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Reading Rangers #8: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Hello, Rangers! This month, we’re diving back into the Vorkosiverse with Mirror Dance! Our team of Rangers, Paul, Trish, and Kate, dig into one of the most life-altering books of the series: a book which contains a major death, even more conversations on the ethics of cloning, some truly traumatic scenes, and much, much more. Next time in our journey through the Vorkosigan Adventures, we’ll discuss Memory, which is Alex’s favorite book in the series (they’ll no doubt be making an appearance). We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Show Notes: Mirror Dance Chronological Reading Order of The Vorkosigan Saga (though we’re not totally using this) Memory Feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.
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Hello, Rangers! This month, we’re diving back into the Vorkosiverse with Mirror Dance! Our team of Rangers, Paul, Trish, and Kate, dig into one of the most life-altering books of the series: a book which contains a major death, even more conversations on the ethics of cloning, some truly traumatic scenes, and much, much more. Next time in our journey through the Vorkosigan Adventures, we’ll discuss Memory, which is Alex’s favorite book in the series (they’ll no doubt be making an appearance). We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Show Notes: Mirror Dance Chronological Reading Order of The Vorkosigan Saga (though we’re not totally using this) Memory Feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Dimension” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.
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