Marie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
For you - and for your readers: recommendations for books / series that are readable and rereadable and rereadable? Your books (all 3 major universes) are my go-to comfort reading; I'm certain I've read everything at least 3 times, some a dozen or more.
Lois McMaster Bujold
This one looks as if it would be best answered in the comments, since it already covers my work. Go for it, folks...
Curiously, I find my reread pile goes in and out of fashion for me; things I thought I'd never tire of go stale, others rise to the surface again after years. Best shorthand I can think of for this effect is that my psychological needs change over time, as do, sometimes, the reasons I reread what turns out to be no longer quite the same book.
I'm glad my work holds up for you. Judging from reviews the book of mine that most changes its effect on subsequent readings is The Hallowed Hunt; possibly because readers stop fighting preconceptions created by other books in the series and the expectations of the genre generally, and start to take it on its own terms.
Ta, L.
Curiously, I find my reread pile goes in and out of fashion for me; things I thought I'd never tire of go stale, others rise to the surface again after years. Best shorthand I can think of for this effect is that my psychological needs change over time, as do, sometimes, the reasons I reread what turns out to be no longer quite the same book.
I'm glad my work holds up for you. Judging from reviews the book of mine that most changes its effect on subsequent readings is The Hallowed Hunt; possibly because readers stop fighting preconceptions created by other books in the series and the expectations of the genre generally, and start to take it on its own terms.
Ta, L.
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Albert C
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi Lois, this is Albert from Minneapolis, we have met at CONvergence many years ago. I would like to know if you have been approached either via agent or directly on adapting your Barrayar stories to screen. Miles and his family are very interesting characters and that universe has many intriguing facets so I was wondering if you have any thoughts on it on TV or big screen?
Joseph
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Regarding Barrayar's Time Of Isolation, if I've got the timeline about right: 0-90 years, still had a dwindling tech base; 100-400, Bloody Centuries, regression to Agricultural Age; 400-450, Unification under the Emperor and canonization of the Vor caste; 450-600, Golden Age of the Vor; ~600 years, End of the ToI; ~625, Cetagandan Invasion; ~645, Aral born, ~650, Barrayar freed. Roughly on target?
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