Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 59
November 30, 2014
another PBS of interest
Much here to set the Miles fan musing. Or the history fan, or...
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365328705/
A volunteer body double helps modern scientists figure out Richard Plantagenet's real capabilities.
Ta, L.
(Apologies in advance to the overseas fans regionally blocked from this streaming. Not my doing.)
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365328705/
A volunteer body double helps modern scientists figure out Richard Plantagenet's real capabilities.
Ta, L.
(Apologies in advance to the overseas fans regionally blocked from this streaming. Not my doing.)
November 29, 2014
life imitates art imitates life, again
This young duke reminds me rather of Gregor, even to his appearance. A bit of Miles as well, including the princess in his recent family tree, and the interest in the traditional-beverages business. And the chainsaw scene; not quite plumbing, but with the same attitude.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365335643/
(A one-hour PBS video on the Scottish Campbell estate, its history and present personnel and activities. Fascinating.)
Ta, L.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365335643/
(A one-hour PBS video on the Scottish Campbell estate, its history and present personnel and activities. Fascinating.)
Ta, L.
November 28, 2014
Downpour sale
It looks as if Downpour, the direct-download arm of Blackstone Audiobooks, is having a sale from today through Monday:
http://www.downpour.com/
Mine are here:
http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch...
Ta, L.
(Cordelia sniffs, "Black Friday -- you call that shopping...?")
http://www.downpour.com/
Mine are here:
http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch...
Ta, L.
(Cordelia sniffs, "Black Friday -- you call that shopping...?")
November 16, 2014
November 8, 2014
blast from the past
Huh...
The things one runs across online. Herewith is the speech/presentation I made two years ago at the Washington book fair, sponsored by the Library of Congress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfTWLs...
In a spirit of parsimony, I recycled this speech three times that year, and collected it in Sidelines: Talks and Essays.
Ta, L.
The things one runs across online. Herewith is the speech/presentation I made two years ago at the Washington book fair, sponsored by the Library of Congress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfTWLs...
In a spirit of parsimony, I recycled this speech three times that year, and collected it in Sidelines: Talks and Essays.
Ta, L.
November 5, 2014
L'alliance
Aha --
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance has now been released in French.
http://www.amazon.fr/saga-Vorkosigan-...
I knew it was finished in translation. Very interesting -- for the first time, they've used the American cover art. I see it has a review already, cool!
I'm not sure when my author's copies will drift in, but when they do, I'll post a scan.
au revoir, L.
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance has now been released in French.
http://www.amazon.fr/saga-Vorkosigan-...
I knew it was finished in translation. Very interesting -- for the first time, they've used the American cover art. I see it has a review already, cool!
I'm not sure when my author's copies will drift in, but when they do, I'll post a scan.
au revoir, L.
November 2, 2014
from Russia with love
I have special birthday greetings again this year from my Russian fans. They write:
"Happy, happy birthday, Lois!
Please take our warmest greetings and best wishes. We hope that your special day give you at least a little bit of fun and happiness that your books always give us.
Now Taura & Miles deliver personally this bunch of flowers for you (see attachment please).
On behalf of all your Russian fans,
-------
jetta-e and Vassa (the artist)."
I also got nice posies from tor.com:
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/11/lois...
Ta, L.
(I think Miles might be standing on a box, there...)
"Happy, happy birthday, Lois!
Please take our warmest greetings and best wishes. We hope that your special day give you at least a little bit of fun and happiness that your books always give us.
Now Taura & Miles deliver personally this bunch of flowers for you (see attachment please).
On behalf of all your Russian fans,
-------
jetta-e and Vassa (the artist)."
I also got nice posies from tor.com:
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/11/lois...
Ta, L.
(I think Miles might be standing on a box, there...)
October 5, 2014
Tim's Vermeer
So...
Goodreads does not, to my current knowledge, give a quick way to review DVDs and the like media, but I watched a really charming one last night -- Tim's Vermeer -- that actually led to ordering two more books I'd never heard of before from my library. So everything cross-connects. (I really shouldn't have ordered two at once, as my reading is very slow at the moment, but one can renew online these days, which may help.)
Anyway, for more on the film:
http://www.amazon.com/Tims-Vermeer-Bl...
I liked it especially because it seems to me more about how art really works, from what I've seen of working artists, than certain academic approaches.
The obvious limit of the technique explored in the film is that it is strictly mimetic -- it can only allow artists to paint what they see. To paint something no one has ever seen -- a flight of dragons, for example, or the imagined landscape of a world half a galaxy away, or the portrait of a fictional character -- requires an array of techniques. Which, judging from the glimpses of the eponymous Tim's cinema work that we see clips of in the film, he is very aware of.
Good film. Recommended.
Ta, L.
Goodreads does not, to my current knowledge, give a quick way to review DVDs and the like media, but I watched a really charming one last night -- Tim's Vermeer -- that actually led to ordering two more books I'd never heard of before from my library. So everything cross-connects. (I really shouldn't have ordered two at once, as my reading is very slow at the moment, but one can renew online these days, which may help.)
Anyway, for more on the film:
http://www.amazon.com/Tims-Vermeer-Bl...
I liked it especially because it seems to me more about how art really works, from what I've seen of working artists, than certain academic approaches.
The obvious limit of the technique explored in the film is that it is strictly mimetic -- it can only allow artists to paint what they see. To paint something no one has ever seen -- a flight of dragons, for example, or the imagined landscape of a world half a galaxy away, or the portrait of a fictional character -- requires an array of techniques. Which, judging from the glimpses of the eponymous Tim's cinema work that we see clips of in the film, he is very aware of.
Good film. Recommended.
Ta, L.
October 4, 2014
a capella science
Every once in a while, the internet delivers me powerful rewards for wasting all my time on it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjbt...
Ta, L.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjbt...
Ta, L.
October 3, 2014
another art link
This one amused me vastly...
http://amimercredire.deviantart.com/a...
Ivan on his Imperial wedding duty.
Anyone who wants to have a go at translating the Russian, feel free.
Ta, L.
http://amimercredire.deviantart.com/a...
Ivan on his Imperial wedding duty.
Anyone who wants to have a go at translating the Russian, feel free.
Ta, L.
