Lois McMaster Bujold

Jeremy Comeaux interviews Grand Master of Science Fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold on Penric’s Intrigues; One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name, part 62. View the podcast in video form at https://www.baen.com/podcastfiles/mp3/https://www.youtube.com/embed/IxObg89zsVA and the Baen YouTube Channel.

Catherine and I chat with Lois McMaster Bujold (!!!) about The Assassins of Thasalon. If you like the Penric & Desdemona books as much as we do (which is a LOT) you’ll love this episode!We cover the origin story of Penric and Desdemona, how her retirement partially rests on self publishing, and how much manga she’s reading and watching - with recommendations.Thank you to our Patreon community for the transcript, and to Laura G., Francene, Jamie, and Agnes for the questions!...Music: purple-planet.comFull show notes with links to books: http://bit.ly/461McMasterBujold Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Today Jonathan spends ten minutes or so talking with one of the most beloved writers in the history of science fiction and fantasy, Lois McMaster Bujold , about working and writing in these strange times, her semi-retirement and how she came to write and publish the Penric and Desdemona series , and much more. Books mentioned include: The Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric and Desdemona #8) by Lois McMaster Bujold Penric's Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold Penric's Travels by Lois McMaster Bujold Paladin's Grac e by T. Kingfisher Swordheart by T. Kingfisher Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

The annual trip/vacation to CONvergence this year held a special opportunity for me. Sure, I would see friends, participate on panels, and buy cool stuff (as one does at these sorts of things), but I had also joined up with the gang here at SciFi4Me. It was time to prove my worth. So I thought, why not conduct an interview? With ACTUAL FAMOUS PEOPLE!?! Skimming over the Guests of Honor on the CONvergence website, I discovered a VERY familiar name: Lois McMaster Bujold, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of, among other things, the Miles Vorkosigan titles from Baen Books. I’d certainly read a huge chunk of her work, but it had been a good long time ago. Maybe twenty years. Or more! Would I remember enough about them to not make myself look foolish in front of the world-renowned author? Probably not. But I forged ahead anyway. When you reach for the sky, try to make it into orbit so you don’t end up falling right back down to Earth and injuring, or worse killing, yourself. Neil Armstrong always said that. I think. Maybe. Anyway, it worked for him. The time arrived to rendezvous with Ms. Bujold. I was escorted, along with my trusty photographer Ann Laabs, by Jody Wurl, guest-wrangler extraordinaire. Ms. Bujold’s room was on the seventh floor of the North Tower of the Bloomington Doubletree. I explained to the author how, outside of job searching, this was my first interview with an Actual Famous Person. Ever! She was charming and put me at ease enough to ask what I hoped were interesting questions. She simply took those questions and ran with them. After all, that’s what Neil Armstrong did. No, really! -Ish.

Lois McMaster Bujold interview, part 2, on her bestseller Captain Vorpatril's Alliance and her life and work, plus David Weber's Shadow of Freedom Part 26.

Lois McMaster Bujold interview, part 1, on her bestseller Captain Vorpatril's Alliance and her life and work, plus David Weber's Shadow of Freedom Part 25.