Matthew Kilpatrick
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Has anyone ever approached you about adapting any of your work to film/television?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Alas, no one (so far) actually capable of doing so. It takes, not a script writer or wannabe writer, but a producer with, or with control of, more money than I've ever seen in my life to make even the most modest adaptation. These folks, very limited in number, are understandably choosy about what they bet their bank upon.
My literary agent has a media rights agent who handles these things, findable through Spectrum or, I suppose, if one is in the know about the media biz. (Which is not me.) As they've not succeeded in licensing my work in a quarter century (and they have tried!), I'm no longer holding my breath. Though they have been successful in not tying my work up with folks who can't actually, in both senses, produce, so that's a plus.
Ta, L.
Alas, no one (so far) actually capable of doing so. It takes, not a script writer or wannabe writer, but a producer with, or with control of, more money than I've ever seen in my life to make even the most modest adaptation. These folks, very limited in number, are understandably choosy about what they bet their bank upon.
My literary agent has a media rights agent who handles these things, findable through Spectrum or, I suppose, if one is in the know about the media biz. (Which is not me.) As they've not succeeded in licensing my work in a quarter century (and they have tried!), I'm no longer holding my breath. Though they have been successful in not tying my work up with folks who can't actually, in both senses, produce, so that's a plus.
Ta, L.
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Jonathan Palfrey
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
Although I highly appreciate some of your Vorkosigan novels, on the whole I tend to prefer the World of the Five Gods—perhaps partly because it’s so European (apart from its theology, which I actually prefer to Christianity). Out of curiosity, I just checked, and in this world you never use the expression “freshen up”, which seems to appear without fail in the works of most American authors. Congratulations?
Tim Peter
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
No question, really, just a quick comment. I first read "The Weatherman" in Analog magazine some thirty-odd years ago and just finished GJ&RQ last week. In between, you've provided me countless hours of reading pleasure. While I hope to read many, many, (is a third "many" too many?) more of your writings for years to come, I also want to say "thank you" for all the great work you've done. Ta!
Alexandra
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello, I hope my question isn't offensive. But I was talking to another person who also read your books (I don't think she counts as a fan), and she complained that Miles thought about sex too much -- she was referring to the Borders of Infinity scene, I think. Do you think she's just underestimating how much the average guy thinks about it, since they supposedly think about it every few seconds?
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