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Originally Posted by JSWolf
When you go to Amazon and look at the listings for the new versions (with the new covers), Falling Free is listed as Vorkosigan Saga Book 1. To me, that means it's the first book regardless that it takes place 200 years before the next book.
I'm not using chronological order or published order. I'm using the author's order.
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Author's words on the subject.
"It was always my intention to write each book as a stand-alone so that the reader could theoretically jump in anywhere, yes, with that book that’s in your hand right now, don’t put it back on the shelf! While still somewhat true, as the series developed it acquired a number of sub-arcs, closely related tales that were richer for each other. I will list the sub-arcs, and then the books, and then the caveats.
Shards of Honor and Barrayar. The first two books in the series proper, they detail the adventures of Cordelia Naismith of Beta Colony and Aral Vorkosigan of Barrayar. Shards was my very first novel ever; Barrayar was actually my eighth, but continues the tale the next day after the end of Shards.
For readers who want to be sure of beginning at the beginning, or who are very spoiler-sensitive, start with these two."
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