Teresa Dowd
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Your stories key on responsibility and consequences, good and bad... the societal implications of even a few medical areas have had profound affects in your diaspora future cultures, Are there any trends in science or culture you see more recently you would love to go after if you were younger, that may be as profound when they hit the fan? Any trends you think are less important than they seemed 30 years ago?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Hm. In general, I lay no claim to being a futurist, although it's always fun to be right twice a day. I'm not sure what you mean by "you would love to go after if you were younger" -- as a writer? As a student? As a patient? (This week, I want a noninvasive cure for macular pucker, if I get a pick.)
For anyone interested in prognostication, I'd say keep an eye on biology. Where any pop sci books published more than five years ago are now out of date, as are some that were published one year ago. Or last week. The explosion in biology itself, of course, stems heavily from the explosion in computing and communication. Progress is happening all over in a 3D or maybe 4D web, not in a line, which makes any linear extrapolation, the favorite of many (but not me), almost bound to be incorrect.
This seems like a good topic to throw open to the comments section.
Ta, L.
Hm. In general, I lay no claim to being a futurist, although it's always fun to be right twice a day. I'm not sure what you mean by "you would love to go after if you were younger" -- as a writer? As a student? As a patient? (This week, I want a noninvasive cure for macular pucker, if I get a pick.)
For anyone interested in prognostication, I'd say keep an eye on biology. Where any pop sci books published more than five years ago are now out of date, as are some that were published one year ago. Or last week. The explosion in biology itself, of course, stems heavily from the explosion in computing and communication. Progress is happening all over in a 3D or maybe 4D web, not in a line, which makes any linear extrapolation, the favorite of many (but not me), almost bound to be incorrect.
This seems like a good topic to throw open to the comments section.
Ta, L.
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Andrew
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
How do your family and friends relate to you and your writing? I imagine they would enjoy a special understanding of your thoughts, feelings, and values from reading your work. For instance, my wife and I have both completed the Vorkosigan saga and I've taken to quoting to her, apropos of family matters, "all true wealth is biological", which benefits from what we've both experienced in the novels.
Guillermo Martinez
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Dear Lois. I just finished Gentleman Jole and I was delighted by it. I really appreciate you developing the characters to new stages of life, though I admit I miss the more exciting times when they were young. Please accept my heartfelt Thank you for your creative proccess and many good moments spent reading your work. I hope you are planning to keep on writing Miles Books along these lines in the following years?
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