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| Original Title: | The Vor Game |
| ISBN: | 0671720147 (ISBN13: 9780671720148) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #6, Vorkosigan Saga (Chronological) #5 |
| Characters: | Miles Vorkosigan |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel (1991), Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Overseas Novel (1997) |
Lois McMaster Bujold
Paperback | Pages: 346 pages Rating: 4.28 | 19929 Users | 744 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #6) |
| Author | : | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 346 pages |
| Published | : | April 30th 2002 by Baen Books (first published January 1st 1990) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Space. Space Opera. Fiction |
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A buddy read with Choko and Maria. Miles Vorkosigan graduated from the Military Academy despite his handicap. He hoped for a decent assignment, but his superiors thought he had an insubordination problem, so they decided a good way to fix it is to assign him to a remote place which in this case happened to be a military base on an island in the middle of nowhere, far in the north (read - cold).
First thing Miles did upon arriving was to insult the base Commander - albeit unintentionally. To be fair the Commander happened to be a real despot even by Barrayan standards, so Miles could not remain neutral for long.
Miles' adventures on the island constitute a story called Weatherman that was later incorporated in this novel - word by word.
The excitement started when the guy was removed from the base. Sufficient to say he ended up saving a couple of planets (including his own) and preventing a couple of wars. He ended up literally in the middle of the excitement without even trying, but getting beaten a lot in the process. My buddy readers mentioned that Miles' immediate superior officer can kiss their career good-by and I completely agree. Superior officers tend to end up trying - and failing - to clean up the mess the guy leaves in his wake.
The novel won a Hugo Award for Best Novel at the time when good writing and plot were more important than political leaning. To make a long story short the novel is good. Speaking about character development: Miles does first and foremost. I like the way the Barrayan Emperor was shown; unlike his previous appearance he behaved like a human being. Space battles, behind-the-scenes manipulations, people of the future with real human emotions and hopes, Miles overcoming yet another seemingly hopeless situation using just his head, good writing - what else a book need to be called good? Nothing; thus 4-star rating.Rating Regarding Books The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #6)
Ratings: 4.28 From 19929 Users | 744 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #6)
I'm marking this four stars only because Cordelia's Honor was five, and this isn't as good as that one (those two), but in a general range of excellence, five out of five, would read again."Miles, in one breath you just plotted to kill the emperor, cuckold him, accused your father of homosexuality, and suggested patricide. What's your encore?!""I wish I knew!"Jasmine and Stephanie reviewed this book saying they would die in a war for Gregor. I would absolutely die for Gregor. Poor little king.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
Young Miles is back. Hes completed his training at the Academy and hes hoping to get posted on a space battleship. But Miles has a problem with subordination and to prove he is worthy to serve he is required by his superiors to demonstrate he can do just that ie serve - in some backwater Arctic station for six months.So then Miles serves out his time in humility before being assigned to the pride of the Barrayan fleet The Prince Serg and.....yeah that didnt happen. That would be totally boring.
The Vor Game: Another madcap Miles adventureThis was another fast-paced, well-balanced, and very enjoyable adventure centering on Miles, his cousin Ivan, the Dendarii mercenaries, some very villainous villains (including a very clever and calculating femme fatale), and even young Emperor Gregor thrown into the mix. Once again Miles finds himself stumbling from one disastrous situation to another, always managing to squeak by his wits alone, knowing how to manipulate and outsmart rather than
This isn't my favorite of the Vorkosigan novels, though it has its moments: (view spoiler)[Gregor walking up to the plasma cannon and rescuing himself, for one. (hide spoiler)] It slows down seriously in the middle, and not in a good way. Even so, it sets things up nicely for the later books, and I love the character development, particularly how Miles relates to his superiors.
Buddy read with Choko and Evgeny. Though not really because this time I finished before they even started. Returning to this series is always like coming home and this time was no exception. It's a great way to just relax and forget about the real world. Because Miles just sweeps you away on his mad adventure. Even though I have read this book before many times I stayed up half the night (giggling and sometimes laughing out loud and waking the family) to finish it because I couldn't stop. The
This time Miles gets sent to (the Barrayian version of) a Siberian training base to see if he can't figure out that whole being a subordinate thing . . . because he's gotta learn to obey if he's ever gonna live the dream of serving on a starship, but what's a tiny-brittle-boned-hunch-backed-hyperactive-genius supposed to do when his commanding officer is on the verge of committing mass-murder (and creating a political disaster that could undermine his father's hard won carefully balanced
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