Robbi Holman

Robbi Holman asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I just finished Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, so I have completed the entire Vorkosigan Saga over the last four or five months. Is there anything I can do to stem the tide of bereft-ness I feel? Blah : (

Lois McMaster Bujold Try the Chalion series, or The Sharing Knife tetralogy. Neither will be the same, note, not even as each other, because what would be the point of that (from the writer's point of view, at least.) But if you can go into them planning to take them for what they are, rather than pre-riled 'cause they aren't another Miles book, I think they would repay your eyeball time.

In other current writers, I can rec Megan Whalen Turner's YA fantasy series starting with The Thief, and Ben Aaronovitch's urban/crime fantasy series starting with Rivers of London -- US title Midnight Riot.

That should do for starters...

Ta, L.

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Peggy B

Peggy B asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

For years I kept a journal and added quotes from your books that resonated with me. I don't know which book two quotes came from: #1 “The list went on and on. There was not telling, she said, what she would be next. And I thought “I want to be like that. I want to be like her. Not just one thing, but a world of possibilities. I want to find out who else I can be.” Maybe Memory? Do I have the quote right?

Iva Koleva

Iva Koleva asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Hi Lois, which character (from all your books) strayed away the most from what you planned for him/her? Which one developed in a most surprising way? Thanks.

Catherine Nemeth

Catherine Nemeth asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

In the Wot5G, do saints have an ability/duty specific to their god, like the Bastard’s saints being able to remove demons? I vaguely recall the Father’s saints maybe being able to compel truth or discern truth from lies, or did I misremember? And the Mother’s saints involved with healing?? What about the others? Thanks for any thoughts you might have.

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