Marti Dolata

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Lois McMaster Bujold
I don't think I've talked about this much, as it is a story element I had no desire to commit to one way or another. (Although if there is anything, it would be in interviews from around when the books were first published -- https://vorkosigan.fandom.com/wiki/Au... ) Gods might have been real, and left or were excluded; gods might have always been as mythological as our own. The two things certainly known is that some people have an extrasensory perception and magical manipulative abilities, and no one believes the gods are around now. There should be folk stories about this, but I did not have occasion in the books to recount (invent) any.

Ta, L.

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I’ve been thinking that the Sharing Knife books are your strongest and have the most profound emotional punch. My theory is that the settings come directly from your home culture and resonate especially well with readers from the same historical atmosphere. There’s endless presumed knowledge you can draw on and—no small thing—a rich vernacular to exploit. I wonder if it feels that way from the author’s perspective?

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Two questions. 1. Why did you decide against sentient alien species in your Vorkosiverse? 2. I don't remember any mention of indigenous animal life on Barrayar. I'm assuming there was some? Thanks.

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