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message 1: by ShoSho , Moderator (last edited Jul 28, 2013 02:44PM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments

Between the seemingly impossible tasks of living up to his warrior-father's legend and surmounting his own physical limitations, Miles Vorkosigan faces some truly daunting challenges.

Shortly after his arrival on Beta Colony, Miles unexpectedly finds himself the owner of an obsolete freighter and in more debt than he ever thought possible. Propelled by his manic "forward momentum," the ever-inventive Miles creates a new identity for himself as the commander of his own mercenary fleet to obtain a lucrative cargo; a shipment of weapons destined for a dangerous warzone.

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Note from the Author's website:

The Warrior’s Apprentice and The Vor Game (with, perhaps, the novella “The Mountains of Mourning” tucked in between.) The Warrior’s Apprentice introduces the character who became the series’ linchpin, Miles Vorkosigan; the first book tells how he created a space mercenary fleet by accident; the second how he fixed his mistakes from the first round. Space opera and military-esque adventure (and a number of other things one can best discover for oneself), The Warrior’s Apprentice makes another good place to jump into the series for readers who prefer a young male protagonist.

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Gisela, Vi and I will be reading this around around August 11. While it's book 2 in the publication order and book 4 in the chronological order, the author has written this series so that each book can stand on its on. Feel free to join us, this book is the first book in Miles Naismith Vorkosigan adventures .


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Reserved


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Are you happy with the date?


message 4: by Gisela, Moderator (new) - rated it 5 stars

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments I'm so in!


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments It has the weirdest covers of all time!!! I was going to say which one you like best but I think it's better to ask which one is the weirdest ? Heeheeee


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Are you going to start on the 11th? Earlier or later?


message 7: by Vi (new) - rated it 4 stars

Vi ShoSho, thanks for the PM. I thought the thread wasn't set up yet.

It long weekend here in SIngapore starting Thursday. Hubby and I are taking advantage of it. We should be back by 11 but I'll be able to start only on 12. But that's ok. I'll quickly catch up. I already loaded the book into my Kindle.


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments I'll start on the 11th too .


message 9: by Gisela, Moderator (new) - rated it 5 stars

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments I'll start the 11th too.


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Poor Miles! I just finished chapter two


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments I'm reading chapter 6 .I'm loving this so far! I feel for Miles. There were 2 things that made my heart ache for him .
one where he was thinking about when he was 15 and (view spoiler) and the other one when his father was in his room (view spoiler)


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Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments I'll start this tonight!


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments I think I'm at 65%


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments The only thing in my head reading this has been "poor Miles" and "poor Elena" !!


message 15: by Vi (new) - rated it 4 stars

Vi I'm starting this today.


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Great :D I'm going to finish today.
Can't for your opinions !


message 17: by Gisela, Moderator (new) - rated it 5 stars

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments Finished Ch.6. Miles is a wonderful hero!


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Isn't he great? I love him.


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Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments Ch.15- This is a disaster! If Bothari sees her...


message 20: by Gisela, Moderator (last edited Aug 14, 2013 09:42AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments *sniff* :'( What will Miles do now?! Bothari was his safety net. From Bothari's requests I knew it was coming, but still...


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Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments I'm done! Wonderful book.


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments The only thing I didn't like in the whole book was Elena's reaction to(view spoiler) I think he deserved better .


message 23: by Vi (new) - rated it 4 stars

Vi I'm done till Chapter 13. Miles is such a great character. It's so good to read a very flawed hero. The only thing I'm not onboard is Miles' feelings towards Elena. Why do I get the feeling she's not going to reciprocate?

And it's very very hard not to click the spoilers. I'm going back to reading it..


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments You can read that spoiler after finishing chapter 15 ;)


message 25: by Vi (new) - rated it 4 stars

Vi I just finished the book and it was awesome.

I didn't expect that Bothari development. And I agree- Elena's reaction was horrible. Bothari certainly did deserve better. Miles this time chewed more than he should have. Poor Bothari.

Coming to Miles - he's an awesome awesome character. It was like reading a romp; never knowing what was happening next.


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments So next book?
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6) by Lois McMaster Bujold ?when?


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Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments Yes, Bothari certainly deserved better. I think he was as much a victim of Vorrutyer and Prince Serg as Elena Visconti was.


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Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments We can read the next one anytime after the Dresden Read.


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments There is a novella between these 2 The Mountains Of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold . I'm going to read this one before The Vor Game.


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Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments Oh! I got that one as a freebie a while back! Woohoo! Are you going to comment about it on this thread or create a new one?


message 31: by ShoSho , Moderator (new) - rated it 5 stars

ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments no not a separate thread .I think either on this one or the one we'll have for the Vor Game.
I don't have it yet ,though.


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Huh ,my library has it .I'm good to go


message 33: by Vi (new) - rated it 4 stars

Vi Gisela wrote: "Yes, Bothari certainly deserved better. I think he was as much a victim of Vorrutyer and Prince Serg as Elena Visconti was."

So true. And Elena doesn't even bother getting more info about Bothari. I mean, he was employed by Aral & Cordelia and the least she could do is talk with them about it. Instead, she jumps into such a half-baked conclusion. Gah. Didn't like her at all after that.


message 34: by Vi (new) - rated it 4 stars

Vi I'm good to go with the books too. When do you want to start the Vor Game?


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Monday?:D


message 36: by Vi (new) - rated it 4 stars

Vi Works for me :D I have it on my kindle


message 38: by Gisela, Moderator (new) - rated it 5 stars

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments When would you do MoM?


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments On sunday or monday morning , depending on when I finish the Dresden book!


message 40: by Gisela, Moderator (new) - rated it 5 stars

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments Which reminds me I need to get to that book!


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ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments Gisela wrote: "Which reminds me I need to get to that book!"

It's so good , I can't guess what's going to happen in this one!

Do you want to move the discussion of MoM to the other thread?


message 42: by Gisela, Moderator (new) - rated it 5 stars

Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments Either one is good.


message 43: by ShoSho , Moderator (new) - rated it 5 stars

ShoSho  (shoshost) | 12263 comments let's move to the other one


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Gisela (chicadorlando) | 4022 comments ok


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