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Most of my uni books were borrowed from the library. I only bought a few, which I still have.
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I read the latest Bujold of the The Vorkosigan Saga and it was pretty bad.
Gentleman Jole and the Red QueenLast edited by rah; August 4, 2016, 16:46.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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Not to further derail the discussion, my problem with it is not so much the writing as it
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That being said I fully admit my (academish) textbooks are used as eyecatcher more than for actual research.
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It is sad, but then Bujold and Cherryh and Wolfe are all old or very old and had a lot of amazing books in them.
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Couldn't agree more MB. There were a few interesting bits but where the heck was it going. I kept expecting something to happen, and it never did.
Quite disappointing.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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I listened to a chunk of Ethan of Athos a few years back but stopped for reasons that may or may not have had to do with the book itself. Do you guys have any recommendations for entry into the Vorkosigan Saga?Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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The earlier ones were my favorites so start there.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
RIP Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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The Saga starts before Miles is born... I like the books he's in the best.Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
The Warrior's Apprentice
The Vor Game
Cetaganda
These are the three books he is in that fall right before Ethan of Athos in the timeline.Keep on Civin'
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I'll modify my opinion and agree with Ming. He is the star character in the series.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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It is his saga.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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Not completely. Its the family saga. He only has a cameo (or non leading) role in many of the books.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
RIP Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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I can't read, only write, so I have no use for books
I was one of the "keep everything" guys for long, but after years got fed up with having lotsa stuff around I hardly ever looked into again, so got rid of large chunks then, both "normal" reading like novels and "knowledge" books.BlahComment
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Still own some. Never use them. My wife has more that she never uses as well.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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I kept 'em all, including my notes, and have been carting them from house to house to live in boxes in garages for over 20 years. Virtually no re-reading.Comment
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One should keep a copy of Chemistry 101 by Bernard Garnell in the trunk of one's car... just in case.Comment
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