LMB Quote Game

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:40 pm

Book is Cetaganda
He/I, an officer and a nobleman, is Lieutenant Lord Vorkosigan a.k.a. Miles

Tasteless is the view of Eta Ceta from orbit, especially the night side, all covered with city light 'like a woman weighted down with too much jewelry".

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:42 pm

Correct

. A Sherlock and next question

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voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:04 am

X suppressed a facetious set-up starting with, Kneel and knock your forehead three times on the floor before speaking, that's what the General Staff does, and said instead, "Just stand up straight and speak the truth. Try to be clear. He'll take it from there. He does not, after all" X's lips twitched "lack experience."

Book?
Who is X,
Whom does X talk to?
Who is "He"?

Bonus:
In a later book, X is reminded of this exchange by the person talked to here.
What book? You must give some context to win the bonus.

Post by **Ghost** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:07 am

The Mountains of Mourning, Miles (x), he is talking to Harra (the mourning mother), and Count Vorkosigan is the "he".

I don't know the answer to the bonus question.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:46 am

Correct. You get one sherlock and the next question.
So now there are two bonuses for grabs, this one and the one here.

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:53 pm

voralfred wrote: Bonus:
In a later book, X is reminded of this exchange by the person talked to here.
What book? You must give some context to win the bonus.

Memory, when Miles visited Harra's daughter's grave. When he asked Harra how she survived.
I don't know is that enough

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voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:21 pm

Your answer is correct, but insufficient for the bonus. Maybe I was not clear enough. Why, exactly, did Harra remind Miles of this particular sentence he had told her?

And what about the old bonus? Any idea?
Hints: one allusion is so short that one cannot know what it is about without knowing a lot of context. The other allusion... how to put it.... comes out of context!

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:29 pm

voralfred wrote:Your answer is correct, but insufficient for the bonus. Maybe I was not clear enough. Why, exactly, did Harra remind Miles of this particular sentence he had told her?

Old exchange is: Stand straight and speak truth. Miles lied, so Harra remind him his own words

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:34 pm

Reede Kullervo wrote:
voralfred wrote:Your answer is correct, but insufficient for the bonus. Maybe I was not clear enough. Why, exactly, did Harra remind Miles of this particular sentence he had told her?
Old exchange is: Stand straight and speak truth. Miles lied, so Harra remind him his own words

Exactly!!
One half point for you!

risi · Post by **risi** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:50 am

voralfred wrote:And what about the old bonus? Any idea?
Hints: one allusion is so short that one cannot know what it is about without knowing a lot of context. The other allusion... how to put it.... comes out of context!

voralfred wrote:Edit: seriously now, I decided I could add a bonus question:

LMB does not describe the operation, but alludes to it in two more different boooks. Just naming these books is not enough, you have to give some context; how much context is for me to decide.

Well the operation is the "Sector IV" affair. In BiA, Miles is saved from Destang's anger because a mercenary fleet has turned to piracy and hijacking, and were holding passengers from a Tau Cetan vessel hostage, including some Barrayarans. The Sector IV affair is also referenced in the glue pages of Borders of Infinity, since it was the operation Miles returned from with broken arms, but I'm not quite certain if it is actually named. I think we know it was the Sector IV affair primarily from the chronological sequence. Finally, in Memory, when Illyan's chip is failing he keeps coming back to the rescue of the passengers, but again I'm not sure if it's referred to as Sector IV or just as the hijacked Tau Cetan ship. I think the important passenger was Lady Vorvane and her children (I think it was Vorvane without the y, whereas Ekaterin was Vorvayne with the y, but this is from memory).

voralfred wrote:Where are all the other players, Blackwing, risi, clong.... ?

Sorry for my long absences. I have health problems so my participation is erratic. Unfortunately, that's not likely to change. But my addiction to LMB isn't going to change either, so I do keep coming back!

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:04 pm

risi wrote: Well the operation is the "Sector IV" affair. In BiA, Miles is saved from Destang's anger because a mercenary fleet has turned to piracy and hijacking, and were holding passengers from a Tau Cetan vessel hostage, including some Barrayarans. The Sector IV affair is also referenced in the glue pages of Borders of Infinity, since it was the operation Miles returned from with broken arms, but I'm not quite certain if it is actually named. I think we know it was the Sector IV affair primarily from the chronological sequence. Finally, in Memory, when Illyan's chip is failing he keeps coming back to the rescue of the passengers, but again I'm not sure if it's referred to as Sector IV or just as the hijacked Tau Cetan ship. I think the important passenger was Lady Vorvane and her children (I think it was Vorvane without the y, whereas Ekaterin was Vorvayne with the y, but this is from memory).

Well, this is exactly what I was expecting.
You are quite right, in the "glue pages" of BoI, Illyan does not say explicitly what mission he is referring to, but from the chronology it can only be the Sector IV affair (this is clearer in the chronology appended at the end of the books than in the text itself). And in Memory, even if "Sector IV" is not mentioned, it is clearly the same mission.

So you get the 1/2 point bonus!

risi wrote:
voralfred wrote:Where are all the other players, Blackwing, risi, clong.... ?
Sorry for my long absences. I have health problems so my participation is erratic. Unfortunately, that's not likely to change. But my addiction to LMB isn't going to change either, so I do keep coming back!

Well, I do hope you'll get better eventually. And we'll always enjoy your coming back.

Post by **Ghost** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:06 am

All,

Sorry for the delay

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"Something. Then a nap," she decided.

She (X), who she is tlaking ot (Y), and book.

You can post whatever "somthing" as you wish.

risi · Post by **risi** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:07 pm

Ghost wrote:All,

Sorry for the delay .

"Something. Then a nap," she decided.
She (X), who she is tlaking ot (Y), and book.

You can post whatever "somthing" as you wish.

She (X) is Taura talking to (Y) Miles. The book is Memory. She is acting as bodyguard escorting him back to Barrayar. They've just finished eating and are going back to bed

Post by **Ghost** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:20 pm

Correct -

- you're up!

risi · Post by **risi** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:33 pm

XXX's eyes glinted amusement. xxx1 came to attention and returned Miles an ironic, deliberate salute. "Yes, sir -- Admiral Naismith."

Book?
Who is XXX? (xxx1 is just the pronoun for XXX)
Why is XXX amused?

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:03 pm

risi wrote:
XXX's eyes glinted amusement. xxx1 came to attention and returned Miles an ironic, deliberate salute. "Yes, sir -- Admiral Naismith."
Book?
Who is XXX? (xxx1 is just the pronoun for XXX)
Why is XXX amused?

Warrior's Apprentice
Baz
Because of "meaning is what you bring from things not what you take from things" Aral's words

risi · Post by **risi** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:23 pm

Correct!

I think this is the first time that Miles is actually addressed as Admiral Naismith!

Next quote is yours!

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:58 pm

"Xxx - a friend of mine used to say, "Aim high. You may still miss the target but at least you wonâ€™t shoot your foot off.""

Book?
Who is Xxx?
Who is quoting Xxx?
To whom?

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:11 am

I recognize the quote at once:
Xxx is Elli Qu- aka Elli Quinn quoted by Miles to Ekaterin -which is why he cut the name in the middle- about terraforming planets rather than designing gardens.
But I had to check which book. It is Komarr, not Civil Campaign.

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:54 pm

voralfred wrote:I recognize the quote at once:
Xxx is Elli Qu- aka Elli Quinn quoted by Miles to Ekaterin -which is why he cut the name in the middle- about terraforming planets rather than designing gardens.
But I had to check which book. It is Komarr, not Civil Campaign.

Correct

. But that was about planning Ekatarin's future

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Your quote

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voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:02 pm

He's mine. A prisoner, on the run, trailed by God-knows-what enemies, suicidally depressed, and all mine.
XXX choked down a lunatic cackle.

Book?
Who is XXX?
Italics means this is a thought, not a dialogue. Whom is XXX thinking about?

Blackwing · Post by **Blackwing** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:52 pm

Book? Vor Game
Who is XXX? Miles
Italics means this is a thought, not a dialogue. Whom is XXX thinking about? Gregor

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:41 pm

Exactly!
One sherlock and the next question is yours!

Blackwing · Post by **Blackwing** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:29 am

"Are you choosing a wife or buying a horse?"

Book?
Who is talking and to whom?
Who is being talked about?

Reede Kullervo · Post by **Reede Kullervo** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:28 pm

Civil campaigne
Mark to Miles
Ekaterin