Alexandra
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello, I hope my question isn't offensive. But I was talking to another person who also read your books (I don't think she counts as a fan), and she complained that Miles thought about sex too much -- she was referring to the Borders of Infinity scene, I think. Do you think she's just underestimating how much the average guy thinks about it, since they supposedly think about it every few seconds?
Lois McMaster Bujold
While I doubt that the "every few seconds" factoid is correct -- men vary about sex quite as much as women do, if not necessarily in the same proportions (and over time as well as by individuals) -- I do think expecting book-characters to be comfortably asexual, or at least anything about their sexual lives well-hidden off-stage, is less likely to be found in modern writing than in the older, more censored sort that she might prefer.
As for how authentically guy-like Miles is, guy readers will have to speak to that.
Ta, L.
While I doubt that the "every few seconds" factoid is correct -- men vary about sex quite as much as women do, if not necessarily in the same proportions (and over time as well as by individuals) -- I do think expecting book-characters to be comfortably asexual, or at least anything about their sexual lives well-hidden off-stage, is less likely to be found in modern writing than in the older, more censored sort that she might prefer.
As for how authentically guy-like Miles is, guy readers will have to speak to that.
Ta, L.
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Henry
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Just a comment about the difference of reading a physical book vs an ebook. I purchased "The Curse of Chalion" back in 2001 and held onto it for over 12 years before I got my first Kindle. The book shows all the wear and literally over a hundred times that I've gone through it - but the e-readers can't show any of that. Isn't there something very different from handling a physical book and flipping through pages?
Chris Phoenix
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
A PG-rated version of Sharing Knife would be readable by any kid who could handle (for example) Wings of Fire. I'm reading large excerpts to my kid already (and Knife Children unedited). She especially likes the malice-kill scenes. Would you consider producing such a thing? I'd buy it, and I suspect I'm far from the only parent who would.
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