Lois McMaster Bujold
Quadrenes absolutely believe the Bastard exists. It's His classification that is up for hot debate. Is He a god, or is He Something Else? To which the answer is "Yes", but some people can't cope with ambiguity. No coloring outside the lines if you're a Quadrene!
(People being people, they believe lots of other things, too, true and false, but that's outside the scope of this tiny typing box.)
(For even more bizarre real-world religious hairsplitting, look up the origin of the phrase "not one iota of difference" sometime... I wouldn't assert that it's the stupidest argument ever to change history, but it's certainly up there.)
Ta, L.
Quadrenes absolutely believe the Bastard exists. It's His classification that is up for hot debate. Is He a god, or is He Something Else? To which the answer is "Yes", but some people can't cope with ambiguity. No coloring outside the lines if you're a Quadrene!
(People being people, they believe lots of other things, too, true and false, but that's outside the scope of this tiny typing box.)
(For even more bizarre real-world religious hairsplitting, look up the origin of the phrase "not one iota of difference" sometime... I wouldn't assert that it's the stupidest argument ever to change history, but it's certainly up there.)
Ta, L.
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Nikoleta L.
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi, I was just wondering if you've heard of or read Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell? I really enjoyed it, primarily because it felt a lot like Vorkosigan saga. Not in a derivative sense, but more in the sense of general feeling I got from it. I later learnt that Ms Maxwell is a fan of your work (and of Georgette Heyer's work, too), so I just felt like I had to put it on your radar. Cheers!
Celtic
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi Louis. Typos in Knot of Shadows at page 50 of 111, 44%, when Penric meets Learned Retaka: "Olive Street was marginally less crooked and narrow than its surrounding streets, alleys… passages. The dwellings on this southwest side were much cut-up by time and their residents, many to overcrowded chambers for, if not poor, working men and women and their families." Enjoyed it, as ever. Hope this helps?
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