“Thus, traditional criticism’s charge that science fiction isn’t, in general, ‘literary’ because science fiction writers don’t focus on or have the artistry to deeply delve into character misses the point that science fiction isn’t about character, it’s about ideas. And therefore, science fiction sh...
This collection is about 80% Vorkosigan-verse and 20% Bujold's fantasy work. It's primarily what I think of as analytical essays, rather than critical work (by that I mean it looks at what Bujold's work seems to be trying to say, but doesn't try to examine holes, weaknesses, contradictions, etc).Wh...