Mai-Anh
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
In "Komarr," Miles reflects that Nikki having had Vorzohn's Dystrophy will bar him from military service as a jump pilot even if he gets treated before he shows symptoms. The clinic said that with retrogenes, he would never develop symptoms, so is there a reason the treated disease would render him ineligible for joining the Service? Or is it ingrained Barryaran prejudice about mutations, just being slow to change?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Slow to change; standards for military pilots tend to be stricter; and employers generally want to duck any perceived risk of health-care costs.
Ta, L.
Slow to change; standards for military pilots tend to be stricter; and employers generally want to duck any perceived risk of health-care costs.
Ta, L.
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Are Kou and Drou’s four daughters the luck of the draw or a deliberate choice? Would knowing how dire the sex ratio had become outweigh the cultural pressure of wanting a son to carry on the family name? Or did they not want to subject a commoner son, no matter how close to the Regent, to having to compete with Vor sons for the available women, given pressure to marry “up”?
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
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Reading "Masquerade in Lodi" today, for the ninth time, it occurs to me that so far you've given us only one night of Penric's residence in Lodi (I don't know how long he stayed there). Do you think you might go back there sometime, or are you done with it? It would be nice to see the characters again, if they happen to fit into some other story.
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