Talli Ruksas
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
One of my favorite relationships is that between Penric and Llewyn though we only get to see it a few times. I've always wondered if there is something more intimate between Llewyn and her secretary than that between employer and employee. I feel like you almost hint so, but I might just need better glasses for reading between the lines. Also, could Desdemona have chatted with Llewyn while Penric was asleep-in theory?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Yes, I'd like to do more with Penric and his Princess-Archdivine sometime, though no obvious plot has yet reported for duty, only insufficient bits. The nice thing about ala carte e-publishing is that it doesn't set a series order in stone, or print. I can jump around anywhere in Pen's timeline if I want.
I will leave more intimate personal speculation about Llewyn and her long-time faithful secretary and friend to the fanficcers, methinks. Note they are both sworn members of the Daughter's Order, not the Bastard's Order, fwiw.
Des seems to go off-line when Penric is unconscious or asleep, cut off from the world just as he is. It might be the first sign of a demon, oops, ascending to take over the sorcerer's body if the demon could seize the wheel during unconsciousness, Jekyll & Hyde fashion, but that speculation is not established in text at this time.
Ta, L.
Yes, I'd like to do more with Penric and his Princess-Archdivine sometime, though no obvious plot has yet reported for duty, only insufficient bits. The nice thing about ala carte e-publishing is that it doesn't set a series order in stone, or print. I can jump around anywhere in Pen's timeline if I want.
I will leave more intimate personal speculation about Llewyn and her long-time faithful secretary and friend to the fanficcers, methinks. Note they are both sworn members of the Daughter's Order, not the Bastard's Order, fwiw.
Des seems to go off-line when Penric is unconscious or asleep, cut off from the world just as he is. It might be the first sign of a demon, oops, ascending to take over the sorcerer's body if the demon could seize the wheel during unconsciousness, Jekyll & Hyde fashion, but that speculation is not established in text at this time.
Ta, L.
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Jill Vassilakos-long
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
It's here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Penric and the Bandit, just found it for Kindle on Amazon.) (Yes, I realize that multiple exclamation marks are a sign of a diseased mind, according to Pratchett. But I toned this message down; originally it was all caps. Can I have some credit for that?)
Brzk
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello, Lois! Tried to the best of my ability to search through the 724 questions which you have answered already, but.. got bored. So here are my thanks for your work (I am hard pressed to add an adjective here, "extraordinary", "life-changing" or "life-saving" all not quite what I mean) and my question: did you choose Grover Gardner for the audiobooks, or was it some sort of coincidence?Or did he choose you?Thank you
Jerri
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Is Winterfair held on the Winter Solstice, or just close to it? In any case, on the Solstice in the US, I wish you and all Bujold readers a happy Winterfair and may Father Frost bring you as much joy as the writings of LMB have brought to me. (I just finished a re-listen to Winterfair Gifts!!)
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