Petri Peltonen
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I've notived you have characters with Finnish names popping up in your various books, Captain Tuomonen in Komarr being one. Have you some connection with Finland?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Mostly I'd been just trying to select the Barrayaran ethnic names in ways that reflected or hinted at the varied regional origins of the Firsters, but I did have a quite wonderful trip to Finland for a convention some years back.
(This name selection process has been much aided by the arrival of the internet, so I'm not limited anymore to ideas gleaned from my local phone book.)
Ta, L.
(This name selection process has been much aided by the arrival of the internet, so I'm not limited anymore to ideas gleaned from my local phone book.)
Ta, L.
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M. Northstar
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
"The World of the Five Gods" seems a bit of a mouthful, hasn't anyone suggested Pentheon (penta+theon, and also a play on pantheon) instead? Sorry if this has been suggested, but if Goodreads has a way of searching "ask the author" posts, I haven't managed to find it.
Kate Davenport
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Just finished rereading "Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen." Thank you for such an interesting and fitting coda/prolog. Your characters are so real I actually looked up when it was published and thought, "2015. Aurelia must be 7 or 8. I wonder if all the others are here yet? No wait---fictional characters." Either way, I hope they and you are doing well.
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