Ctibor
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I have re-read 'Memory' so often that the book is falling apart at the seams (the other books too btw). However, there is one crucial sentence in, which I still don't completely understand, and I wondered if you could clarify. I understand Miles at this turning point, but the significance of Vorkosigan Vashnoi still eludes me. "I am the man who owns Vorkosigan Vashnoi." Help and Sorry?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Vorkosigan Vashnoi was the old Vorkosigan's District capital that was nuked toward the end of the Cetagandan Occupation aka 9th Satrapy. It is part (center, actually) of all the radioactive land Miles's grandfather left him.
For Miles, then, it is a symbol of dying before surrender, the ultimate Barrayaran stubbornness; he is, as it were, declaring his ownership of his Barrayaran self, Lord Vorkosigan, not Admiral Naismith, along with the dream, memory, and remains of the lost city. No matter how unrewarding that identity may sometimes seem to him...
Ta, L.
For Miles, then, it is a symbol of dying before surrender, the ultimate Barrayaran stubbornness; he is, as it were, declaring his ownership of his Barrayaran self, Lord Vorkosigan, not Admiral Naismith, along with the dream, memory, and remains of the lost city. No matter how unrewarding that identity may sometimes seem to him...
Ta, L.
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E.J. Xavier
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Have you considered (or more to the point would you consider offering an ebook boxed set/s of the Vorkosiverse? I read many but not all of them years ago, and find myself wishing I could fill in the blanks. After finishing your latest (fantastic btw) I realized I'd love to just reread the series. I'd be very interested in an ebook box set or two with those spiffy new covers you showed recently.
S Wright
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Wondering about employment of the Koudelka girls. Obviously not necessary for the story to tell us, but I don't recall any info about jobs for Delia or Olivia. I feel like paying jobs for females would have been discouraged by class issues in old Barrayar, but progressive leanings would have encouraged employment. Would you satisfy my curiousity?
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