Deanna Stanley
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
In Penric's time it seems like every petty lord had a sorcerer, but by Cazaril's time they're rare. What happened in between?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Mainly, because they are in two different countries. Caz's peninsula had been well worked-over by Quadrene conquerors bent on stamping out sorcery altogether, and even the areas that have been subsequently reconquered have not totally recovered that culture by Caz's time. So the Ibran peninsula is behind. It will catch up with its neighbors in another generation.
(As retcons go, pretty plausible, I think...)
And also because Penric is paying a lot more attention to these matters than Caz, as it's his profession. It's like the difference between a bridge builder and a bridge user.
We may also note that Pen, so far, has not completed any Ibran translation of his growing body of work. Perhaps he never gets around to it...
Ta, L.
Mainly, because they are in two different countries. Caz's peninsula had been well worked-over by Quadrene conquerors bent on stamping out sorcery altogether, and even the areas that have been subsequently reconquered have not totally recovered that culture by Caz's time. So the Ibran peninsula is behind. It will catch up with its neighbors in another generation.
(As retcons go, pretty plausible, I think...)
And also because Penric is paying a lot more attention to these matters than Caz, as it's his profession. It's like the difference between a bridge builder and a bridge user.
We may also note that Pen, so far, has not completed any Ibran translation of his growing body of work. Perhaps he never gets around to it...
Ta, L.
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Paul Chubb
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi, trying to track down where to buy The flowers of Vashnoi as an epub. Baen, where I normally buy books, doesn't have it. Lots of the usual suspects offering pseudo illegal or illegal copies but no one apart from Amazon and they only do kindle. Can you point me to a reputable seller? Cheers Paul
Softness
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I noticed several parallels between Hallana and Penric -- Bastard's order, physicians, sorcerers, and picked up an unintentional demon (at least by human standards). I wondered if this was coincidence? Or did Hallana have some interesting themes you wanted to dig into deeper? (Hallana is one of my favorite characters, btw.) ^^ -Kalli
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