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Author | Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Audio read by | Grover Gardner |
Cover artist | Stephen Hickman |
Language | English |
Series | Vorkosigan Saga |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | 1991 |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 386 |
Awards | Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1992) |
ISBN | 978-0-671-72083-4 |
Preceded by | The Vor Game |
Followed by | Mirror Dance |
Barrayar is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold. It was first published as four installments in Analog in July–October 1991,[1] and then published in book form by Baen Books in October 1991.[2] Barrayar won both the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1992.[3] It is a part of the Vorkosigan Saga, and is the seventh full-length novel of the series, in publication order. Barrayar is a direct sequel to Bujold's first novel, Shards of Honor (1986), and the two are paired in the 1996 omnibus Cordelia's Honor.[4]