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greenlady
greenlady asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I just saw that the Sharing Knife universe is not, as I had always assumed, a (very) post-apocalyptic descendant of our own. Certain cultural details, like the birthday cake (complete with candles) as well a the plants and animals made it feel like it was closely related to our Earth. Do you see it as an alternative history version of Earth, and if so, when did the timelines split? Or has it always been its own place?

Lois McMaster Bujold
The Sharing Knife (or the Wide Green World) has always been its own world, not descended from our own.

It is, however, a source-riff on Midwestern US in parallel, or contrast, to the many, many cod-Europe fantasies out there. If Tolkien can do it with England, and Pratchett with The Chalk, I don't see why my home should be excluded from the game. (Aragorn gets Eagles, Dag gets... turkey buzzards. :-)

Ta, L.
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