Srjanssen
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Working my way through my second read of the "Hallowed Hunt" and find myself frequently rereading passages. Your explorations of religious and magical themes are unique. Were there any particular factors that turned your imagination in that direction, or have those themes always lurked in the background? By the way, have you run into the novels of Charles A Williams?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I think the themes have always lurked in the background; the metaphors just play out differently and more directly in fantasy, where the supernatural is "real", than in my more secular, as it were, SF.
Yes, I've read some Charles Williams. (Also the rest of his writers' group... :-) Lots of other background reading accumulated over the years, from Thomas Merton to St. Augustine to Dorothy Sayers to G. K. Chesterton and on, all slowly disintegrating in the compost heap of my memory by this time.
Ta, L.
Yes, I've read some Charles Williams. (Also the rest of his writers' group... :-) Lots of other background reading accumulated over the years, from Thomas Merton to St. Augustine to Dorothy Sayers to G. K. Chesterton and on, all slowly disintegrating in the compost heap of my memory by this time.
Ta, L.
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Martini
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi Lois, I love your books but for some reason haven't gotten around to reading your Penric series yet. Since I can only listen to audiobooks at the moment due to health reasons, I would be interested to know if you plan to release the four omnibus books (Penric's Progress/Travels/Labors/Intrigues) as audiobooks?
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