Alla
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi, Lois! I'm from Russia and I really like your Saga of Vorkosigan. I think miles and one of the most vivid and strong characters in fantastic prose. Tell me, were you offered ever to make a movie or series about Vorkosigan? Or maybe you wanted this story was brought to the screen? With respect to your work, Alla.
Lois McMaster Bujold
There was a movie offer back in the mid-1990s on The Warrior's Apprentice, which went as far as a script. The script was so dire, with less than zero relationship to the original book, I was enormously relieved when they didn't go on to make a movie from it. That experience pretty much cured me of any desire for a media adaptation.
Georgette Heyer never had a movie made from any of her books, but in just two years she will be coming up on 100 years of her books being in continuous print, read by millions over that time. I could be quite content with a century-long career like that, even if didn't live to see all of it.
Making a movie of Miles would be harder than it looks, since so much of the important action and humor is taking place inside his head, in his thoughts, not visible to the outside observer, or to the camera.
Ta, L.
There was a movie offer back in the mid-1990s on The Warrior's Apprentice, which went as far as a script. The script was so dire, with less than zero relationship to the original book, I was enormously relieved when they didn't go on to make a movie from it. That experience pretty much cured me of any desire for a media adaptation.
Georgette Heyer never had a movie made from any of her books, but in just two years she will be coming up on 100 years of her books being in continuous print, read by millions over that time. I could be quite content with a century-long career like that, even if didn't live to see all of it.
Making a movie of Miles would be harder than it looks, since so much of the important action and humor is taking place inside his head, in his thoughts, not visible to the outside observer, or to the camera.
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?
Ctibor
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I have re-read 'Memory' so often that the book is falling apart at the seams (the other books too btw). However, there is one crucial sentence in, which I still don't completely understand, and I wondered if you could clarify. I understand Miles at this turning point, but the significance of Vorkosigan Vashnoi still eludes me. "I am the man who owns Vorkosigan Vashnoi." Help and Sorry?
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