older-work roundup
Aka "No-News-Day Farm". Which comes from, iirc, an old Farside cartoon showing the farm where they raise all the weird animals and vegetables that appear in those news fillers.
Anyway, here are some of my less-discussed works, again.
What it says on the tin: a roundup of all the miscellaneous nonfiction writings from the first quarter-century of my career.
Next, my oldest short stories past outright juvenilia, from back in the 80s when I was still trying to figure out this writing-career thing. Contains "Dreamweaver's Dilemma", my first tale in the proto-Vorkosiverse, mentioning Beta Colony but before Barrayar was rediscovered. (Or invented, depending on one's point of view.)
Finally, my first published fantasy novel, a stand-alone or aquel, which is why it tends to sift to the bottom of the bin. It was second in the Locus Poll (not yet the Locus Award) for best fantasy novel, in its year of publication.
All available in this handy e-format in the Kindle, iBooks, and Nook stores. In addition, The Spirit Ring has a print-on-demand edition, our first learning experiment in that direction.
Ta, L.
Anyway, here are some of my less-discussed works, again.
What it says on the tin: a roundup of all the miscellaneous nonfiction writings from the first quarter-century of my career.
Next, my oldest short stories past outright juvenilia, from back in the 80s when I was still trying to figure out this writing-career thing. Contains "Dreamweaver's Dilemma", my first tale in the proto-Vorkosiverse, mentioning Beta Colony but before Barrayar was rediscovered. (Or invented, depending on one's point of view.)
Finally, my first published fantasy novel, a stand-alone or aquel, which is why it tends to sift to the bottom of the bin. It was second in the Locus Poll (not yet the Locus Award) for best fantasy novel, in its year of publication.
All available in this handy e-format in the Kindle, iBooks, and Nook stores. In addition, The Spirit Ring has a print-on-demand edition, our first learning experiment in that direction.
Ta, L.
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Jul 14, 2016 05:12AM
I bought Sidelines and Proto Zoa shortly after they were released in Kindle format some time ago (years?), and enjoyed them both. Thanks for the reminder, time for a re-read. The Spirit Ring is the only Bujold I own in "dead tree format" (although not the only Bujold I have purchased in that format, having donated several of the Vorksogian novels to my tiny public library). I own the rest in eBook and/or Audible downloadable audiobooks. The Audiobooks are great, except for the audio version of The Hallowed Hunt, which hurts to listen.
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I don't use audio books. But I'm curious. How does one book's audio version hurt?
Sounds like Jerri didn't like the narrator's voice or performance. I use audiobooks too and it happens sometimes.
V wrote: "Sounds like Jerri didn't like the narrator's voice or performance. I use audiobooks too and it happens sometimes."Yes. A bit of both. For one thing, the narrator doesn't make it at all clear when the character is thinking and when he/she is speaking, which is very confusing. Bujold's characters have a tendency when asked a question to think of an answer that it too truthful or too bold in some way to be spoken out loud. In print this is made clear by a combination of spacing and type face, etc. In an audiobook it is up to the narrator to do this. The other 5 Gods books have narrators do a good job of this (as does G. Gardner who does the Miles books, and Miles OFTEN thinks something and speaks differently.) But the Hallowed Hunt reading doesn't. Also timing and inflection just aren't "right". I gave it up after a few chapters. The automated computer voice from the Kindle does a better job, in my view.
Whereas, for me, The Hallowed Hunt audiobook is a particular favorite. I especially like the narrator's characterization of the hero's dry humor. There's a scene where he's meeting with his patron and the prince and the religious leaders that is, just, so, Funny that I bookmarked it to repeat a few times when I revisit this book. The delivery, for me, makes this an exceptionally well narrated book. BTW, The Spirit Ring also has an Audible edition.
Jerri wrote: For one thing, the narrator doesn't make it at all clear... That is a valid complaint; I agree that could have been handled more skillfully. I listened with the Kindle book on Whispersynch the first time and so wasn't as bothered; most instances have context to help so there's only a few places the mild differences in intonation aren't clear enough and the listener has to help. Audible will issue refunds for any book you didn't like, too.
I found a copy of The Spirit Ring some years back, and I've loaned it out several times, and everyone who's tried it enjoys it! Thanks for writing so many great books!
