Andrea Berta
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
My favorite book of all time is Curse of Chalion. Do you think that you'll write another sequel to it, either a full-length book or novella? I think there are lots of stories still to be told about the characters in it or in Paladin of Souls. I reread them both at least once a year and always wish for more.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Well, I have more in the world of course -- The Hallowed Hunt and the, now, 11 Penric & Desdemona tales -- but presuming you've already found those, I suspect what you hanker for are the particular characters from those first two novels. Thing is, I feel both Cazaril's and Ista's great spiritual journeys are complete. Anything added would be anticlimax or smudging. Novellas are less ruled out, but would feel like writing my own fanfiction. Which I am not above doing, but the story-notions that have compelled me have gone in other directions.
If one looks beyond that core cast of characters, it's a whole world and there are many other people-possibilities in it, yes, hence Penric & Desdemona, or Ingrey and Ijada for that matter. If you haven't found HH and P&D yet, the question is easier to answer -- I can just point.
In any case, I'm glad the Chalion duo has held up for you after all these years! ...Decades now, oof.
Ta, L,
If one looks beyond that core cast of characters, it's a whole world and there are many other people-possibilities in it, yes, hence Penric & Desdemona, or Ingrey and Ijada for that matter. If you haven't found HH and P&D yet, the question is easier to answer -- I can just point.
In any case, I'm glad the Chalion duo has held up for you after all these years! ...Decades now, oof.
Ta, L,
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