Juan
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
More than a question, I want to thank you very much because your books, especially those of Miles Vorkosigan, helped me to overcome a bad moment in my life. Thank you very much, what was your inspiration to create Miles? Sorry if the message was badly written but I used the google translator and little knowledge in English
Lois McMaster Bujold
You are welcome!
Miles came from a number of braided sources, but his beginning was in his parents' story (like everyone else's, I suppose.) Before I'd finished my first novel, before I knew his name or anything else, I knew Aral and Cordelia would have a short, disabled son on Barrayar but, given his parents, he'd probably be quite bright. The energy and charisma, he generated for himself as his story got rolling.
(Young Winston Churchill and T.E. Lawrence were two other sources that contributed a few more elements, and his Great Man's Son Syndrome owes some of its insight to my relationship with my own father.)
Ta, L.
You are welcome!
Miles came from a number of braided sources, but his beginning was in his parents' story (like everyone else's, I suppose.) Before I'd finished my first novel, before I knew his name or anything else, I knew Aral and Cordelia would have a short, disabled son on Barrayar but, given his parents, he'd probably be quite bright. The energy and charisma, he generated for himself as his story got rolling.
(Young Winston Churchill and T.E. Lawrence were two other sources that contributed a few more elements, and his Great Man's Son Syndrome owes some of its insight to my relationship with my own father.)
Ta, L.
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Good morning, Lois! This cold and mundane week has been made much better by incursions into the Vorkosiverse for me :) I started wondering about the city of Vorbarr Sultana. Do you know of any map you that is reasonably accurate? If not, I could perhaps make one from https://vorkosigan.fandom.com/wiki/Vorbarr_Sultana. How long to walk between ImpSec, ImpMil, the Residence, Vorhartung, Vorkosigan House? Thank you!
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On the subject of who could possibly play Miles in a Golden-Age TV adaptation, I've been struck by Alex Høgh Andersen's portrayal of "Ivar the Boneless" in Vikings, from mid-season 4 forward. He's born without the use of legs but becomes one of the most powerful figures in Vikings history. Unlike Miles, Ivar is a truly awful person--but charismatic and supremely determined. Maybe file this away in case HBO calls?
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