Kalen Delaney
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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.
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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Travis Thetford
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
looking of a book I have read something like twenty years ago, but I can not remember the title of the book, so some help from anyone please. There is a man who has Telepathic abilities and he uses his abilities who robs people using his telepathic abilities through phone calls?
Marie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Have you ever thought about writing about Barrayar's rediscovery? I imagine an excited Betan Astronomical Survey thinking they'd discovered a new planet, then being utterly stumped. Or the locals, suddenly being visited from outer space! (I'm surprised I haven't found any fanfic dealing with that).
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