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recent reading and watching round-up

Just to keep the blog from turning into nothing but a never-ending stream of commercial messages, in this extended book-launch-madness period...Wild Ride (2010) by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer.An eld...

The Vorkosigan Companion now out in paperback

The Vorkosigan Companion is out in mass market paperback format this month from Baen...  they didn't get a little cartouche with "Hugo Award Nominee!" on the cover, but otherwise, all fine.  (In the n...

Blackstone Audio CryoBurn release date also moved up to Oct. 19

I am reminded...Blackstone Audiobooks has also moved up the release date of its audio edition of CryoBurn to match the new release date from Baen.  The estimable Grover Gardner rides reads again.http:...

Bujold interviews Vorkosigan -- and vice versa

So...Baen Books asked me, last Spring, to write an article of me interviewing my main character, as a freebie exclusive for their bookstore accounts. I see the first bookstore in my book tour, Uncle H...

October book tour for CryoBurn

The October book tour for CryoBurn is now pretty much finalized,
particulars herewith.

Note that the Powell's stop is out in the Beaverton suburban branch. 
Hugo's does not have floor space fo...

Pat Wrede on writing

Pat Wrede has a nice little article on writing humor on her blog today,
one more of what is shaping up to be a really excellent series of tips on
writing generally --

http://pcwrede.com/blog/
...

SOURCE coming from Kelso

So...My Australian friend Sylvia Kelso (whose name may ring a bell from the Paladin of Souls dedication) has a new book coming out, Source.  Due out Sept. 23.http://jupitergardens.com/index.php?m......

CryoBurn sample chapters up at Baen

Because this has advanced off the front page of my blog and from casual view, a reminder; the first five sample chapters of CryoBurn are up at Baen here:http://www.webscription.net/chapters/......

first Farnol finished

So...I finished The Valley of Night (British title Death By Nail).  Yeah, can kind of see why all the Farnols are out of print, and all the Heyers are still in, coming up on the centenary of her first...

Jeffery Farnol question

So...Through a concatenation of reminders, I have finally poked into the works of British writer Jeffery Farnol, who is often described in the same breath as Georgette Heyer.The book my library offere...