Talk:Vorkosigan Saga

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I'm confused as to what is the intention of this page (bear with me, I'm new here :-). Is it supposed to be the life story of Miles Vorkosigan, or an extended synopsis of the books in which he, or his family, appears? There are several episodes which are missing (in fact an entire book's worth): should I painstakingly include them, or is that TMI? Should there be more editorialisation or "just the facts"? Where should I look for examples?

It's odd - google/wiki search for vorkosigan fails to turn up this page. Why would it do that? The page has been around for over a year.

As of November 7, 2006, this page is the fourth hit on Google for Vorkosigan----

Yes, I'd expect to find a biography of Miles Vorkosigan here. Perhaps the chronological list of books should be on a separate page for the Vorkosigan Series.

Alternatively, if each book had its own page, the list could be incorporated into the Lois McMaster Bujold page. Why is it that Ethan of Athos rates its own page but none of the other books do? Ethan of Athos is one of the least significant books in the series, IMHO.
Ekaterin 13:21, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

P.S. I have just added some chronological information about Miles' life, for the benefit of people who have never read a Bujold book. I hope you don't mind. Ekaterin 15:34, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Yep, that looks OK. Part of the problem is that the series doesn't have any official name: it's always been called "The Vorkosigan Saga" (see the Baen site or some such. So we don't have a consensus name which we could use for an article on the series as opposed to the character, although we could use that one if no-one objects. HTH HAND (gotta rush) --Phil | Talk

I've made lots more changes today. Did I get the order of events in Mirror Dance straight?

Mark pretends to be Miles and goes to Jackson's Whole to rescue clones.
Miles goes after him and gets killed.
Mark is taken home to meet his family.
Mark goes back to Jackson's Whole to look for Miles.

(Meanwhile, Miles has been picked up by House Fell and is recovering.)

Mark and the Dendarii find Miles, who is still suffering from cryo-amnesia.
Mark is captured by Baron Ryoval's thugs and tortured.
Miles recovers his memory and tries to escape with Rowan but is recaptured. He helps Rowan and Lilly Junior to escape.
Mark beats Baron Ryoval to death, flies over to the Durona Group and makes a Deal with Baron Fell.

I may flesh out A Civil Campaign more later, but I have to go now.
Ekaterin 16:07, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)