John Kirk
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I'm curious: what were the Imperial Auditors up to during Vordarian's pretendership? I suspect that the real answer is "Nothing, because you hadn't invented them yet", but I wonder what their role would be in a situation like that.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Well, your first speculation is not wrong, but, taking them as an undetermined box in which anything might be happening as long as it didn't impinge on Cordelia's then-frame-of-view, I would expect, with 8 or 9 men, several possibilities. Any who were known loyalists to Aral would have been put under arrest, if Vordarian could catch them before they went underground. One or more could have died resisting or defying arrest. Any he could suborn, he would have. Fence-sitters would have found plausible bolt-holes, but not have been trusted by Aral afterward, and would have been encouraged to retire.
Vordarian didn't have long enough as emperor to appoint his own stable, I'm afraid. Luckily for them.
Ta, L.
Well, your first speculation is not wrong, but, taking them as an undetermined box in which anything might be happening as long as it didn't impinge on Cordelia's then-frame-of-view, I would expect, with 8 or 9 men, several possibilities. Any who were known loyalists to Aral would have been put under arrest, if Vordarian could catch them before they went underground. One or more could have died resisting or defying arrest. Any he could suborn, he would have. Fence-sitters would have found plausible bolt-holes, but not have been trusted by Aral afterward, and would have been encouraged to retire.
Vordarian didn't have long enough as emperor to appoint his own stable, I'm afraid. Luckily for them.
Ta, L.
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Kristina
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
First, I love all your books. Thank you so much for writing them! Second, in the afterword to the Young Miles omnibus, you mention two Enya songs - "Cursum Perficio" and "Cu Chulainn" - that you associate with elements in "The Vor Game." Is there any other music that helped inspire your writing, or that you particularly associate with the Vorkosigan or World of the Five Gods books?
Derek Peter Hawley
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
It is repeatedly mentioned in the books that there are sixty Counts, but by my count (no pun intended) only two dozen or so are named so far. Do you have in your head a full list of the Vor family names? Also, are there any Vor families that don't have a Countship, i.e., that became Vor after the formation of the Council of Counts? And what about the terraforming of South Continent? Will new Districts be added?
Radoslav Kirilchev
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Dear Mrs Bujold, Everyone loves Miles, myself included. (I loved each and every one of the _Chalion_ books as well. The "Knife" series... were only very good, and nothing spectacular... but I guess that's just me. Sorry.) However, I am very curious if you'd ever thought about having Aral Vorkosigan as a main character? We're indeed aware of most of his story, but I've always found him more intriguing than Miles...
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