![]() ![]() He is an inveterate organiser, schemer, and meddler he could no more leave the camp disorganised (even without the greater plan that he turns out to have) than a cat could ignore catnip. ![]() No idea why Miles is in the POW camp – was he captured? is this deliberate? – no idea where everyone else is … at least we do have a vague idea why he’s organising the camp: because he can’t help himself. And for much of the story the reader has no idea what is going on, which is also quite different from Bujold’s style in earlier books. Here, he doesn’t have the support of his parents, or Ivan, or a Bothari … it’s just him and his wits. ![]() “Borders of Infinity” is a curious novella, in that it sets Miles almost completely apart from all of the other characters we’ve come to know and love. “Borders of Infinity” and Brothers in Arms We have discussed Cordelia’s Honor (Shards of Honor and Barrayar), the Young Miles omnibus ( The Warrior’s Apprentice and “The Mountains of Mourning” and The Vor Game), and the Miles, Mystery and Mayhem omnibus ( Cetaganda, and Ethan of Athos and “Labyrinth”) previously. ![]() The adventures of Miles Vorkosigan continue as Alex and I look at the novella “Borders of Infinity” and the novel Brothers in Arms. ![]()
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