Kate Davenport
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I just finished Orphans of Raspay. Thank you as always. But it sparked an odd thought. It seems like Penric's life is going to overlap that of the Golden General and Fonsa, far away though they may be. Like when I realized that if Julius Cesar died in 44 BC, there must have been people alive at the same time as both he and Jesus, a few could even conceivably have met both of them (Magi). Odd, yes?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Not odd, but I am not sure where Pen's stories, or his god, are going to take him. A fair part of his world has not even been made up yet, since no stories or characters have traveled through them to bring them into existence. He represents a chance, though not a requirement, for something fresh.
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
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Julie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I’m fascinated by the way your fictional universes address religion. The Vorkosiverse is secular, although individuals may have personal religious beliefs. In Chalion the gods are real, present, dangerous, and woven into most aspects of society. In the Sharing Knife world the gods seem equally real but have abandoned humanity. How did these approaches evolve? Was it fun playing with religion and society like that?
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