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The Vorkosigan Saga: Book 13

Memory (1996) (edit title/settings)

by Lois McMaster Bujold (Author) (edit contributors)

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Thanks to his quick-thinking staff, Miles Vorkosigan's first death won't be his last. But the next one might be. When he returns to military duty, Miles realizes that his late death seems to be having a great effect on him. Unfortunately, his weakness reveals itself at the wrong time and... read more

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  • “Miles <...>. Get that idiot boy in here, <...> Haven't you found him yet, Vorberg? It's not like you can mistake the hyperactive little shit.”
    Simon Illyan quoted by Vorberg
  • “It wasn't your life again you found, going on. It was your life anew.”
    Miles
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  • “You go on. You just go on. There's nothing more to it, and there's no trick to make it easier. You just go on.”
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  • I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose ... though not always what I pleased. His mother had often said, When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. She had emphasized the corollary of this axiom even more vehemently: when you desired a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.
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  • “Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.”
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  • “It's an inevitability. No trick. No choice. You just go on.”
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  • “I want ... my destiny, I guess. To be, or become, as fully me as I possibly can.”
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  • “Mm, not rescue, exactly. Rescue's consequence. Freedom. You give freedom away whenever you can. Is it because it's something you want yourself?”
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  • “'Most men,'” he quoted, “'are of naught more use in their lives but as machines for turning food into shit.'” Ivan cocked an eyebrow at him. “Who said that? Your grandfather?” “Leonardo da Vinci,”
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  • No, unjust to use his daily gift of breath to complain about his luck.
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  • would follow—'freedom is exactly what I don't want. Not in the sense of being aimless, or, or ... unemployed.” Especially not unemployed. “It's not free time that I want—the present moment
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  • on the end this time. Not fame, exactly, though recognition was some kind of important cement for it. But what you were was what you did. And I
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Organizations edit see section history

  • ImpSec: Imperial Security. The intelligence and security agency on Barraryar.
  • Dendarii Mercenaries: Mercenary space fleet founded by Miles

First Sentence edit see section history

Miles returned to consciousness with his eyes still closed.

Glossary edit see section history

  • Lord Auditor: Also known as "the Emperor's Voice". An office with great authority, kind of high position trouble shooter.
  • Memory chip: A neural implant that allows Simon Illyan to remember everything he's been through since it was implanted. He is a "vid recorder with legs".
  • Fast-penta: Truth drug

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 13 of 19 in The Vorkosigan Saga. (standard series)

Preceded by Mirror Dance, and followed by Komarr.

This is book 11 of 15 in The Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order). (standard series)

Preceded by Cetaganda, and followed by Komarr.

This is book 35 of 40 in SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection. (edition-based publisher list)

Preceded by Rats and Gargoyles, and followed by Only Begotten Daughter.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Lois McMaster Bujold (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0671877437
Page Count: 462

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