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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I recently finished reading a biography of T.E. Lawrence and am now reading his book, Seven Pillars of Wisdom. I was struck by some parallels between his life and Miles Vorkosigan's. Was Lawrence an inspiration for you, or am I imagining things?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Yes, he was. One of them, at any rate -- very seldom does inspiration have only one source. (The young Winston Churchill also has a foot in there, somewhere.)
The movie came out when I was a teen; I followed up with a lot of reading about the man himself including that memoir, which was a deal more complex and a bit beyond what my shallow teen brain could process, but I suppose the stretch was good for it. My understanding grew better as I grew older and learned more, both about the period of history and people generally. It has been some decades since I revisited Seven Pillars; it would be interesting to reread it again now and see how much it has changed, including in light of a half-century more of history unfolding. :-)
Also interesting, if you can find a copy, is Lawrence's The Mint. A tinge of that went into Camp Permafrost, in an oblique sort of way.
Ta, L.
Yes, he was. One of them, at any rate -- very seldom does inspiration have only one source. (The young Winston Churchill also has a foot in there, somewhere.)
The movie came out when I was a teen; I followed up with a lot of reading about the man himself including that memoir, which was a deal more complex and a bit beyond what my shallow teen brain could process, but I suppose the stretch was good for it. My understanding grew better as I grew older and learned more, both about the period of history and people generally. It has been some decades since I revisited Seven Pillars; it would be interesting to reread it again now and see how much it has changed, including in light of a half-century more of history unfolding. :-)
Also interesting, if you can find a copy, is Lawrence's The Mint. A tinge of that went into Camp Permafrost, in an oblique sort of way.
Ta, L.
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