Eleanor With Cats
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Can you tell us anything about Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I've been mulling over when to say more. I'm thinking late fall, just before the eARC becomes available, but I'll probably break down and say some things sooner.
I figure if I give you all very much information, you'll all race ahead and make up the book in your heads yourselves, and then be artificially nonplussed, later, when the book I wrote doesn't match the one/s you've envisioned. If a reader has less time between learning about a book and reading it -- picking it up cold in a store, say -- there is less chance for that phenomenon to develop.
It is not a war story; it is about grownups; it is not grimdark but still embeds some serious themes. It is science fiction. I expect reader response to be all over the map, because it always is.
Some readers will love it (I say this with some confidence, because some already have), some will hate it, and there will be approximately ten thousand reviews that go, "This wasn't the book I wanted! Here, let me give you this 500 word outline of outline what she should have written..." Each one different from all the others, of course. (That one's a sucker-bet.)
What say you all? How much information to you actually want to get, in advance?
Ta, L.
I've been mulling over when to say more. I'm thinking late fall, just before the eARC becomes available, but I'll probably break down and say some things sooner.
I figure if I give you all very much information, you'll all race ahead and make up the book in your heads yourselves, and then be artificially nonplussed, later, when the book I wrote doesn't match the one/s you've envisioned. If a reader has less time between learning about a book and reading it -- picking it up cold in a store, say -- there is less chance for that phenomenon to develop.
It is not a war story; it is about grownups; it is not grimdark but still embeds some serious themes. It is science fiction. I expect reader response to be all over the map, because it always is.
Some readers will love it (I say this with some confidence, because some already have), some will hate it, and there will be approximately ten thousand reviews that go, "This wasn't the book I wanted! Here, let me give you this 500 word outline of outline what she should have written..." Each one different from all the others, of course. (That one's a sucker-bet.)
What say you all? How much information to you actually want to get, in advance?
Ta, L.
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Lisa
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
You are my absolute favorite author. I love the Sharing Knife series so much! I read it a year ago right after my best friend passed away, and it brought me so much joy, and I still think about it often. My question is, do you appreciate 'Fan mail'? If so, to where could I send it or email it? Thank you!
S Wright
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Going through "The Curse of Chalion" again, (every time is a comfort & a pleasure) and the question occurred to me: On Cazaril's eventual death, which God will take him up? The Lady or the Bastard seem prime candidates, but I think the other Gods also have reason to lay claim. Is it wrong to picture a family squabble on the other side of reality? As you are Their voices in our world, I'd love to hear your thoughts
Steve Berliner
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi Lois! In Masquerade in Lodi, thank you for acknowledging the question I previously raised here on Goodreads about the existence of saints of the Son. I was tickled pink to read that comment! Will you perhaps be examining that issue in more detail in a future story, or is this all we get? ;-)
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