Marie

Marie asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

What actors would you fantasy-cast as your characters if someone were to make movies of your books? Ignoring current ages: Peter Dinklage seems obvious as Miles (I'd love to see him doing the manic parts). Robert Pattinson (pre-vampire!!) as Ivan. Cordelia: for some reason, Meryl Streep comes to mind.

Lois McMaster Bujold A few of my characters had some mild physical inspiration from actors over the years, although once they hit the page they quickly mutated into their unique selves. I haven't really been watching enough live-action media lately to keep up on the more recent menu of possibilities. I think my characters would want new actors and actresses to bring them to life on-screen.

That said, back in the day Aral had some somatic inspiration from Oliver Reed, Cordelia from Vanessa Redgrave, Galeni from Paul Darrow. I once saw a fellow in the early 80s who starred in a BBC-TV production of Richard III that I thought could almost do Miles, but his name escapes me... ah, thank you Internet, it was Ron Cook.

Ta, L.

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Richard

Richard asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

My father died this morning. Once I was alone, the first thing I did was open my copy of Memory and start rereading it. Thank you for the comfort. (No ?. Just my thanks.)

Melissa

Melissa asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

You are one of my favorite authors (I named my first leopard gecko after you...), but... I just read The Prisoner of Limnos, and...er... did you do any research on albinos before you wrote it? As far as I'm aware, no human albinos have red eyes. I know my friend doesn't (he's an albino), he just has super, super pale blue eyes. And, at least against a background of other white people, he looks fairly normal...

Robert

Robert asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Do you think, if serious about it and not needing to remove the prince and Using the plasma mirror information, Aral or even Miles could have taken Escobar? Using a sucide pilot to block Beta from sending the mirrors? Boarding the ships instead of shooting at them?

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