Dennis
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Is the Count Selig Vorkosigan from the Time of Isolation who is mentioned a few times in the books also the father of Count Piotr? If not, do you have any ideas about Piotr's father? We know he was married to a Vorrutyer and that Piotr had inherited by age 22. Does that mean the Count Pierre's father died during the First Cetagandan War or before the end of the Time of Isolation?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I've never formally apportioned those names. So a Selig (or someone named after the first Selig) is possible for Piotr's father's name. Or it could be something else.
Yes, Piotr's Da did die during the Cetagandan war, just when unspecified, making Piotr the young count and... well, general he earned, or took, on his own. Not later than the bombing of Vorkosigan Vashnoi, a late-war event, though it could have been earlier. If in the bombing, one wonders how any bodies were retrieved for burial -- or perhaps reburial -- at Surleau.
(The Cetagandan occupation started about 15 years after the end of the ToI, therefore ending about 35 years after the end of the ToI.)
Ta, L.
I've never formally apportioned those names. So a Selig (or someone named after the first Selig) is possible for Piotr's father's name. Or it could be something else.
Yes, Piotr's Da did die during the Cetagandan war, just when unspecified, making Piotr the young count and... well, general he earned, or took, on his own. Not later than the bombing of Vorkosigan Vashnoi, a late-war event, though it could have been earlier. If in the bombing, one wonders how any bodies were retrieved for burial -- or perhaps reburial -- at Surleau.
(The Cetagandan occupation started about 15 years after the end of the ToI, therefore ending about 35 years after the end of the ToI.)
Ta, L.
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Marti Dolata
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I think from the time stamp, you answered my question at about 2:30 in the morning. Are you a night owl?
Martha
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
So with the deal between Kobo and Walmart (see, for example, http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-will-start-selling-rakuten-kobo-ereaders-and-ebooks-2018-1), any plans on adding Kobo to your list of ebook sites? (I don't actually have a dog in this fight, since I don't currently own any sort of e-reader -- I just use whatever apps are provided by Amazon/B&N/Apple -- but the news item caught my eye.)
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