Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 107

CryoBurn readings etc. on YouTube

So...My Google-fu is not especially deft, but for those unable to make assorted of my readings in person, some of the folks at Dragon*Con and the like seem to have provided candid vids, as best they c...

Christmas surprise -- Bat Bomb

'Tis the season...In my mail was a most thoughtful prezzie from a friend: a brand-new copy of Bat Bomb, (first printed 1992) by Jack Couffer, what has to be my all-time favorite WWII memoir, apparentl...

Musing on the Muse

I had mentioned the Elizabeth Gilbert talk, linked a few posts back, on my www.dendarii.com chat list, and M. Haller Yamada (who also visits here) came up with this question:Micki:  "I thought this wa...

Barrayar up at Audible, yay!

Barrayar is now available as an audiobook download from www.audible.comMuch awaited; the physical media version was out from Blackstone a month ago.  But 99% of my audiobook sales seem to be downloads...

Reading at Dreamhaven Fri. the 11th (tomorrow)

Just a reminder for any interested Twin Cities fans, I will be doing a reading (and signing) at Dreamhaven Books & Comics tomorrow night, Friday Dec. 11th, at 6:30 PM.http://www.dreamhavenbooks.com/Ta...

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing genius

Now, this is very fine...http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gi... speech runs about 18 minutes.)Link passed along to me by my daughter, bless her...  I about jumped out of my chai...

"Millions for defense, not one cent for a scriptwriter!" The new Star Trek film.

Star Trek, the remake, 2009.Spoilers ahoy.  This is the only warning you will receive.Well, I finally got around to renting this, on the basis of reviews from friends on the order of,  "It was actuall...

Falling Free clueful comment

So...

Here's a neat little review that I ran across this morning in one of my
moments of idle randomness, some years old apparently, summing up the
most important element of _Falling Free_.

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GURPS VK in at Uncle Hugo's

So...I was just over to Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore, here in Minneapolis, to sign their stack of copies of GURPS Vorkosigan, just in.  So if you wanted a copy and didn't know where to get o...

watching... When the Gods Dance

So...I was increasingly intrigued in my recent sampling of Bollywood, especially in Aaja Nachle, by the movie music and dance, which is clearly a vigorous hybrid of local and Western influences.  I kn...