Kate Davenport

Kate Davenport asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I wonder how much interest Miles is taking in his half-sisters and one third (?) brothers, since they are so far away physically and so different in age. I have had several friends with siblings and half siblings far away physically and/or chronologically and they run the gamut from being very close, to being cordial acquaintances, to being essentially strangers.

Lois McMaster Bujold With 9 to choose from, I'd imagine there'd be a wide range of relationships possible. A more cousinly relationship would be likely between Cordelia and Jole's kids and Miles's. They'd likely see each other once, maybe twice a year, depending on travels; about what you'd get between cousins living in different distant states. But Miles would be functionally more uncle than brother.

(Cordelia's girls are full sisters to Miles, Jole's boys are half-brothers and some mitochondrial change. They are all aunts and uncles to Miles's kids, all younger than their nieces and nephews, doubtless the source of many family jokes.)

Ta, L.

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Talli Ruksas

Talli Ruksas asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Concepts of gender identity, being non-binary, and the pronouns used for them seem to be changing rapidly even among fairly young children I'm told. I wondered if you were creating Bel today if you would have used something other than "it"? Although apparently it's preferred at about 10%.

Brian Hoff

Brian Hoff asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Last summer in your blog, you said you would let us know when/if a date was available for the audio version of "The Orphans of Raspay" - so much anxiety from 2 little letters. It has been over 6 months. Any chance you can at least erase the "if" and let the torrents of hope and anticipation resume? I love Grover Gardner's reading of your work. Please let us know it will continue.

Steven Sarafian

Steven Sarafian asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Perhaps you have not seen this? http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/09/the-right-to-kill-brazil-infanticide/ (A 'backwoods' culture of killing handicapped children isn't just fiction, unfortunately.)

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