Marie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
What Earth societies are your Vorkosiverse planets derived from? Some are made pretty clear: Escobar is Spanish / Central / South American, Kibou-Daini is Japanese with some Chinese, Barrayar is Russian / French / English / Greek. Cetaganda strikes me as slightly Chinese (imperial) but the names don't match; Komarr seemed French but one character shares a name with a town in Croatia, so.....
Lois McMaster Bujold
Well, nothing in the Vorkosiverse was settled in "our" time, but rather, two hundred and more years into our future, when people may be assumed to have gotten around and mixed and split and recombined right here on Earth even more than now. Colonization also tends to divest languages en route. So a few ethnic names are not really enough to build a theory of future history upon.
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
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I've just been re-reading the Cordelia-centric books and realized that Kamala Harris walks exactly the way I've always pictured Cordelia's stride - except pants instead of skirts. Hoping you find this to be the compliment that I mean it to be? I know it's not likely but I sure wish we could see more of her. Thanks for all your writing!!
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