{"id":51217,"date":"2024-05-15T06:47:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=51217"},"modified":"2024-11-17T17:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T01:44:36","slug":"%f0%9f%93%9a-mirror-dance-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/15\/%f0%9f%93%9a-mirror-dance-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:906,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com\\\/books\\\/78930c29-03cb-4eeb-8101-d631237303e7&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240522052802\\\/https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com\\\/books\\\/78930c29-03cb-4eeb-8101-d631237303e7&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 16:00:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 08:49:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-23 19:18:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 17:45:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 17:45:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>36\/2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\/books\/78930c29-03cb-4eeb-8101-d631237303e7\">&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;<\/a> 1995 Hugo Best Novel<\/p>\n<p>Complex in both story and character, this becomes an excellent exploration of the differing personalities of the Vorkosigan brothers in the midst of military adventure and political maneuvering. As with the rest of the series, it\u2019s Bujold\u2019s ability to craft realistically flawed characters, some in very serious ways, while still making them relatable, believable, and often quite funny, that really makes these stand out. Though most of the books in the series are written to be readable on their own, this is one where I\u2019d definitely recommend reading earlier books first.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_2662-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Me holding Mirror Dance\" title=\"IMG_2662.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: An excellent exploration of the differing personalities of the Vorkosigan brothers in the midst of military adventure and political maneuvering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2036,2049],"tags":[2012,3313,5779,5780],"class_list":["post-51217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-photos","tag-hugoaward","tag-hugobestnovel","tag-lois-mcmaster-bujold","tag-vorkosigan-saga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51467,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51217\/revisions\/51467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}