Jonathan S.

Jonathan S. asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Over the course of the last not-quite two years, I've often found myself wondering what the Imperial Auditors would do when their appointing emperor passed and a Nero, a Caligula, a Yuri, or a Serg succeeded to the camp stool. Have you ever written about this and I've just overlooked it?

Lois McMaster Bujold
No, I haven't written about it, so you haven't missed anything. Among the unsettled but likely possibilities are that appointments automatically end with an emperor's death, requiring the new sitting emperor to re-up the appointment or allowing him to clean the slate and start over with his own choices, or some mix of both. Interregnums or more than one person being declared emperor by assorted factions opens yet more possibilities for hijinks.

Ta, L.

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Give that Gentleman Jole takes palace more than 5 years after Vorpatril’s Alliance when the Barrayar government came into an unexpected influx of billions of marks, why is Sergyer still scrambling to build a second planetary base / spaceport? Did fatherhood turn Gregor stingy?

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Is there be more books from Vorkosiverse after Miles become a baron?

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Dane asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Name check: did you see yourself referenced in this Forbes article? http://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2017/02/10/fifty-shades-of-green-how-fanfiction-went-from-dirty-little-secret-to-money-machine/#5321b09e2664 Love your work. Thanks for many hours of enjoyment!

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