Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 16
August 17, 2021
I'm part of an article in The Writer
...from an email interview collected some time ago, but this is the first time I've seen it online. The journalist interviews several writers on the ins and out of trunk stories. I talk a little about "The Flowers of Vashnoi" and Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen.
https://www.writermag.com/writing-ins...
(Note the article is divided over 3 screens, which one must click through sequentially.)
Ta, L.
https://www.writermag.com/writing-ins...
(Note the article is divided over 3 screens, which one must click through sequentially.)
Ta, L.
August 13, 2021
August 12, 2021
Masquerade in Lodi pre-order page is up at SubPress
For publication in December. More excellent cover art by Lauren Saint-Onge. See more here:
https://subterraneanpress.com/all-boo...
Ta, L.
https://subterraneanpress.com/all-boo...
Ta, L.
July 27, 2021
Assassins of Thasalon releases on audio today
Blackstone Audiobooks' production of The Assassins of Thasalon, my 10th Penric & Desdemona title and the first of novel length, has released today wherever Blackstone's downloads are sold.
As for example,
https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/...
https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Thas...
Narration once again by Grover Gardner, cover art by Ron Miller.
Happy listening!
Ta, L.
As for example,
https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/...
https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Thas...
Narration once again by Grover Gardner, cover art by Ron Miller.
Happy listening!
Ta, L.
July 21, 2021
new Bujold interview on Physicians of Vilnoc
Aha. The interview/article we did a few weeks back on the subject of "The Physicians of Vilnoc" is now up at the Twin Cities Geek site:
https://twincitiesgeek.com/2021/07/a-...
Ta, L.
https://twincitiesgeek.com/2021/07/a-...
Ta, L.
July 9, 2021
Physicians of Vilnoc in at Dreamhaven, Hugo's
Copies of the Subterranrean Press trade hardcover and leatherbound editions of "The Physicians of Vilnoc" have arrived at Uncle Hugo's and Dreamhaven Books & Comics. I should add, all signed by me.
Uncle Hugo's has online ordering for mail order here:
http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/ah-bujo...
Dreamhaven's website is here:
http://dreamhavenbooks.com/
and has books in-store and mail order. Yay!
Ta, L.
Uncle Hugo's has online ordering for mail order here:
http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/ah-bujo...
Dreamhaven's website is here:
http://dreamhavenbooks.com/
and has books in-store and mail order. Yay!
Ta, L.
June 26, 2021
Physicians of Vilnoc in print
If I'm reading this right, "The Physicians of Vilnoc" has made it through printing and is now in stock at Subterranean Press. I wasn't expecting it for another month!
https://subterraneanpress.com/sf-fant...
Fabulous cover art...
No idea how fast it will be shipping out. Amazon still has it listed as July 31st. When my author's copies arrive I will assume the vendors won't be far behind, but shipping times can get pretty random. In any case, Uncle Hugo's and Dreamhaven here in Minneapolis will have signed trade (regular hardcover) copies as well as signed limited leather-bound in due course.
Ta, L.
7/7: Hugo's has their order page up, though their cartons have not yet turned up. I received my box the other day, so I'd think it won't be much longer. If you place an order there now, you can ask for personalizations in the first wave of books owner Don brings out for me to sign for him.
Dreamhaven Books will also be having trade (lower priced) signed editions, same deal.
Ta, L.
https://subterraneanpress.com/sf-fant...
Fabulous cover art...
No idea how fast it will be shipping out. Amazon still has it listed as July 31st. When my author's copies arrive I will assume the vendors won't be far behind, but shipping times can get pretty random. In any case, Uncle Hugo's and Dreamhaven here in Minneapolis will have signed trade (regular hardcover) copies as well as signed limited leather-bound in due course.
Ta, L.
7/7: Hugo's has their order page up, though their cartons have not yet turned up. I received my box the other day, so I'd think it won't be much longer. If you place an order there now, you can ask for personalizations in the first wave of books owner Don brings out for me to sign for him.
Dreamhaven Books will also be having trade (lower priced) signed editions, same deal.
Ta, L.
June 20, 2021
panel discussion of The Curse of Chalion
The 4th Street Fantasy Convention, a long-running literary spec fic convention here in Minneapolis, took place this past weekend. Being virtual this year, panel discussions were via internet, and thus recorded and more widely sharable than the rather more intimate/ephemeral conversations of the before times.
Anyway, they took on Chalion in honor of its 20th anniversary since publication, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2JPy...
Pat and I figured out, in discussing it later, that the sequence of events was that I took the Spanish history course in the summer or fall of '97, the abortive letter game was in the summer of '98, and the novel got its start (in the shower, one of the few inceptions I remember clearly) in February of 1999, two months after I'd turned in the manuscript of A Civil Campaign and was scratching around for something different to write.
If you have never attended an SF con, this is a fair sample of what the panel discussions are like.
Ta, L.
Anyway, they took on Chalion in honor of its 20th anniversary since publication, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2JPy...
Pat and I figured out, in discussing it later, that the sequence of events was that I took the Spanish history course in the summer or fall of '97, the abortive letter game was in the summer of '98, and the novel got its start (in the shower, one of the few inceptions I remember clearly) in February of 1999, two months after I'd turned in the manuscript of A Civil Campaign and was scratching around for something different to write.
If you have never attended an SF con, this is a fair sample of what the panel discussions are like.
Ta, L.
June 18, 2021
Vorkosigan e-covers poster still for sale
A tidy display of all of artist Ron Miller's Vorkosigan e-covers, as seen in the background of my new PR photo. Because it's not like you can place ebooks face-out on your bookshelves...
May still be purchased here:
https://society6.com/product/the-vork...
Sizes available in x-small to x-large, and I see they are even on sale today (6/18).
Ta, L.
May still be purchased here:
https://society6.com/product/the-vork...
Sizes available in x-small to x-large, and I see they are even on sale today (6/18).
Ta, L.
June 11, 2021
new Bujold podcast interview up at Smart Bitches
I recorded a podcast interview a few weeks back for the Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books website, a long-running romance (and other books) review and discussion site -- they've been reviewing my work for many years. We discuss The Assassins of Thasalon -- well, we try to, but I kept wandering off -- and many related subjects.
https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/p...
(That's "semi-retirement" for anyone alarmed by the title.)
Ta, L.
https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/p...
(That's "semi-retirement" for anyone alarmed by the title.)
Ta, L.
