Mary Bertke
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Congratulations. You've just achieved the type of success in which Aral Vorkosigan is footnoted as being the father of Miles Vorkosigan. Or had you already reached that point?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I suspect the impact of engineers upon the world is rather greater than that of writers, but one must reflect who it is gets to write the accounts... :-) Engineers are quieter, their successes found in all the disasters that don't happen, and thus are never taken note of.
I do wish my dad could have lived to see some of my later successes -- he died a month after my first book was published, at which time it was by no means clear if this writing stuff was going to work out for me.
Ta, L.
I suspect the impact of engineers upon the world is rather greater than that of writers, but one must reflect who it is gets to write the accounts... :-) Engineers are quieter, their successes found in all the disasters that don't happen, and thus are never taken note of.
I do wish my dad could have lived to see some of my later successes -- he died a month after my first book was published, at which time it was by no means clear if this writing stuff was going to work out for me.
Ta, L.
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Craig H
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Probably greatly to your relief, space restrictions here limit the amateurish paean I would otherwise like to write to your talent. Anyway, after my latest reread, I liked that the less pressured pace of Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen let us get to know one of the best characters ever in more depth Do you think your muse will feature Cordelia in a sequel? Less a question than expressing hope. No reply necessary.
Lisa
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
You are my absolute favorite author. I love the Sharing Knife series so much! I read it a year ago right after my best friend passed away, and it brought me so much joy, and I still think about it often. My question is, do you appreciate 'Fan mail'? If so, to where could I send it or email it? Thank you!
Terngirl
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Thought you might be interested in the following journal special issue https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678519 Ethics of Ectogenesis: The editors of Bioethics are pleased to announce a special issue on the Ethics of Ectogenesis (artificial wombs). Given that so many of your works deal with ethics, and you presaged / predicted artificial wombs, it might be right up your alley! Hope you enjoy?
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