Kirsten
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Okay, this may be a weird question. I'm reading "Falling Free" and one of the characters said "trade him in for a dog and shoot the dog". This had me gasping for breath! That is a phrase I have only heard from my mother, who learned it from her mother. Where did you pick it up?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Mark Twain, or thereabouts, iirc. It goes back a _long_ way.
Ta, L.
Mark Twain, or thereabouts, iirc. It goes back a _long_ way.
Ta, L.
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My Dad and I started reading your books in the late 1980s. His favorite character was Ivan Vorpatril. My Dad would have love Captain Vorpatril's Alliance. Have you considered writing a book where Ivan is the ambassador to Jackson Hole? Thank you for all your books over the years. I actually read Cryoburn to my Dad at his hospital bedside. I still cry when I read the dribbles at the end. Good memories.
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