Gard Evyr

Gard Evyr asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Lois, what is your personal favorite cover of all your books' covers, and why? Maybe you might demur on the question out of fear of inadvertently disparaging some artist or another, but it doesn't have to be the cover with the best art per se, but simply your own personal favorite for what might be a sentimental or personal reason?

Lois McMaster Bujold Including translations, I've had probably hundreds of covers over the years. A large selection may be seen here:

https://vorkosigan.fandom.com/wiki/Sp...

And some older ones here:

http://www.dendarii.co.uk/Covers/

So the question is probably harder to answer than you'd think.

Among the early Baen covers, the original cover for Memory stood out, possibly because I'm partial to blue. Paladin of Souls was perhaps the best from HarperCollins. The upcoming one for the Subterranean edition of "Knife Children", which no one has yet seen, is an unusually fine character portrayal. The Japanese covers have their own style, well worth taking a look at. And so on; see links above.

Ta, L.

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Callie Hornbuckle asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

As a new fan of yours, I thank you for your wonderful novels! As a new mother, I greatly appreciated your treatment of childbirth in Barrayar - it was refreshingly realistic for the genre, even down to the infant breastfeeding shortly after delivery. This detail lead to some curiosity about uterine replicators, however. Do those who make use of the replicators ever breastfeed? Lactation-inducing drugs, perhaps?

Shaun Rosel

Shaun Rosel asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Hi Lois, I've just started reading your Vorkosigan books (only 2 so far) but I absolutely love them. I'm the type of person that really enjoys looking up the reading order of long series and tackling them as the author intended, I've read your recommendation here on goodreads and appreciate the clarification from you. I have a 2 part question (EDIT character limit please see following separate messages)?

Marie

Marie asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Have you ever thought about writing about Barrayar's rediscovery? I imagine an excited Betan Astronomical Survey thinking they'd discovered a new planet, then being utterly stumped. Or the locals, suddenly being visited from outer space! (I'm surprised I haven't found any fanfic dealing with that).

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