Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
{{Short description|Novel by Lois McMaster Bujold}}
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| author = Lois McMaster Bujold
| audio_read_by = Grover Gardner
| cover_artist = Ron Miller
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Vorkosigan Saga
| genre = Science fiction
| publisher = Baen Books
| pub_date = 2 February 2016
(eARC sold from October 2015)
| media_type = E-book, print
| pages =
| isbn = 9781476781228
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| preceded_by = Cryoburn
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Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold. It is an installment in Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga.[http://www.rtbookreviews.com/blog/82643/forewords-books-buzz FOREWORDS: THE BOOKS BEFORE THE BUZZ], in Romantic Times; published March 23, 2015; retrieved March 31, 2015 Bujold has described it as "not a war story. It is about grownups."[http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/8046824-new-book new book], by Lois McMaster Bujold, at Goodreads; published March 16, 2015; retrieved June 28, 2015
The concept for the cover art was designed by Bujold herself.{{cite web |url= http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/8859376-new-vorkosigan-book-cover-art |title=Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog - new Vorkosigan book cover art - August 10, 2015 08:24 |work=goodreads.com}}
The eARC was released for sale by Baen Books on October 21, 2015.{{cite web |url= http://www.baenebooks.com/p-2892-gentleman-jole-and-the-red-queen-earc.aspx |title=Baen eBooks - Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen - eARC}} The paper edition was published in February 2016.[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2015/03/lois-mcmaster-bujold-new-cordelia-vorkosigan-novel-gentleman-jole-and-the-red-queen Lois McMaster Bujold Announces New Cordelia Vorkosigan Novel Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen], at Tor.com; published March 20, 2015; retrieved March 31, 2015
Plot summary
Three years after the death of Aral Vorkosigan, Admiral Oliver Jole of the Sergyar Fleet (Aral's long-time subordinate and lover) receives a proposal. After returning from Barrayar, Aral's widow Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan announces that she intends to have several new children using stored genetic material from herself and Aral. She also offers Jole the chance to have children of his own, likewise created from the genes of Jole and Aral.
Reception
At Ars Technica, Annalee Newitz declared it to be "one of the most realistic and funny novels you'll ever read about space colonization",[https://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/02/time-to-try-the-vorkosigan-sagayouve-never-read-science-fiction-like-this/ Time to try the Vorkosigan Saga—you’ve never read science fiction like this], by Annalee Newitz, at Ars Technica; published February 12, 2016; retrieved May 26, 2017 while Tor.com's Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer observed that it would be a fitting conclusion, both to Cordelia's character arc and to the Vorkosigan universe as a whole.[http://www.tor.com/2016/02/11/book-reviews-gentleman-jole-lois-mcmaster-bujold/ Birds Do It, Bees Do It: Lois McMaster Bujold’s Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen], reviewed by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer, at Tor.com; published February 11, 2016; retrieved May 26, 2017 Publishers Weekly considered it "droll" and "enjoyable", and compared it to the works of Jane Austen, but noted that it was "more comforting than exciting" and would "work best for readers who don’t expect interstellar derring-do."[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4767-8122-8 Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen], reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published December 21, 2015; retrieved May 26, 2017
References
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External links
- [http://www.baen.com/gentleman-jole-and-the-red-queen.html Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen] - Baen
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Category:American science fiction novels