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Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

September 12, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is the origin story of Cordelia Naismith and Aral Vorkosigan as we find them meeting and falling in love against all odds after a violent first encounter. I don’t remember if i read this before or after I first read The Warrior’s Apprentice (I think after), and this is the first time I’ve reread it. My copy is packaged with Barryar, the sequel to this novel, and that seems fitting. The two other first novels by Lois McMaster Bujold, this and The Warrior’s Apprentice, […]

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vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:514 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: lois mcmaster nujold, shards of honor ·
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Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

May 20, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

In which Miles Vorkosigan goes grocery shopping. It’s a pretty good general go to to take your expert pilot/ warrior/ rogue….etc and make them do something regular. Think: Nebula playing paper football. There’s a funny scene in this one where Miles is back on Barryar, living on his own for the first time, and having to buy his own groceries. He’s also thinking about what are his non-military, non-spy, non-smuggler career options are. He considers how much money he could make selling eggs — recalling […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: lois mcmaster nujold, memory

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:283 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: lois mcmaster nujold, memory ·
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