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Nessa

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review: Borders of Infinity
« on: April 18, 2007, 03:49:07 PM »
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Re: review: Borders of Infinity
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2007, 04:34:03 PM »
I love the Vorkosigan books, though I have to say that the later ones aren't as much fun for me.  I've read two of the stories out of this collection, the first and last but not the middle.  My sister warned me off it because of content.  What did you think of it?
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Re: review: Borders of Infinity
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2007, 05:08:26 PM »
There was a brief sexual episode, but it wasn't graphic. Not necessary to the story, certainly, but not really detracting. There wasn't really any profanity that I remember, either. It was a pretty clean read, comparatively.
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Re: review: Borders of Infinity
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2007, 08:55:00 PM »
I love all these books. Pretty much unreservedly.
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Re: review: Borders of Infinity
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2007, 04:53:12 PM »
I love all these books. Pretty much unreservedly.
I also.  I just re-read A Civil Campaign for probably the fifth time, and now I'm on Memory again.  I always seem to do them backwards.

 I can't give them a blanket recommendation for everybody, because of some of the content, but boy they're well-written.  Thoughtful, touching, at times very funny.   I'm impressed by how well she can evoke a sense of place with a few well-chosen words of description, and her dialog  is just perfect.   
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Re: review: Borders of Infinity
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2007, 04:14:33 AM »
This one sounds pretty intriguing. I may have to check this one out.
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