Cryoburn
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| Author | Lois McMaster Bujold |
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| Audio read by | Grover Gardner |
| Cover artist | David Seeley |
| Language | English |
| Series | Vorkosigan Saga |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | October 19, 2010 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 345 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4391-3394-1 |
| Preceded by | Diplomatic Immunity |
| Followed by | Captain Vorpatril's Alliance |
Cryoburn is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in October 2010.[1] Part of the Vorkosigan Saga, it was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2011,[2] as Bujold's ninth Best Novel nomination.[3] Also in 2011, it was one of the top five finishers in the poll for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.[4]
Plot summary
Cryoburn takes place six or seven years after Diplomatic Immunity. Miles Vorkosigan, the main character in the series, is 39 years old. He is sent by Emperor Gregor to the planet Kibou-daini ("New Hope") to investigate White Chrysanthemum Cryonics Corporation. WhiteChrys, a major "cryocorp", to which sick or dying people go to be frozen in hopes of one day being revived and cured, is opening a subsidiary on Komarr, arousing suspicions. The narrative follows three points of view: those of Miles, his Armsman Roic, and Jin Sato, a local Kibou-daini boy.
At a conference, an attempt is made to kidnap Miles and the other attendees. Miles avoids capture because an allergic reaction to the drug used on him makes him extremely hyperactive, and escapes into the below-ground Cryocombs, where the frozen are stored. Roic is caught along with Raven, a cryo-revival specialist from the Durona Group who assisted in reviving Miles after his death on Jackson's Whole (detailed in Mirror Dance).
When Miles finds his way back to the surface, he encounters Jin, an eleven-year-old boy living with his chickens and other pets in a disused building. Jin introduces him to a society of outcasts living in abandoned facilities. This helps Miles piece together what is really going on.
Publication history
Lois Bujold announced the name of the book on her blog: "My editor, playing the part of the Supreme Court, has kindly cast the deciding vote in this close election: the new Miles book shall henceforth be known as CryoBurn."[5] The other two choices under consideration were Cold Breath and Cryopolis.
Bujold read the first two chapters at Denvention 3 in August 2008. The full-length electronic Advance Reader Copy was made available through Webscriptions on August 3, 2010.[6] The hardcover version of Cryoburn also comes with a CD-ROM containing E-Book versions of the omnibus editions of the Vorkosigan Saga.
References
- ^ Bujold, Lois Mcmaster (2010-10-19). Amazon.com: Cryoburn. ISBN 978-1439133941.
- ^ Renovation Hugo nominee announcement Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lois McMaster Bujold. "CryoBurn is a Hugo nominee this year!". Myspace. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ Locus Online News – 2011 Locus Award Finalists
- ^ Lois McMaster Bujold. "name that book". Myspace. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ Lois McMaster Bujold. "CryoBurn e-ARC up for sale at Baen, too". Myspace. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2010-08-23.