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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Why, it seems, are so few of the famous SF authors not writing lately?
Lois McMaster Bujold
They're distracted by the internet? It takes a long time to get famous, and at that point, they're old and tired? People don't write as fast as you imagine? Your question is rhetorical, sure, but really, your guess is as good as mine.
There is certainly no shortage of new writers with new works, so I don't think you risk running out of books soon.
Although I do note, the sort of cutting edge and science speculation that only SF used to bring to isolated readers can now be found online in abundance with the real thing, real science doing amazing things that its practitioners are delighted to show you. Hard to compete with that, or even keep up.
Ta, L.
(Also, this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... )
They're distracted by the internet? It takes a long time to get famous, and at that point, they're old and tired? People don't write as fast as you imagine? Your question is rhetorical, sure, but really, your guess is as good as mine.
There is certainly no shortage of new writers with new works, so I don't think you risk running out of books soon.
Although I do note, the sort of cutting edge and science speculation that only SF used to bring to isolated readers can now be found online in abundance with the real thing, real science doing amazing things that its practitioners are delighted to show you. Hard to compete with that, or even keep up.
Ta, L.
(Also, this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... )
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Andrew
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
How do your family and friends relate to you and your writing? I imagine they would enjoy a special understanding of your thoughts, feelings, and values from reading your work. For instance, my wife and I have both completed the Vorkosigan saga and I've taken to quoting to her, apropos of family matters, "all true wealth is biological", which benefits from what we've both experienced in the novels.
Robbi Holman
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I have a small readership of some very narrow work (callback to our discussion of Mark & Kareen), and some of my readers are very pushy. Sometimes they try to bully me into making my characters become a certain way or do certain things. Does anyone ever try to get into your head to try to direct your characters and if so, do you ignore them or think about what they've asked/demanded?
Christopher Winter
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Not sure if you saw yet, but you show up as an answer (incorrect, alas) in a NY Times Book Review Quiz: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/16/books/review/adventure-movie-novels.html I hope some curious quiz-takers will look up your books! And because I need a question mark...?
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