Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 112

GURPS Vorkosigan now out in PDF

Long awaited by some...http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/vo... tree-book version is supposed to be out this fall.I am not an RPGer -- that hobby came along after I'd stopped having free time...

French comics adaptation of The Warrior's Apprentice

Aha, I've been waiting for this...First,
I gather, is a magazine serialization, then in due course a three-volume collected
graphic novel: starting now in Soleil..s magazine "Lanfeust". http://www.l...

Just watched... Nim's Island

Nim's Island, (2008)  A kid's movie, on just about that made-for-afternoon-TV level, except for Jodie Foster's character, which made me think the time well spent after all.  Netflix describes it fairl...

Just read... Happiness

Just read Happiness: the Science behind your smile by Daniel Nettle, Oxford University Press, 2005.A short little book about a subject that looms large in everyone's life.  In seven chapters, it explo...

Just watched... Paranoia Agent

Having adored Satoshi Kon's Paprika, I've been working through his backlist.  Paranoia Agent is... nearly indescribable.  13-episode TV series, for mature audiences.  I can't do a better two line summ...

Just read... Bonk

My non-fiction read for the week: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (2008) by Mary Roach.  A short history of scientific sex research, done in a breezy journalistic style, unsurprising as ...

Bujold convention update -- 4th Street in June

I will be attending the Fourth Street Fantasy Convention as a panelist
here in Minneapolis.  It's on June 19 - 21.  Lots more info here:

http://www.4thstreetfantasy.com/

Ta, L.

New Bujold interviews

Hi all --

Mike Bernardi, estimable webmaster, has the three interviews I recently sent him up on
www.dendarii.com now -- the one by Jo Walton at Tor was recently
mentioned and linked, but the o...

Just read... The Science of Fear

This weekend's non-fiction read:  The Science of Fear: Why we fear the things we shouldn't -- and put ourselves in greater danger by Daniel Gardner.  (Dutton, 2008)An excellent summation of a great de...

Shards up at Audible, too!

Here's a surprise...

http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/prod...

It's usually longer than this before the audio download...