Lois McMaster Bujold
No, that decision was set at the time I wrote "The Mountains of Mourning" in the late 80s/early 90s, though of course Miles didn't know it yet. The story was occasioned by a friendly debate between me and Jim Baen, discussing whether to have the banner over the titles read "A Miles Naismith Adventure" or "A Miles Vorkosigan Adventure". Jim was hoping for "Naismith", and lots of milSF tales. The novella showed him why it had to be "Vorkosigan".
I knew then that Miles would have to go back home someday, though I did not yet envision when or how. By the time I finished Mirror Dance, I knew.
Ta, L.
No, that decision was set at the time I wrote "The Mountains of Mourning" in the late 80s/early 90s, though of course Miles didn't know it yet. The story was occasioned by a friendly debate between me and Jim Baen, discussing whether to have the banner over the titles read "A Miles Naismith Adventure" or "A Miles Vorkosigan Adventure". Jim was hoping for "Naismith", and lots of milSF tales. The novella showed him why it had to be "Vorkosigan".
I knew then that Miles would have to go back home someday, though I did not yet envision when or how. By the time I finished Mirror Dance, I knew.
Ta, L.
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
You have a lot of practical knowledge about horses (Fat Ninny is my favorite, followed by the one that threw Caz), I rode one once when I was 11. I was wondering if it would be practical or even possible to tie, say spears (for transport, not accessibility), underneath stirrups. My research searches gave me the fact that tie-downs are not places to tie things down, but no answer. Aim high, can't shoot my foot. Help?
Catherine Nemeth
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
In “Penric and the Bandit”, Pen compares the Bastard’s very flexible type of justice that would seek ways to save Roz from a life of crime and set him on a better path to the Father’s law-based justice that would instead presumably only punish him (losing a hand or hanging). Do all the Gods have their own version/style/sense of justice, and would you be able to venture what they might be?
Promiscuous Bookworm
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I just pre-ordered the Ukrainian translation of Shards of Honor and just wanted to say I'm so happy that Ukrainian readers who don't read in English can finally get acquainted with the Vorkosigan Saga in their mother tongue (and I have an excuse to re-read it for the fourth time). (Adding a ? because Goodreads wants it to actually look like a question.)
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