Kalen Delaney

Kalen Delaney asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Hi Lois!I was in a bit of a funk so I reread Cordelia's Honor and caught a few things that I hadn't noticed before. I will have a separate post for each. #3 What exactly IS a flimsy? I keep thinking I have it figured out from context, but in Barrayar, Kly is carrying stuff in a flimsy (the snacks he gives to Gregor, the gum leaf). I can't imagine how the flimsy I had been imagining could be used as a container.

Lois McMaster Bujold
A flimsy is essentially plastic paper. So, folded over, holds things like any other envelope. I picture being able to put old flimsy sheets in some hopper in the flimsy printer to be melted down and re-sheeted for instant recycling.

Ta, L.

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