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  • I was born in Vorónezh in 1870; my childhood and youth were spent almost entirely in the country on my father's estates.

    Ivan Bunin - Autobiography 1933

  • The new material, known as Vor-x, was initially developed at Princeton University.

    TG Daily 2010

  • The Vulcan stood where indicated, and Kirk remained under the D'Vor's wing.

    The Fate of the Phoenix Culbreath, Myrna 1979

  • Your turn: Dragaeran houses, or Barrayaran Vor families, or any other themed tea things you'd like.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway 2009

  • Lois McMaster Bujold used this story in one of her Miles Vorkosigan stories, The Vor Game, I think.

    March 10th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • I must say that I enjoyed this, and last month's The Vor Game, which won the year before Barrayar sufficiently that I may go back now and reread the whole lot, perhaps just in time for the new one before it comes out.

    May Books 6-7) Cordelia's Honor / Shards of Honor + Barrayar, by Lois McMaster Bujold nwhyte 2010

  • Bujold's portrayal of a rule-bound society which is trying to adapt to the outside world, and which is run by actual human beings who occasionally just want to run away from it all, is what really makes the series (and gives The Vor Game its title) - my favourite character in this book is Gregor, worried that he may not be up to the job but proving himself both sexually and politically.

    The Eleventh Hour nwhyte 2010

  • I've read the Sharing Knife series and loved it, although I think Chalion is still my favorite fantasy series by Bujold (you can tell by my tag that I am a huge Vor [sci-fi] fan as well lol).

    Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2010

  • Having said that, the competition that year was not especially intense (see below) and I wonder if there might not have been an element of rewarding Bujold not just for The Vor Game but for her work to date, and particularly for the Dendarii stories.

    The Eleventh Hour nwhyte 2010

  • Bibliotheken von konkreter Vor einigen Tagen haben wir in unserem dem Herd gewidmeten Blog auf den verschiedenen Möglichkeiten gesprochen, die existieren, um Milieus zu teilen, Regale benutzend.

    Modular bookshelves and room dividers by Permafrost and Katharina Styren 2009

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