Lois McMaster Bujold ( Last name pronounced phonetically in American English as " Bu-Jold "; born November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio ) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works.

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The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.

Bujold herself has commented that her posited system is neither technologically nor economically feasible, but is rather a convenience for storytelling.

Bujold ’ s father and brother were engineers, and many of the technological details she incorporates are based on 20th-century engineering situations, projected into null-g or alternative solar system situations ( this is especially true of Falling Free, the most technologically dense of the novels ).

Bujold ’ s future is one in which genetic manipulation can produce almost any kind of clone or hybrid.

Bujold has stated on her blog that she is generally in favor of reading the books in internal chronological order.

It is published in the book entitled Dreamweaver ’ s Dilemma, which is a collection of short stories and essays by Bujold that had been previously unpublished and that she gathered together in this volume prior to her appearance at a NESFA convention.

A version of this production with Geneviève Bujold is available on DVD.

Ethan of Athos is an English language science fiction novel that is part of the Vorkosigan Saga by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.

Alternatively, it may be an indirect tribute to the actor Oliver Reed, whom Bujold is known to admire ( she has cited him as a model for Miles ' father Aral Vorkosigan ); Reed played the role of Athos in the 1973 film version of The Three Musketeers.

Athos, a three mooned planet undergoing extensive terraforming, is what author Lois McMaster Bujold refers to as a " monastery " planet, similar to real-life all-male cloisters.

On his way to work, Stewart visits Denise Marshall ( Bujold ), an actress who is the widow of one of his friends and co-workers.

* Zap is a half-tame female cat in the SF novel Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

Obsession is a 1976 psychological thriller / mystery directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, and John Lithgow.

Paladin of Souls is a 2003 fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Joseph Roger Rémi Bujold, PC, CM ( born October 18, 1944 ) is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.

Bujold is Chair of the Canadian Landmine Foundation, and Past-Chairman of the Board of the Council for Canadian Unity, an organization that he joined in 1990.

Dr. Susan Wheeler ( Geneviève Bujold ) is a surgical resident at Boston Memorial Hospital.

The Curse of Chalion is a 2001 fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Cetaganda is the collective name for an 8-planet empire in the Wormhole Nexus of the Vorkosigan Saga novels of Lois McMaster Bujold.

Lois McMaster Bujold has received four Hugos on nine nominations ; the only other authors to win more than twice are Isaac Asimov ( including one Retro Hugo ), Connie Willis, and Vernor Vinge, who have each won three times.

The Fivefold Pathway does not exist as an independent book ; a fanfictional version existed at one time on the Bujold fansite, http :// www. dendarii. com /, but that text seems to have disappeared.

All five of its issues were published while the show was still on the air, and included letters from D. C. Fontana, Gene Roddenberry, and most of the cast members, and an article by future Hugo and Nebula winner Lois McMaster Bujold.

Professional science fiction writers who have written drabbles include Brian Aldiss and Gene Wolfe ( both of whom contributed to " The Drabble Project ) and Lois McMaster Bujold ( whose novel Cryoburn finishes with a sequence of five drabbles, each told from the point of view of a different character ).

Although Bujold explores and satirizes many kinds of societies and prejudices, her universe lacks or fails to consider several sources of social organization and prejudice on Earth: language, skin color, and religion.

When beginning her first novel, Shards of Honor, Bujold incorporated these elements, but greatly expanded.

At a court ball, he notices Mary's 18-year-old sister Anne ( Geneviève Bujold ), who has just returned from her education in France.

* Lois McMaster Bujold loosely bases the character Prospero Beneforte in her 1992 fantasy novel The Spirit Ring on Cellini and his works.

Lois McMasters Bujold quotes Pilgrim's Progress in her short story " Borders of Infinity " set in her science fiction Vorkosigan Saga.

Notable authors who cite her influence include Greg Bear, Lois McMaster Bujold, C. J. Cherryh, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Tanya Huff, Mercedes Lackey, Charles de Lint, Joan D. Vinge, David Weber, K. D. Wentworth, and Catherine Asaro.

* Geneviève Bujold was the first actress chosen to play Captain Nicole Janeway, and several scenes were filmed with her over the first two days of filming.

The film was nominated for 8 Genie Awards in 1980, of which it won 5, including Best Achievement in Direction ( Bob Clark ), Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role ( Geneviève Bujold ) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role ( Christopher Plummer ).

* Hugo Award: Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance

* Hugo Award for Best Novel: Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls

* Nebula Award: Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free

It was praised by many notable figures in the genre, including Lois McMaster Bujold and Jane Yolen, and was nominated for a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature as well.

Bujold devised for this planet a history which allowed for “ swords ‘ n ’ spaceships .” Barrayar in the lifetime of Miles Vorkosigan commands spaceships, computers, and other high technology, but its culture remembers dueling, examines newborns for defects and practices infanticide if any are found, celebrates the Emperor ’ s birthday by handing him bags of gold, and provides liveried life-sworn servants to carry love-letters sealed with the writer's blood.

Bujold had mainly feature film experience, was unprepared for a schedule demanded by series television, and was unwilling to do news interviews.

That day, film actress Geneviève Bujold was selected to play Janeway, but left the role after only two days of filming, due to the demanding production schedule required for a television show.

While that film featured a larger " all star " cast ( in fact, Universal had approached several, including Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, to star in Earthquake-but they had already been signed for Inferno ), Universal was able to land Charlton Heston in the lead role, along with Ava Gardner ( who signed at the proverbial " 11th hour " simply because she wanted to spend the summer in Los Angeles ), George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold ( who agreed to a part in the film to head off an impending lawsuit by Universal over a prior project ), Richard Roundtree ( riding a wave of success from the Shaft film series ), former evangelical Marjoe Gortner as an antagonist, and newcomer Victoria Principal.

Also, Elizabeth Montgomery was the first choice for Denise, but Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Sharon Gless, Sondra Locke, Meredith Baxter, Kate Jackson, Susan St. James and Susan Clark were also in the running for the part finally played by Genevieve Bujold.

* Winner: LA Critics Circle 1989 Best Supporting Actress for Little Dorrit ( shared with Geneviève Bujold )

Bujold was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1979 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Bonaventure — Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

In June 1984, Trudeau's successor, John Turner brought Bujold into the Cabinet as Minister of State for regional development.

* Fantastic Fiction's Bujold website, including a link to a page for The Hallowed Hunt.