Reading Rangers #5: Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold

Hello, Rangers! We’re back from our break to tackle the 5th book (chronologically) in Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Vorkosigan Saga — the unfortunately somewhat disappointing Cetaganda. Our newbie, Kate, is joined by Vorkosigan Veterans, Paul and Alex, to discuss the somewhat transhumanist Cetagandan empire, how Miles is still woefully caught up in the patriarchy, why Cetaganda could have really used a Cetagandan POV character, and, of course, why Ivan killed a kitten.

Next time, we’ve decided to tackle the novella omnibus, Borders of Infinity, utterly bypassing Ethan of Athos (because everyone hates it).

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Show Notes:

Cetaganda
Chronological Reading Order of The Vorkosigan Saga (though we’re not totally using this)
Borders of Infinity

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Our new intro and outro music comes “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.