Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order), #16.
Cordelia (Vicereine of Sergyar) makes a new life for herself some years after her husband Aral passes away.
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"Sucks some days, to have all these boys with guns and not be allowed to shoot anybody. It could be so cathartic."
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"Blurf...?" said Cordelia, her eyes springing wide.
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How did a man manage to be both gormless and patronizing simultaneously?
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"Er...what exactly do you mean by dating? In this context."
"Screwing, dear," Cordelia replied, in her flattest Betan tones.
"...Ah." He added after a moment, "Thank you for the clarification."
Penric and Desdemona (Chronological), #1-3.
Three Penric stories, very good!
Penric's Demon (Penric and Desdemona, #1)
Penric and The Shaman (Penric and Desdemona, #2)
Penric's Fox (Penric and Desdemona, #5)
Three Penric stories.
Penric's Mission (Penric and Desdemona, #3)
Mira's Last Dance (Penric and Desdemona, #4)
The Prisoner Of Limnos (Penric and Desdemona, #6) Very enjoyable!
A washed-up wreck from the wars begs a job in the scullery at the castle where he used to be a page. Gets job as tutor to princess. First book in Chalion series.
"Where are you?" Ivan demanded suspiciously. "Stuck in limbo." "Well, I don't want any of it stuck to me," said Ivan roughly, and punched off-line.
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I can't believe this. Trapped in Ryoval's basement with a sex- starved teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial training manuals...
A boy travels from Ireland to America, part of the way, on the good ship Titanic. Good story, but why do I not have any other Bunting books on my list, eh?
Thai police detective investigates the death of an American Marine, with the help of an FBI agent. Lots of Buddhist thoughts. Snakes. Observation on the Thai sex industry.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Glyph -- A symbol, such as a stylized figure or arrow on a public sign, that imparts information nonverbally. (pg. 307)
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The new age of biotechnology will require a highly developed intuition which operates outside of logic, and anyway the internal destruction of Western society will have reached such a pass that most of your resources will be concentrated on managing loonies. -- pg. 153
I thought I saw the movie in 1968 or '69, which would have meant I saw it with Maureen, but it turns out that it was released in 1972. Which complicates things, as I was dating four or five women that year, three of whom I could have taken to the movie. I wish I had kept a diary!
The author, in his introduction, mentions a glossary. At least, I thought he did. Now, I can find no mention of it.