Meredith Mansfield
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I'm in the middle of rereading The Warrior's Apprentice now. I was struck when Elena tells Miles that Baz has made up his own story about who Miles is--that he's essentially exiled for being a mutie and his younger brother has ursurped his place. Minus the exile, that's pretty close to Ser Galen's plot. Did you know that already when you wrote The Warrior's Apprentice?
Lois McMaster Bujold
No, The Warrior's Apprentice was, hm, three books and three years before Brothers in Arms. I don't think one can draw a connection, there. Publicly, of course, Mark was supposed to have been perceived as "Miles goes nuts", not as "Miles's unexpected younger brother".
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
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