SvetlanaP
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Did you come up with the line "I'll trade you one Mark for the Commodore's 18 million" before or after you named the character himself? It's always been one of my favourite lines in the series because of the coincidence & brilliance needed for it to work, so I've always wondered how much of a coincidence it really was. Either way, thank you for writing books with such awesome & quotable lines!
Lois McMaster Bujold
That was serendipity. I do not remember at what point I gave Cordelia's late dad his full name, from which Mark's (and Miles's) actually come, whether it was in BiA or earlier. (Well, Da Naismith's first name of course came much earlier, when Miles was named after him.) The unit of money was also named way earlier. Though if my belatedly seized inspiration looks like long-laid planning, so much the better.
Ta, L.
That was serendipity. I do not remember at what point I gave Cordelia's late dad his full name, from which Mark's (and Miles's) actually come, whether it was in BiA or earlier. (Well, Da Naismith's first name of course came much earlier, when Miles was named after him.) The unit of money was also named way earlier. Though if my belatedly seized inspiration looks like long-laid planning, so much the better.
Ta, L.
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Tara Bozarth
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I can understand you not wanting to write another book. I was rereading Brother in Arms and Mirror Dance; seems they would have been intense. And all your newer books are full sized. Have you thought about a series of short stories or novellas to continue the Miles universe? A little Miles, a little Simon or Alys, a little Cordelia, a little Ivan, a little Gregor? Or even focus on little stories about their children?
Laure Reminick
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
There's a story I don't think I've ever found. In the list of Miles' stories, it's when he's 25. And the blurb says it involves Simon, changing bones for Miles and in a hospital, and foiling a plot against his father. Supposedly, the title is Borders of Infinity, but that story is about a Cetagandan prison camp, according to the collection Miles Errant. Am I missing something?
Conniption Virtue
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Dear Lois, Myself and several people I showed it to) said "Parade red-and-blues!" (For people who haven't read those books yet, this is re: Barrayar/Vorkosigan.) They appear to be costumes for the the Visconti film 'Ludwig' set in 1864; I hope you enjoy the picture, plus I include an algorithm question mark? https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6810/119319383.1c7/0_8e8e3_33f63b4e_XL.jpg
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