Beth
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Ms. Bujold! I'm so glad you answer questions! My question is about the Chalion series. I really love the way you approached the question of deity. Especially _Paladin of Souls_, which made me tear up, even on the re-read. What informed your attitude toward celestial beings?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I don't have any one source for that. It was more of a lifetime accumulation of reading of all sorts, from C.S. Lewis through The Confessions of St. Augustine to a smattering of mystics from other religions to biographies of saints (Ignatius Loyola was fascinating) to accounts of 19th C. leper colonies. Blenderize that with my biology and science education, or at least pop science education, that gave me a distaste for dualism, and strange things happen.
(Note that the gods of Chalion cannot really be called celestial, as they are equally immanent at all points.)
Ta, L.
I don't have any one source for that. It was more of a lifetime accumulation of reading of all sorts, from C.S. Lewis through The Confessions of St. Augustine to a smattering of mystics from other religions to biographies of saints (Ignatius Loyola was fascinating) to accounts of 19th C. leper colonies. Blenderize that with my biology and science education, or at least pop science education, that gave me a distaste for dualism, and strange things happen.
(Note that the gods of Chalion cannot really be called celestial, as they are equally immanent at all points.)
Ta, L.
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Cathy
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I've created a setting for use in an RPG game with my friends that uses ideas (especially the practical theology), places, and names from your Chalion books. I won't charge money for it or try to gain users beyond my gaming group, but would like to use https://worldanvil.com to organize the setting info. I think this makes it publicly available. Is acceptable to you?
Wicket
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hey, I was wondering if there are any future plans to release your Penric novellas in the UK, either individually or together in a volume? I really enjoyed the three Chalion novels and would love to read the novellas - it's just that I can't get along with reading from a screen: I'm old-fashioned and need a paper book! Thanks and apologies if you have already answered this question here somewhere.
Sarah
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I have a vague memory a comment you made several years ago when someone asked about another Vorkosigan book that you had started writing about finding butter bugs in the radiation zone, but that was as far as the idea had gone. Is Flowers the end result of that idea? BTW, I'm about 70% of the way through and enjoying it immensely.
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