Marie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
For you - and for your readers: recommendations for books / series that are readable and rereadable and rereadable? Your books (all 3 major universes) are my go-to comfort reading; I'm certain I've read everything at least 3 times, some a dozen or more.
Lois McMaster Bujold
This one looks as if it would be best answered in the comments, since it already covers my work. Go for it, folks...
Curiously, I find my reread pile goes in and out of fashion for me; things I thought I'd never tire of go stale, others rise to the surface again after years. Best shorthand I can think of for this effect is that my psychological needs change over time, as do, sometimes, the reasons I reread what turns out to be no longer quite the same book.
I'm glad my work holds up for you. Judging from reviews the book of mine that most changes its effect on subsequent readings is The Hallowed Hunt; possibly because readers stop fighting preconceptions created by other books in the series and the expectations of the genre generally, and start to take it on its own terms.
Ta, L.
Curiously, I find my reread pile goes in and out of fashion for me; things I thought I'd never tire of go stale, others rise to the surface again after years. Best shorthand I can think of for this effect is that my psychological needs change over time, as do, sometimes, the reasons I reread what turns out to be no longer quite the same book.
I'm glad my work holds up for you. Judging from reviews the book of mine that most changes its effect on subsequent readings is The Hallowed Hunt; possibly because readers stop fighting preconceptions created by other books in the series and the expectations of the genre generally, and start to take it on its own terms.
Ta, L.
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Catherine Nemeth
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Re; Q&A below, can a demon have too many lives/get too dense for the human host to control even with temple training? Des’s age is noted as unusual, implying that most demons either die when they can’t jump to a suitable new host or they ascend and get taken by a saint before they reach Des’s age. Des is canny enough to realize what would happen if she ascends, but perhaps many demons can’t resist all that fun chaos?
Andie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello! A question about contraceptive implants on Barrayar - could women make these medical decisions for themselves, or was a husband or father's permission required? (To either get, or remove, the implant?) This might influence decisions for certain of my favourite couples who are betrothed but not yet married. There are references such as "observing the traditions, at least, as far as Mama and Da know ..." TY!
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