Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 101

Falling Free cover redux

So...I received my author's copies of the Blackstone Audiobook production of Falling Free, read unabridged as usual by the much-liked Grover Gardner.  When they consulted me on which of the several po...

free Miles reads

So...At long last, I've made arrangements to put The Warrior's Apprentice up in the Baen Free Library, in anticipation of the CryoBurn launch later this year -- something for curious folks to try whil...

first... not so much fruits as buds

Almost the first mention of CryoBurn...  Anyone know anything about this site?  (Yes, I know what PW is, to be sure.)http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blo... reviewer ARCs are now out t...

Romantic Times Achievement Award for Sci-Fi/Fantasy, 2009

So, I got this note a while back, but was not able to attend the convention in Columbus in May 2010:
"We have selected the winners for our 2009 RT BOOK REVIEWS Career Achievement Awards and you have ...

Japanese Sharing Knife covers!

I received my author's copies of the Japanese translation of Legacy today... a bit long in wending to me, as I see it has a translation copyright of 2007.  But anyway, they are well worth sharing -- I...

hero poll

Huh.

I'm dubious of the significance of this, but here it is...

http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/07/15/sfx20...

I note that there are exactly two heroes who are literary, not media. 
Mi...

Lillian Carl's latest

I was excited to see my friend Lillian Carl's new book touted at the top
of the Fictionwise home page this morning.  I'd send you all there to
cheer as well, except I don't know how fast that page...

Bujold resource

I am reminded to mention, for new blog readers, that many of your questions (and more) may already be answered here:http://www.dendarii.com/interviews.ht... possibly here:http://www.dendarii.com/ess...

...and watching.

So, while waiting for the next seasons of The Big Bang Theory and Eureka! to become available from Netflix, I wandered into something called Dead Like Me.  (Series started 2003 -- still on remedial TV...

more reading round-up

Two more this past week:The Rational Optimist (2010) by Matt Ridley.I ordered this from the library mainly on the basis of having enjoyed The Red Queen, Ridley's earlier pop sci book on evolutionary g...