Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 110

August 25, 2009

LMB's Dragon*Con schedule

I have my schedule for Dragon*Con in Atlanta. 
http://www.dragoncon.org/  Note that this is an early draft, and one
should re-check the final program upon arrival for any changes.

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Published on August 25, 2009 01:06

August 23, 2009

Reading and watching...

... a grab-bag of things this week, while I wait, in vain it seems, for my teeth to settle down after some dental work.Stranger Than Fiction  Quite a brilliant little film, and full of good writer-jok...
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Published on August 23, 2009 01:26

August 17, 2009

WA in French Graphics

My literary agent's French agent was kind enough to forward me a paper copy of Lanfeust Magazine, No. 121, Juin 2009, containing the first installment of The Warrior's Apprentice as a comic in French....
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Published on August 17, 2009 09:39

Just watched... Eureka

Which turns out to be a clever and funny TV series from, of all places, the SciFi Channel, before it changed its name to that stupid substitute (what *were* they thinking...?)Through a concatenation o...
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Published on August 17, 2009 09:08

August 11, 2009

Just watched... Tin Man, Coraline

Tin Man, which I picked out on a whim at the video store, turned out to be a low-budget made-for-TV miniseries which took the template of The Wizard of Oz, asked the question, "How many stupid action-...
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Published on August 11, 2009 02:26

2009 Hugos -- it was an honor to be nominated, again...

The results of the 2009 Hugo Awards at WorldCon in Montreal are up here:http://www.thehugoawards.org/You can get the full voting breakdown by following the link on the awards page.  It took me years t...
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Published on August 11, 2009 01:43

August 7, 2009

Just read... How To Ditch Your Fairy

How To Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier (2008)YA fantasy; an athletic young girl in a modern fantasy world where people are assisted, or afflicted, by assorted luck fairies, doesn't appreciate...
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Published on August 07, 2009 01:24

August 4, 2009

Horizon at Audible

Ah ha --They have Horizon up at Audible.com already.  That was quick!http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/prod..., L.
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Published on August 04, 2009 16:25

July 31, 2009

Just watched... The World's Fastest Indian

... twice.(2005) Based on the true story of Burt Munro, the 67-year-old New Zealander who set a world speed record (in 1967) that still stands at the Bonneville Salt Flats with his home-customized 192...
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Published on July 31, 2009 13:10

July 29, 2009

Just read... Bride of the Rat God

By Barbara Hambly.  1994.Just read a couple of weeks ago, actually, while waiting for editorial turn-around, but I figure I should note it before tucking it away on my bookshelves downstairs.Delightfu...
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Published on July 29, 2009 05:15