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?
Lois McMaster Bujold
No offers since the mid-90s, which are, good grief, almost 30 years ago now.
My ideal would of course be a miniseries that hews closely to the books.
That said, I think Falling Free could be a good stand-alone animated feature film -- it could all be squeezed into 90 minutes without losing much. The Spirit Ring likewise, same reason, but those are not the books most folks are thinking about.
But the sad truth is, once a production company licensed any work of mine, it would be run through multiple committees of endless compromises on its route to release, and what came out the other end probably wouldn't have much resemblance to my books. There are also the Problems of Miles, not only his physical appearance but the fact (shared with my other point of view characters) that much is what of most interest to readers including the humor is actually happening inside his head, in his thought-stream, and making that visual would be very hard.
All that said, it could be a great (if expensive) advertisement for my books...
Ta, L.
No offers since the mid-90s, which are, good grief, almost 30 years ago now.
My ideal would of course be a miniseries that hews closely to the books.
That said, I think Falling Free could be a good stand-alone animated feature film -- it could all be squeezed into 90 minutes without losing much. The Spirit Ring likewise, same reason, but those are not the books most folks are thinking about.
But the sad truth is, once a production company licensed any work of mine, it would be run through multiple committees of endless compromises on its route to release, and what came out the other end probably wouldn't have much resemblance to my books. There are also the Problems of Miles, not only his physical appearance but the fact (shared with my other point of view characters) that much is what of most interest to readers including the humor is actually happening inside his head, in his thought-stream, and making that visual would be very hard.
All that said, it could be a great (if expensive) advertisement for my books...
Ta, L.
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Dear Ms Bujold: The first piece by you that I read was "The Mountains of Mourning". And I read it in a wonderful Balkan restaurant in Vienna, right on the Ring. I would gladly read "The Physicians of Vilnoc" during a first-class meal (even if the meal is brought into my home these days). But hope I don't have to wait too much longer for iBooks?
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