novels):

  • 1 Penric's Demon (2015)
  • 2 Penric and the Shaman (2016)
  • 2 Penric's Fox (2017)
  • 3 Penric's Mission (2016)
  • 4 Mira's Last Dance (2017)
  • 5 The Prisoner of Limnos (2017)
  • Penric's Progress (2020, collection)
The Sharing Knife
  • 1 Beguilement (2006)
  • 2 Legacy (2007, in: Lois McMaster Bujold: The Sharing Knife )
  • 3 passage (2008)
  • 4 Horizon (2009)
  • 5 Knife Children (2019)
  • The Sharing Knife (Collective Edition of 1 and 2; 2007)

Single novel

  • The Spirit Ring (1992)
    • German: Fiamettas Ring. Translated by Michael Morgental. Heyne SF&F # 5895, 1997, ISBN 3-453-12678-5 .

Collections

  • Dreamweaver's Dilemma (1996)

Short stories

  • A Preview from Cetaganda (1995, in: Lois McMaster Bujold: Mirror Dance )
  • The Adventure of the Lady on the Embankment (1996, in: Lois McMaster Bujold: Dreamweaver's Dilemma )
  • Miles Vorkosigan / Naismith: His Universe and Times (2016, in: Lois McMaster Bujold: The Vor Game )

Anthologies

literature

Web links

Commons : Lois McMaster Bujold  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography , excerpt from Locus (August 95), accessed on August 11, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Bujold, Lois McMaster
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McBujold, Lois (alternative spelling); Bujold, McMaster (alternative spelling); Bujold, Lois Mc Master (alternative spelling); Bujold, Lois Joy McMaster (real name); Barryar (pseudonym); Mcbujold (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer of science fiction and fantasy books
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus (Ohio)