Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 113

May 1, 2009

Shards of Honor out from Blackstone Audiobooks

Hi all --

Today, May 1, is the official Blackstone Audiobooks release of _Shards
of Honor_.  Long-awaited, I do believe.

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

At least on phy...
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Published on May 01, 2009 00:42

April 29, 2009

Just watched... The Jane Austen Book Club

And it was delightful.  Set up: six members of a book club read each of Austen's six books over six months, with the characters in the club and the situations of the novels reflecting and reflecting o...
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Published on April 29, 2009 15:13

Book report, April 2009

It has been brought to my attention that some people would like an
update on  the progress of the new Miles book.   Now, to my way of
thinking, a book has only two states, not finished and finishe...
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Published on April 29, 2009 02:27

April 24, 2009

Bujold intersects the RaceFail conversation, briefly

I've only been following the RaceFail conversation at a remove, via bulletins from a friend who is following it more closely.  It has turned up rarely on my occasional ego-sweeps.  Interesting stuff. ...
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Published on April 24, 2009 03:02

April 20, 2009

Just watched...

My "just watched" list for the weekend...The Matrix.  Yeah, I know, I'm slow.   Speaking as an engineer's daughter, at no point did the physics, biology, economics or ecology make sense.  Of any of th...
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Published on April 20, 2009 13:00

Bujold interview by Jo Walton at Tor.com

Did this last week as a continuation of Jo's marathon Vorkosigan saga re-read...http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=c... book-by-book discussions have drawn a nice amount ...
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Published on April 20, 2009 08:48

April 12, 2009

Thirteenth Child now out

Pat Wrede's Thirteenth Child is now out...http://www.amazon.com/Thirteenth-Chil... that it is published as a YA, so...
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Published on April 12, 2009 01:09

April 10, 2009

Bluejo's Vorkosigan reviews on Tor.com

Bluejo's Tor.com read starts here, and goes on through April, for those who are interested:http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=c... up to Cetaganda as of today.  Very in...
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Published on April 10, 2009 11:30

April 8, 2009

Just read... The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World  by David W. Anthony, 2007.Not so much pop sci this time as real sci, albeit one of the more...
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Published on April 08, 2009 13:36

April 4, 2009

Just read... The Obesity Myth

Just finished The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession With Weight Is Hazardous To Your Health by Paul Campos.This is the sort of book one finishes thinking, "Every human being in America should read...
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Published on April 04, 2009 14:33