Andrew Van Ness
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I love your work as many do. I was wondering if you ever plan to definitively end the Vorkosigan Series? I want it to continue forever, again as many do, but I also realize that all good things come to an end. You are one of my favorite science-fiction authors because you infuse such realism into your world and characters. In the real world there aren't any definitive endings, and so I wonder, what is to come?
Lois McMaster Bujold
In the real world, indeed, there aren't any definitive endings. That's one of its many differences from fiction.
A present, I prefer to leave the series as it stands.
It does make me wonder, though -- how many kinds of things do different readers parse as an "ending"? (I mean, besides the writer dropping dead, which in this world of publisher work-for-hire extensions isn't even a sure bet.) Anyone want to say in the comments?
Observations of series dragged out beyond their natural ends can be instructive, as well. I touched on this a little somewhere in the recent manga and anime discussion on my blog.
Ta, L.
In the real world, indeed, there aren't any definitive endings. That's one of its many differences from fiction.
A present, I prefer to leave the series as it stands.
It does make me wonder, though -- how many kinds of things do different readers parse as an "ending"? (I mean, besides the writer dropping dead, which in this world of publisher work-for-hire extensions isn't even a sure bet.) Anyone want to say in the comments?
Observations of series dragged out beyond their natural ends can be instructive, as well. I touched on this a little somewhere in the recent manga and anime discussion on my blog.
Ta, L.
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Tara Bozarth
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Were tasers around when you started writing the Vorkosigan saga? Every time I hear about another shooting in a police interactions, I think of your stun now, ask questions later, and hope there's not heart condition thoughts of your characters. I wish there was more training and use of tasers.
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