Josh
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
For people starting to follow your work in the 80s, would they have been able to read Aftermaths in the Far Frontiers publication before Shards of Honor was officially published? I'm about to dive into your work and am entertaining the idea of starting with Aftermaths, but only if the above is true.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Start with Shards of Honor. The short story "Aftermaths" is appended at the back in its proper chronological place, as a sort of codicil chapter.
It was written after Shards -- Jim Baen pubbed it in advance in what he called his "paperback magazine" Far Frontiers to try to give brand-new writer me a bit of an introduction to readers a month before the novel was due to be first published, for PR.
Are your reading the series for the first time, and are you aiming to follow publication or internal-chronological order?
Internal-chronological order (as well as pub order) is presently listed here:
https://vorkosigan.fandom.com/wiki/Th...
Hope you enjoy!
Ta, L.
Start with Shards of Honor. The short story "Aftermaths" is appended at the back in its proper chronological place, as a sort of codicil chapter.
It was written after Shards -- Jim Baen pubbed it in advance in what he called his "paperback magazine" Far Frontiers to try to give brand-new writer me a bit of an introduction to readers a month before the novel was due to be first published, for PR.
Are your reading the series for the first time, and are you aiming to follow publication or internal-chronological order?
Internal-chronological order (as well as pub order) is presently listed here:
https://vorkosigan.fandom.com/wiki/Th...
Hope you enjoy!
Ta, L.
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Julia
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Curious about blurbs; are they done at the agent, editor or publisher level? Solely a marketing decision? Do authors seek them out from other authors? Have you ever declined a blurb-ee? Is a sentence or phrase suggested to the blurb-er? If you're willing to share how Anne McCaffrey's "Boy, Can She Write" &/or how your blurb for Peg Kerr's The Wild Swans happened, I'd love to know. Thank you!
Gordon
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Are the Vorkosigan Saga's two hatchet-faced men related? Cordelia's first impresson of Sgt. Bothari matches Tej's first impression of Emperor Gregor in this vividly evocative way. Bothari has protection within the military despite the trouble that his Yuri-like disorder causes, and his dislike of Vor seems like it could stem from feelings of abandonment. Is Bothari a son (maybe even the eldest) of Ezar?
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