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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Why, it seems, are so few of the famous SF authors not writing lately?
Lois McMaster Bujold
They're distracted by the internet? It takes a long time to get famous, and at that point, they're old and tired? People don't write as fast as you imagine? Your question is rhetorical, sure, but really, your guess is as good as mine.
There is certainly no shortage of new writers with new works, so I don't think you risk running out of books soon.
Although I do note, the sort of cutting edge and science speculation that only SF used to bring to isolated readers can now be found online in abundance with the real thing, real science doing amazing things that its practitioners are delighted to show you. Hard to compete with that, or even keep up.
Ta, L.
(Also, this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... )
They're distracted by the internet? It takes a long time to get famous, and at that point, they're old and tired? People don't write as fast as you imagine? Your question is rhetorical, sure, but really, your guess is as good as mine.
There is certainly no shortage of new writers with new works, so I don't think you risk running out of books soon.
Although I do note, the sort of cutting edge and science speculation that only SF used to bring to isolated readers can now be found online in abundance with the real thing, real science doing amazing things that its practitioners are delighted to show you. Hard to compete with that, or even keep up.
Ta, L.
(Also, this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... )
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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.
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Do you have an address that fans can send mail to? Do you like that kind of thing?
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