Reading: The Borders of Infinity

[white_hart]

The Borders of Infinity is another Miles Vorkosigan novella (like The Mountains of Mourning and Labyrinth), rather than a full-length novel. In this one, Miles goes undercover in a Cetagandan prisoner-of-war camp. When he arrives, life in the camp is nasty and brutish in the extreme, despite the Cetagandans' technical compliance with interstellar codes on the treatment of prisoners. Miles being Miles, he sets about restoring order armed with nothing but the force of his personality (literally nothing, as his clothes were stolen as soon as he entered the camp). I particularly love Miles when he's out-thinking everyone in sight, so I very much enjoyed this.

Comments

[mountainkiss]

I love this one. Which others in the series do you like more or less?

[white_hart]

So far I think I have liked all of them about the same. Though I did like Barrayar particularly, because Cordelia, but Miles out-thinking everyone has compensated for her not being the main focus of the rest of the series.

[mountainkiss]

I like them all for different reasons. Don't want to say too much as not sure if you are reading them in order and don't want to spoil but there are some wonderful characters and plots in later books.

[slemslempike]

I really enjoyed this novella, and seeing how everything unfolded into his master plan (of course).

[mrs_redboots]

One of my favourites. And it's not quite clear whether Miles has out-thought everybody before he starts, or during his imprisonment....