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clong wrote:I guess I will start things off. I have spent a bit of time looking around at http://www.dendarii.com looking for discussion about these issues, but haven't found anything. My apologies if I've overlooked it!
1. Can you tell us a bit about The Sharing Knife beyond that it is "a romance-fantasy-adventure that [keeps] the relationship stuff central"?
Ghost wrote:Ms. Bujold is there any recommended order for reading the books in the Vorkosigan saga?
So far I've read The Warrior's Apprentice and Borders of Infinity .
clong wrote:Hello again, Lois. The Curse of Chalion is one of my favorite fantasy novels of the past few years. I am curious, when you started writing CoC, did you start with the character Cazaril, or did you start with a world-building concept (political, social, gods, magic, etc.), or did you start with the idea of the 3 deaths prophecy?
clong wrote:Like Miles, Cazaril seems to be a far cry from the stereotypical hero. Do you set out to create protagonists who depart from the norm, or do they just end up that way?
Reede Kullervo wrote:Hello Lois, will you continue writing about Chalion-Ibra, please.
LMB wrote:Reede Kullervo wrote:Hello Lois, will you continue writing about Chalion-Ibra, please.
Hi Reede --
Well, not soon. I have other projects in the queue. I'd really like to do the Chalion books as a set of five, one for each of the gods and their themes, but I don't have compelling ideas for the last two yet. But those books would likely move off to other countries and characters, the way _The Hallowed Hunt_ did.
Ta, Lois.
AlbuquerquePat wrote:It's from John Bunyan's PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, c. 16??
Reede Kullervo wrote:I'm confused about name of Mark Pierre Vorkosigan.
Miles' name should be Piotr Miles Vorkosigan, first from paternal grandfather, second from maternal grandfather.
So, Mark's name means that second name general Piotr Vorkosigan is Mark and second name Cordelia's father is Pierre.
In Brothers in Arms, Miles mentioned that name of second son is from second's names his maternal and fraternal grandfathers.
But, I had impression that name Pierre is related to Pierre le Sanguinaire.
I apologise both for my English and my pedanterie.
bookwyrm wrote:Ever since I read Ethan of Athos (which I re-read several
times a year), I've been curious about which came first:
the planet Athos, or Terrance's conspiracy/dilemma.
On the one hand, Terrance's solution only works on
Athos, so how could you have thought of it without
Athos already existing in your mind... On the other
hand, maybe you thought of Terrance's situation
first, and then came up with a planet that would suit
his purposes.
I'm trying not to give anything away here for those
who haven't read the book yet...
clong wrote:I just read Ethan of Athos for the first time and enjoyed it very much (here's my brief review if anyone's interested).
I'm very curious as to how things might look on Athos several generations after the time of Ethan. Have you ever thought about revisiting the subject?
LMB wrote:... I'm committed to three books right now (_The Wide Green World_ duology and a new Miles book), with two more hovering in the wings (two more for Chalion, maybe), and by the time I get through just them I'll be sixty-something!
Ta, L.
Reede Kullervo wrote:LMB wrote:... I'm committed to three books right now (_The Wide Green World_ duology and a new Miles book), with two more hovering in the wings (two more for Chalion, maybe), and by the time I get through just them I'll be sixty-something!
Ta, L.
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More Miles and Chalion.
I can't wait.
Main Entry: be·guile
Pronunciation: bi-'gI(-&)l, bE-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): be·guiled; be·guil·ing
transitive verb
1 : to lead by deception
2 : HOODWINK
3 : to while away especially by some agreeable occupation; also : DIVERT 2
4 : to engage the interest of by or as if by guile
intransitive verb : to deceive by wiles
synonym see DECEIVE
clong wrote:I'm curious about your use of the term "Beguilement," which has a negative connotation to me.
According to Merriam-Webster onlineMain Entry: be·guile
Pronunciation: bi-'gI(-&)l, bE-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): be·guiled; be·guil·ing
transitive verb
1 : to lead by deception
2 : HOODWINK
3 : to while away especially by some agreeable occupation; also : DIVERT 2
4 : to engage the interest of by or as if by guile
intransitive verb : to deceive by wiles
synonym see DECEIVE
Is one of these your definition?
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