Adam
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Dear Lois, Thank you for all the excellent hours of reading over the years. I really have to force myself to slow down when you have a new release because it's always bittersweet to wait a year or more for a book and then finish it in a day. I'm really enjoying penric. I'd write more, but I have to get to my question. Do you have any recommendations for someone looking for a new author to read?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Well, my standard answer to this question lately has been Megan Whalen Turner and Ben Aaronovitch. In older work, Georgette Heyer can still be fun. Jennifer Crusie for more contemporary. If you are looking to widen your scope into manga, some of the works of CLAMP are pretty good. Some of theirs are misses for me, but the cross-connected series xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle really worked for me, eventually, although they take considerable commitment to unravel. I have a review section up around here somewhere... ah.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Although, of course, not everything reviewed is recommended or appropriate for all audiences.
Ta, L.
Well, my standard answer to this question lately has been Megan Whalen Turner and Ben Aaronovitch. In older work, Georgette Heyer can still be fun. Jennifer Crusie for more contemporary. If you are looking to widen your scope into manga, some of the works of CLAMP are pretty good. Some of theirs are misses for me, but the cross-connected series xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle really worked for me, eventually, although they take considerable commitment to unravel. I have a review section up around here somewhere... ah.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Although, of course, not everything reviewed is recommended or appropriate for all audiences.
Ta, L.
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Brett
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Apologies if someone has already asked these: Have you read Everina Maxwell's books? They reminded me of your work, and I later found she lists you as a major influence. Also, were you involved with hiring Grover Gardner as a narrator of the VK books, and/or did you have any interactions with him as he worked on them? Miles has his voice when I read the saga. Thanks for writing your books!
Anne
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Good morning! Just wanted to say hello, and mention something a friend and I were discussing. As we've grown older, fiction has begin to become less interesting, and the real world has become more and more fantastical. I'm unsure if this is an effect of age, or if reality has simply reached a bizarre enough state of technological advancement that we from the previous state are having trouble processing it. Thoughts?
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