Gary
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I know SFWA ruled that Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen was eligible for last year's Nebula award because of the ARC sale in 2015. Has there been a ruling regarding Hugo eligibility for this coming year? The voting period will soon be upon us and I'd really like to know.
Lois McMaster Bujold
I am not the person to answer this. I suggest you write to/inquire of the Hugo administrators, who have contact info somewhere on the Worldcon website.
Ta, L.
Later: I asked. The view of the Hugo administrators seems to be that the SFWA ruling is not theirs, and that fans may nominate the book as usual per its hardcover first publication date of February 2016, i.e., for this year's Helsinki Worldcon.
(By the way, anyone who has the chance to go, I recommend Helsinki and Finland heartily. I had a great time on a trip there a couple of years back.)
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
Later: I asked. The view of the Hugo administrators seems to be that the SFWA ruling is not theirs, and that fans may nominate the book as usual per its hardcover first publication date of February 2016, i.e., for this year's Helsinki Worldcon.
(By the way, anyone who has the chance to go, I recommend Helsinki and Finland heartily. I had a great time on a trip there a couple of years back.)
Ta, L.
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Julia
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I wonder if you have ever dreamed about any of your characters? Have they or settings/places from your books ever "showed up" in a dream, in any context? Any examples of a character from the Vorkosigan saga interacting with a character from the 5 God series? Do you recall ever having a dream that helped you figure out a plot point or given you aid in your writing? Thank you so much for considering my question.
Bob
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
You've mentioned dealing with insomnia, do you ever write during that time? If so, have any memorable scenes or ideas come together as a result of your sleeplessness? Or is the causality the other way around? Can you not sleep sometimes because your mind is too busy trying to solve things to sleep? I'm betting on the latter because Miles.
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