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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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Jul 06, 2013 Jim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1audio, 3series, 2fiction, scifi

Great reader, tangled web, & Miles is like a spastic spider running through it all. It's a lot of fun as Miles deals with his insubordination issues - not particularly well as most would guess. He does try hard, though. It's not his fault they give him the wrong orders. (His words, not mine.)

It's a series & if you want to find out more about it, I suggest you read it in chronological order. The list is here:
http://www.goodreads.com/series/98254...

It's much better than the published order. Bujold ...more

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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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Aug 20, 2008 Jim rated it liked it

Shelves: scifi, 3series, 2fiction, 1paper

I read this in paper format too long ago to review, but later listened to it as an audio book. That review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ...more

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