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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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Have you seen the film "Russian Ark"? It's a 90 minute long film that was shot in a single take. The camera wanders the halls of the Hermitage while encountering the ghosts of Catherine II and the Romanov girls. It finishes up with a re-creation of the last Russian state ball before the declaration of WWI. That major scene included thousands of extras. It made a great stand-in for Barrayar. Happy natal day!
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?
Chris
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
For the collected novella versions of Penric, do they include the original covers? Having seen a couple of Dan Dos Santos’s amazing covers, now I want them. But I am not an ebook guy, and missed all the previous editions. I have been waiting for them to come out in relatively affordable collected editions as Mass market pb or Trade pb.
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