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The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)

Lois McMaster Bujold

Why we're reading this: Hugo Award Winner 1991
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Jun 17, 2022 Carlex rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Three and a half stars.

Good and very entertaining space opera. The next one soon ;-)

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Sep 29, 2017 Scott Firestone rated it really liked it

One thing we know about Miles Vorkosigan at this point: He has a problem with authority. It's not like he intends to be insubordinate. It's just that no one is as smart as he is, and he knows it. So why should he take orders from dummies?

Well, at the beginning of The Vor Game, Miles' authority issues cause him to end up stationed on a freezing backwater assignment. If he keeps his mouth shut, and does what he's supposed to, he can eventually come home. His best intentions to do just that run up ...more

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May 27, 2012 Richard Guion rated it really liked it

While I enjoyed The Warrior's Apprentice, I didn't love it enough to immediately read more of Miles Vorkosigan's adventures. Now after reading this novel, which won the Hugo, I'm a big fan. Miles is placed in many difficult and deadly situations that he needs to think his way out of. He even meets his "opposite number", a five foot tall blond woman named Cavilo, who is just as smart and cunning as Miles. She was such great fun to read and I hope she turns up later in the series. I also enjoyed M ...more

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Jan 27, 2015 Trice rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2024, scifi-fantasy, 2011, audio, library, 2015

Jan 25-Feb 4 2015 -still love this one, even though I've read it innumerable times at this point, though all in text until now I think - it's reached comfort read status, partly b/c it's Vorkosigan saga and partly b/c it's the only one I've found in paperback here so far. It's Gregor and Miles both finding their ways into places of utility and gifting. love.
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