Further to my previous post

[bohemiancoast]

Opinions on the optimum reading order for the Vorkosigan saga, for three different cases, please:

a) for rather forgetful fan re-reading;
b) for 13 year-old who is allegedly less geeky than us, but discovered her current love The Big Bang Theory while googling Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock.
c) for 10-year-old who only ever seems to read things by accident, wildly age-inappropriate or not.

Comments

[drplokta]

For fan re-reading, and the 13-year-old, I'd go for internal chronological order (without obsessing about the framing material from Borders of Infinity, which in any case isn't in the ebooks on the Cryoburn CD). For the 10-year-old, I'd start with The Warrior's Apprentice and let him work through Miles in internal chronology, and then backfill with Shards of Honour, Barrayar and Ethan of Athos if he wants. I'd skip Falling Free in either case.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

This.