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Tantor Media!

I'm so excited about this. Finally, finally, finally! I can't tell you how often people have written to me asking if Farseer and Liveship are available in audio format. Here in the US, truck drivers and families are often in the car for long hours every day. So audio books are really popular.

And now my books are available in audio format!

Go hear http://www.tantor.com/BookList.asp?Genre=SciFi-Fant to see the listing for Assassin's Apprentice, which will come out in February ...

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And dreading the drive, I'm afraid. I-5 between Tacoma and Seattle can decide to be congested at any moment of the day or night. I never know what I'm going to encounter.

At least there's a pleasant prospect at the end of the drive. I'm going to hang out for a bit with Duane at University Book Store. And then I have an interview! Bill Kenower, editor in chief of Author! magazine is bringing in his camera and equipment. We'll be taping at University Book Store. Here's a link to his site:
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That's 20 degrees this morning for those of us who worship in the Farenheit church. Cold. Cold, cold, cold, because the wind off the water just comes roaring through here. BRR. Cold dogs, frozen cats. Pitiful squirrels sitting miserably on the fence hoping I'll spill when I fill the bird feeder. I do, of course. And I put boiling water in the bird bath to thaw it because liquid water is hard to come by for the little birds today. The dog water dish is frozen solid.

Nonetheless, today I will...

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http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-robin-hobb-interview.html

I do interviews with Pat at his Fantasy Blog Spot on a fairly regular basis, usually one to each book that comes out. This one has a few questions about Dragon Keeper, but no spoilers.

So much to keep up with this time of year! Halls to deck, fruitcakes to douse with rum, lights to hang, shopping to do . . . Not to mention a collection of short stories to put the finishing touches on, and my story for the Warriors antho...

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And back to work already!

I've tidied my house a bit, paid all my bills, organized my afternoon, and decided to make a quick post before settling into my writing for the day.

Orycon offered me the chance to connect with many friends I haven't seen in years. I said hi to some, glimpsed even more in the halls, and actually managed to have one or two conversations with old friends. Odd to think that the more we change, the more we stay the same, and that I've been running into these friends at c...

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I know, it's not out yet.  It won't be published until January in the US.

However, if I waited until then to pass this on, it might be too late. So, for those of you who collect signed first editions, here is the information.

My friend, Shawn Speakman, runs a site called the Signed Page.  http://www.signedpage.com/authors/hobb-keeper.html

For the price of the book, you can get a signed, or even a personalized and signed book.  (It's not  just Robin Hobb books, by the way. Shawn has a lot of auth...

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<p align="center">Welcome to the November News-Letter from Robin Hobb</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">Welcome!</p>

 

 

Well, October and Halloween are behind us here. Meant to get this out November 1st, but here it is the 4th already. I hope everyone in the US found their ways to the polls and voted!

<p align="center"> </p><p align="center">Book and Publication News</p><p align="center"> </p>

Italian rights to Shaman’s Crossing have been sold to Fanucci Publishing. The paperback edition of Fool’s Fate  is out and about by now.

 

Indonesian Rights to The Farseer Trilogy have been sold to Matahati Publishing.

 

In...

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What's Orycon?  A wonderful science fiction and fantasy convention.  It's a gathering of readers, viewers, creators, gamers, costumers, dealers and every sort of person who might have an interest in SF or fantasy. There are panel discussions, an art show, a masquerade, an auction, dances, hall costumes, a dealers room and well, too much else to describe! 

It's a fun time.  You should come.

Orycon this year, in Portland Oregon, will occur on the weekend immediately following Thanksgiving.  We w...

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Has been absolutely wonderful!

I didn't take my camera, but I'm sure there will be lots of photos of the convention elsewhere online.  In terms of universal costuming by attendees, I think this has been the most extravagant, elegant and over the top convention I've ever been to.  Men in top hats with walking sticks and carefully curled moustaches.  Ladies in bustles and corsets and lovely hats. And that is before we even get to the fantastic elements of gears, sprockets, lovely weapons...

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http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-amnesia-girl-identified,0,7222968.story


Very glad to share this with you here!

Robin

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