Georgy Iliev
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi Lois, as I recently saw a youtube series about "The Truth about Space War" - the channel's name is Because Science - I came to realize I think I've read that somewhere in the books. In Mirror Dance I remember Mark recalling "The weapons were supposed to cook everyone neatly, like eggs in their shells". Considering he's from a universe in the future how scientifically aimed was that statement?
Lois McMaster Bujold
About as scientific as trying to boil a egg in its shell in a microwave, I expect. I mean, we don't need future-science for this.
Or, for more immediately pertinent parallels, I suppose the autopsy reports from submarine disasters would give some useful insights. All the space disaster autopsies we possess so far are from ground-based or atmospheric incidents.
Biology and medicine. They are real sciences, people...
(My closest speculative examination of the subject is probably the short story "Aftermaths", found at the end of Shards of Honor.)
Ta, L.
About as scientific as trying to boil a egg in its shell in a microwave, I expect. I mean, we don't need future-science for this.
Or, for more immediately pertinent parallels, I suppose the autopsy reports from submarine disasters would give some useful insights. All the space disaster autopsies we possess so far are from ground-based or atmospheric incidents.
Biology and medicine. They are real sciences, people...
(My closest speculative examination of the subject is probably the short story "Aftermaths", found at the end of Shards of Honor.)
Ta, L.
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Shane Castle
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I just finished the 3rd Penric story - I have to say these are just getting better; Des and Penric are a wonderful pairing. I am fascinated by the possibilities. I especially like the "conservation of entropy" idea in how a chaos demon and its rider work together, which can go so many different directions, from subtle chemistry (catalyst?) to gross physical manifestations. I hope this gets explored more.
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