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Articles
LMB books induce on reflections - and in the most different occasions. Here you can get acquainted with the reflections, caused by it.

• A.Hodosh, "Vorkiosigan family from a psychological point of view". An attempt to make a psychological portrait of Aral, Cordelia, Miles and Mark using all the tricks of the trade.
• Mithrilian, "Bujold: a new name in SF. For us.". Not too respectful but witty and well argued sight on LMB books.
• N.Sakva, "Shadows and mirrors". Original comparison of LMB books and the one's by Sergey Lukianenko
• E. Smolyanina, "Art of people manipulating according to Bujold". It's possible to receive rather practical advice from LMB books how to supervise the staff successfully. A Barrayarian, Betan, or Jacksonian style.
• M. Galina, "The Cause of Miles Vorkosigan lives and wins!" An effort to understand why LMB, an American writer, is so popular in our country.
• E. Grosheva, "Shakespear and Bujold: the search for an anti-hero"
  The perfect literary analysis of the these novels gives us to understand, that both the author herself and her barrayarian characters esteem the Bard of Avon. And there are many evident parallels between Miles and Richard III.
• Club of strategic role-playing games "Imperial Headquarters" presents:
  analytic articles by S. Pereslegin "Some comments on immaculate plans. Bujold Universe from the point of view of a military historian" and "Strategy and tactics of the galactic wars", and R.Ismailov's science essay "A Strategy of Wormholes" - the game theory: particular solution of several tasks, which Miles and Ivan most likely ran into at their second year in Imperial Military Academy.
• A.Neitak, "Lois McMaster Bujold and her Universe"
  A very interesting attempt to analyze the universe created by LMB around the main character.
• A.Tupkalo, "The Planet of the rising Sun"
  About Japan sources of the Barrayaran culture

Debating-society
The collection of small but interesting messages and clauses: several opponents advance their difference opinions about the same subject. Some texts are serious speculations, the others are practice jokes or provocations.
If you want to make your contribution in this discussion, write us.

• About Beta Colony
  V.Artischev, "Cordelia and her homeland";
  C.Slobyn, "Beta Colony as a model of totalitarian socialism";
  A.Soukhanov, "Are Barrayar and Beta twins?".
  A.Shin, "Aboun Betans and their Mental Health Board".
  Is a democratic Beta Colony really so good in comparison to a severe Barrayar? And on the contrary, is the society where everybody possesses garantied facilities really so bad? Or they differ in something else? Oppose FOUR points of view.
• Barrayar: is it?...
  A.Soukhanov, "... a sword in Beta Colony's hands";
  P.Kurkov, "... a social experiment of Cetaganda"
  S.Selutin, "Torwards the galactic history".
  The underlying reason of all Barrayaran galactic wars by the standpoint of geopolitics, and some interesting logical consequences. As one says, "many a true word is spoken in jest".
• The Cetagandan - who are they?
  I.Bodrov, "Hauts and quaddies is the same thing?";
  A.Balabchenkov, "Insects Colony".
  Here are some utmost eccentric points of view how arose the most mysterious civilisation of the all LMB Nexus. Consider yourselves if that arguments are serious or a subl\tle practical jokes.
• V.Orlov, "Is Miles a mere looser?"
  The author of this text is convinced seriously that Barrayar have not permited Miles to be realized as he wanted; only the Cetagandans have estimated at his true worth.
• P.Kurkov, "Demographic setting in Bujold's Universe"
  The Earth is an only galactic super-commonwealth by its population: the other planets and Imperiums are barely smaller nations.
• A.Sergienko, "... Lions, and Tigers, and Bears"
  The mere inference about process of initial Barrayaran terraforming, which takes into account the following mutation-fear.

Critical clauses and state-of-the-art reviews
We have collected here the set of the reviews on Vorkosigan Saga. Check up if your impression from these books coincides with with the critic's one.

• V. Goncharov, Reviews of many novels - "Shards of Honor" "The Warrior Apprentice", "Ethan of Athos" "Komarr" "Falling Free".
  I think there is the most numerous collection of reviews on Bujold's books issued from one person's pen (in Russian, of course!). These references are not enthusiastic, but quite benevolent.
  But be careful - it seems that its author try to retell us the book's plot beforehand!
• V. Vladymirsky, "The Way of Barrayar". This is a review of this novel in particular and of the entire Saga at the same time. "Miles Vorkosigan and The Yellow Brick Road" - the review of "A Civil Campaign"; by the critic's point of view, Bujold merely delays a reader's parting with his favorite hero.
• A Hodosh, "A Collection of mistakes" As you compare AST translations with the English source, you immediately find out serious lacks in Russian texts. This is the cause to starting our project "Let's translate Bujold anew!" (the details see here)
• A Hodosh, "War or Peace?" This review of "A Civil Campaign" is an attempt to prove that the last LMB novel is not merely a "love story".
• M. Korkin , Reviews of "Baen"'s books - "The Vor Game" and "Borders of Infinity". The earliest mention of LMB in Russian that I managed to find. (1992! - three years before the first translated book by AST Publishing). The names sound unusually, there are actual mistakes in retelling the plot... And nevertheless thanks to the author.
• The collection of brief notices from "Esli" ("If") magazine.
• Some another reviews of "A Civil Campaign" - two small ones (by M.Galina and M. Koshkin) and the detailed, full-length one by R.Arbitman.
  They are unified here because all three of critics with one mind name this book "a love story". But the novel rather repeats the "Shards of Honor"'s romantic plot, and this last book quite cannot be reproached for its sentimentality!
• G.Sokolov - review of "Memory", published in the "Semechki" fanzin.
  One of readers reply to it by as follows: "... Maybe it's the sign of critic's professional skill - to discourse upon a book and even to be ignorant of its hero's name?"
• D.Shumakov is sure that LMB books have won all awards only due to political correcsy.