Article about Miles Vorkosigan and neurodivergence

[sasha_feather]

Ira Gladkova at Uncanny Magazine:

Miles Vorkosigan and “Excellent Life Choices”: (Neuro)Divergence and Decision-Making in Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga.

https://uncannymagazine.com/article/miles-vorkosigan-and-excellent-life-choices-neurodivergence-and-decision-making-in-bujolds-vorkosigan-saga/

Contains spoilers for all of the books, particularly for the book "Memory".

Making good life choices is hard. Making good life choices when you’re neurodivergent is damn hard. Perhaps the most relatable and engaging such struggle I’ve read is that of Miles Vorkosigan, from Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga. Miles and his “excellent life choices” entertain, astound, and horrify me even as they dig at something deep inside my bipolar, ADHD brain.

Disabled People Destroy SF is Live

[jesse_the_k]

Ira's essay on Miles' neurodivergence (previous post)is just one of many interesting things in

Uncanny Magazine 24: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!

It's available for free:
https://uncannymagazine.com/issues/uncanny-magazine-issue-twenty-four/

This special issue includes thirteen stories, nine poems, forty essays by SF creators and readers, and two interviews. Uncanny also produces audio excerpts in podcasts. One can support the magazine by purchasing ebook editions–details at the site.

( destruction in context )