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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Elizabeth Kerner
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello Ms Bujold! I have been a huge fan of your work for some time, thanks to Anne McCaffrey (she practically threw Komarr at me). I wanted to congratulate you on your recent news, and ask if you find it constricting to be constantly asked to provide yet another Vorkosigan novel, despite your success with other story arcs in other worlds?
Mitali
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I recently read Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (loved it, btw!) in which it's mentioned almost as an aside that Komarr's gravity is less than that of Barrayar. That set me thinking about Barrayar's gravity. Is it the same as that of Earth? And what about other major planets in the Nexus - where do they stand on the gravitational scale? Do spaceships and space stations set their gravity at Earth level?
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