Lois McMaster Bujold
31 Quotations from Lois McMaster Bujold
| commlink n. | 1986 Shards of Honor (1991) 8 She heard the crackle of a nerve disruptor as she pitched backward into the ravine, stunner and comm link flying from her hands. |
| corpsicle n. | 1986 Shards of Honor in Cordelia’s Honor (1999) 245 He took a breath, and let it out carefully. ‘I see. I guess you would get—pretty hardened, after a while. Is it true you guys call them corpse-sicles?’ ‘Some do,’ she admitted. ‘I don’t.’ |
| dirtside adv. | 1994 Mirror Dance i. 19 The third crate, smaller than the second, proved to contain a set of half-armor, lacking built-in weapons and not meant for space, but rather for dirtside combat under normal or near-normal pressure, temperature, and atmospheric conditions. |
| disruptor n. | 1986 Shards of Honor (1991) 8 She heard the crackle of a nerve disruptor as she pitched backward into the ravine, stunner and comm link flying from her hands. |
| fleet n. | 2016 Gentleman Jole & the Red Queen i. 6 The entire Barrayaran Imperial fleet, and by extension this station, kept Vorbarr Sultana time, which unfortunately did not mesh with that of the colonial capital below, as the two planets had, among other things, different day lengths. |
| floater n. | 2012 Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance xxiii. 373 The medevac floater was little more than a glorified stretcher, designed to hold one patient lying down but, in a pinch, two sitting up, plus its operator in the control saddle. |
| force screen n. | 1994 Mirror Dance (1995) 428 Something just dropped the building’s force screen. |
| Frankenstein complex n. | 1987 Falling Free in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact Dec. 30/2 Mr. Graf, you’re still disturbed. You sure you’re not harboring just a little of the old Frankenstein complex about all this? It’s all right to admit it to me - in fact, I want you to talk about it. |
| galactic n. 1 | 2002 Diplomatic Immunity iii. 36 Only a handful of their many scattered habitats maintained areas supplied with artificial gravity for legged humans, either visitor or resident, or even dealt with outsiders. Graf Station was one that did accept galactics and their trade, as did the orbital arcologies dubbed Metropolitan, Sanctuary, Minchenko, and Union Station. |
| galaxy-wide adv. | 1990 Vor Game viii. 122 Beta Colony only advertised its second or third latest advantages; staying several steps ahead of everybody else in R&D had been the harsh world’s stock-in-trade for a couple of generations. In time, Beta Colony would be marketing its new device galaxy-wide. In the meantime... |
| gravitic adj. | 1990 Vor Game (1993) 268 The up-and-coming weapon for ship-to-ship fighting in the last couple of years seemed to be the gravitic imploder lance, a modification of tractor-beam technology; variously-designed artificial-gravity shields were still lagging behind in protection from it. |
| groundcar n. | 1986 Shards of Honour (1988) 223 With the doctor on one side and her mother on the other, she dwelt in Vorkosigan’s kiss all during the long walk to her mother’s ground car. |
| groundcar n. | 1991 Barrayer 284 Not north toward their goal, but due south first, by groundcar into the next loyal District. |
| jump drive n. | 1986 Warrior’s Apprentice (1990) 167 The body of the jump drive, as the pilot and his viral control circuitry was its nervous system, was the pair of Necklin field generator rods that ran from one end of the ship to the other. |
| jump pilot n. | 1988 Falling Free 22 Each Jump pilot, neurologically wired to his ship to navigate the wavering realities of wormhole space, made two hops a day, inbound to Rodeo with empty pod bundles and back out again with cargo, followed by a day off; two months on duty followed by a month’s unpaid but compulsory gravity leave, usually financially augmented with shuttle duties. |
| jump pilot n. | 1986 Warrior’s Apprentice v. 64 You want to be a jump pilot. You can only be a jump pilot for an RG ship. This is the last RG ship. Ergo, what you need is this ship. So get it. |
| jumpship n. | 1998 Komarr 102 We went on a jumpship, to come here. It was a Vorsmythe Dolphin-class 776 with quadruple-vortex out-board control nacelles and dual norm-space thrusters and a crew of twelve. |
| laser cannon n. | 1998 Komarr xv. 214 Just like swatting flies with a laser cannon. The aim’s a bit tricky, but it sure takes care of the flies. |
| outworlder n. | 2012 Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance xvi. 260 ‘Imperial Regent for sixteen years, you know, when Emperor Gregor was a minor,’ Byerly charitably glossed for her outworlder benefit. ‘All of the work, none of the perks.’ |
| posthuman adj. | 2002 Diplomatic Immunity 191 At the core are the haut lords, who are, in effect, one giant genetics experiment in producing the post-human race. |
| slidewalk n. | 1986 Warrior's Apprentice (1997) 88 ‘It was my understanding, my lord,’ said Bothari severely as they left Daum’s hotel for the slidewalk, ‘that Pilot Officer Mayhew here was to transport your cargo’. |
| space v. 2 | 1990 Vor Game 171 Oser…studied Miles in silence for a full minute. At last one hand fell open, to point at the guard, who straightened attentively. ‘Space them,’ Oser ordered. |
| suited adj. | 2002 Diplomatic Immunity 266 The retreating suited figure raised a hand in acknowledgment. |
| Tau Cetan adj. | 1986 Warrior’s Apprentice v. 54 His good sense barely restrained him from making her an awkward present of a large ruffed Tau Cetan beaded lizard, bright as jewelry, that caught her eye. It had rather strict dietary requirements, and besides, Miles was not quite sure if the 50 kilo beast could be housebroken. |
| tight-beamed adj. | 2002 Diplomatic Immunity (2003) xviii. 338 The final disaster—his speeding ships intercepting tight-beamed news from Barrayar of diplomatic talks broken off upon the discovery, in a warehouse outside Vorbarr Sultana, of a thousand empty replicators apparently stolen from the Star Creche, their occupants gone. |
| tractor n. | 1986 Shards of Honor (1988) 269 The doctor attached a ’scope to his shoulder, and went fishing for the short circuit with a delicate surgical hand tractor. |
| tractor beam n. | 1990 Vor Game (1993) 268 The up-and-coming weapon for ship-to-ship fighting in the last couple of years seemed to be the gravitic imploder lance, a modification of tractor-beam technology; variously-designed artificial-gravity shields were still lagging behind in protection from it. |
| unsuit v. | 1987 Falling Free in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact Dec. 44/1 Later, as his students unsuited in the equipment locker, laughingand joking as they cleaned and stored their work suits, Leo drifted over to the silent and pale Tony. |
| vessel n. | 1986 Warrior’s Apprentice (1992) 102 Upon emergence into Tau Verde local space, all vessels will be approached and boarded for inspection. |
| warship n. | 2016 Gentleman Jole & the Red Queen xiii. 253 He stared around one last time at the creaky old warship as they all started to make their way to the flex tubes. |
| wormhole n. | 2015 Gentleman Jole & the Red Queen i. 1 Of more critical strategic interest, the four wormhole jump points that were its gateways to the greater galactic nexus. |