Mike
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
First I want to say I love The Miles series and I've always wanted to ask if the condition of Miles bones was based on a real condition or just something you came up with? The reason I ask is I have a bone disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta a.k.a. Brittle Bones disease so i can relate in a way to Miles in a strange way.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles's bone problems are inspired by brittle bone disease, yes, but I prudently made the cause something more science fictional in case I needed to adjust it to the needs of my plot and characterization. It is not the our-world version, any more than the bioengineered Betan herms are the our-world version of any of the assortment of natural intersex conditions, in the underlying medical details.
Anyway, glad you are enjoying Miles, and that his medical issues ring true for you at least metaphorically. (Which is kinda what fiction does.)
Ta, L.
Anyway, glad you are enjoying Miles, and that his medical issues ring true for you at least metaphorically. (Which is kinda what fiction does.)
Ta, L.
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Meryl Federman
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Did Galen have Barrayaran-style prejudices against uterine replicators and homosexuality? Mark implies that he was exposed to slurs against both from Galen himself, and it seemed like Mark didn't just know about Barrayar's prejudices in an academic way, but really felt them. Was Galen putting on an act, or was he truly biased? If he was biased, was such bias common on Komarr?
Derek Peter Hawley
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Are you going to be making any appearances in Illinois or Missouri in the foreseeable future?
Anne Province
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
This is a thank you for the epilogue in volume four of the Sharing Knife series, Horizon. I’d read them before, but just blew through them again this weekend with such enjoyment. Given our current political climate, malices, ground work, and beguilement have a very different meaning this read around. Did you have any political/authoritarian fears as you wrote these books?
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