Mary Bertke
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
So...what's the transfer of a demon to a new host like, for the demon? Do the personalities of more developed demons ever disagree about who they should jump to?
Lois McMaster Bujold
This is so far left to the imagination of the readers. But one may presume it is almost as disorienting for the demon as for the host. Also, every demon is as or more different from one another as every person. It might be possible for the personalities to disagree, although as time goes on they do tend to meld, but at the moment of the host's death there will only be a small number of choices in range. We've twice, with Hallana and Ruchia, seen demons jump to someone nearby other than the new host the Temple presented, but that was more likely disagreement between the demon and its handlers than internal to the demon. Probably...
Ta, L.
This is so far left to the imagination of the readers. But one may presume it is almost as disorienting for the demon as for the host. Also, every demon is as or more different from one another as every person. It might be possible for the personalities to disagree, although as time goes on they do tend to meld, but at the moment of the host's death there will only be a small number of choices in range. We've twice, with Hallana and Ruchia, seen demons jump to someone nearby other than the new host the Temple presented, but that was more likely disagreement between the demon and its handlers than internal to the demon. Probably...
Ta, L.
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Julia
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi Ms McMaster Bujold. Writing to congratulate you on yet another well deserved Hugo. Also a ? for you, but maybe better for your fans. The World of the Five Gods is a mouthful. I've seen WoFG as an abbreviation. How about WotFig, even though it sounds like a terrible botanical disease of fig trees. Advantage is that it is pronounceable.
Laer Carroll
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
A few years ago I read a book about bioscientist Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues who discovered a powerful way to modify genes (Code Breaker, by Walter Isaacson). It reads like a detective mystery & is as compelling. It shows how scientists cooperate to expand knowledge, and compete for credit for their successes in doing so. Have you read the book? Have any thoughts on it?
Michael
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello! I am doing my first read through of the Vokosigan Saga, and in The Vor Game, there is the Laskowski base. In High School, I had a math teacher/mentor/friend, George Laskowski, who also wrote a sci-fi zone, Lan's Lantern. Is this base named for him? If so, that's quite an honor (and a well deserved one, in my opinion. He was a great person), from such a distinguished author as yourself!
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