Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 108

November 17, 2009

new interview is up

I see the interview I did recently for a French website is now up:

http://www.actusf.com/spip/article-85...

They seem confused about my surname, again, which is Bujold.  I get that
a lot. ...
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Published on November 17, 2009 01:29

November 16, 2009

More Bollywood... Jodhaa Akbar

More fruits of my previous survey.  I must say, this word-of-mouth method is giving me a higher hit rate of good stuff than my previous random blundering through Netflix.Just what I wanted in the way ...
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Published on November 16, 2009 15:22

November 12, 2009

more reading and watching

Skin Tight (1989) by Carl HiaasenMuch the same mode of comedy-satire-thriller as the later Skinny Dip; Hiaasen may be a writer not well served by reading too many too close together.  I did get to see...
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Published on November 12, 2009 23:25

November 8, 2009

Recent reading... Hiaasen and Kleypas

Skinny Dip (2004) by Carl Hiaasen.All right, I'm late to the party on this author.  Been seeing his books around for years, but the descriptions never quite enticed.  I'm very glad I, er, dipped in.  ...
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Published on November 08, 2009 10:59

November 3, 2009

Bujold reading, Minneapolis, Dec. 11th

While I'm on the subject...

I will be doing what has become my annual reading for the Speculations
Reading Series at DreamHaven Books & Comics on Friday, Dec. 11th at
6:30 PM.  From CryoBurn agai...
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Published on November 03, 2009 01:40

Blackstone & GURPS VK updates

Ah ha --I see Barrayar is now officially out from Blackstone Audiobooks:

http://www.blackstoneaudio.com/audiob...

It doesn't yet list the digital download as being available -- there...
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Published on November 03, 2009 00:41

October 29, 2009

thereifixedit

Some of you may know this site already, but it bears revisiting:http://thereifixedit.com/Ta, L.  (Related to engineers.)
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Published on October 29, 2009 16:35

October 16, 2009

Watching and reading. And moving furniture.

OK...

So, Netflix did not lie: Krrish really was the sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya.  It's... almost impossible to describe, and I just watched it.  First half, bucolic love story with a touch of George...
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Published on October 16, 2009 15:23

October 12, 2009

Minnesota Fantasy Award

An unexpected note --

I am informed I am to be this year's recipient of the Minnesota Fantasy
Award, which was created by and is maintained under the auspices of the
long-running Twin Cities dark...
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Published on October 12, 2009 02:46

October 4, 2009

Bollyweird: Koi... Mil Gaya

I found this film on a rec from a Texan friend, who'd first seen parts of it on an Air India flight back from her son's wedding in Hyderabad to a beautiful doctor.  (I wish my son would... never mind....
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Published on October 04, 2009 14:20