''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.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." The concept for the cover art was designed by Bujold herself. The eARC was released for sale by Baen Books on October 21, 2015. The paper edition was published in February 2016. 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 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

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'', Annalee Newitz declared it to be "one of the most realistic and funny novels you'll ever read about space colonization",Time to try the Vorkosigan Saga—you’ve never read science fiction like this
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''; 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.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

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, but noted that it was "more comforting than exciting" and would "work best for readers who don’t expect interstellar

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." Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
reviewed at '' Publishers Weekly''; published December 21, 2015; retrieved May 26, 2017

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