Kathy KS
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Will (or has) Flowers of Vashnoi be (been) issued in a print version?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Yes. Subterranean Press will be doing a collectable hardcover edition like the Penric tales. Projected publication late July. I've just had a look at the cover art by Jenn Ravenna, very nice, so things are in train. Nice interior design, too.
While it is on the shorter end of the novella range in word count, about 23k words, paper publishing economics are the same and so will the price be, $25. It's also a binding that will stand up to library use. (If what you want is a cheap reading copy, you need to turn to the e-edition.)
Ta, L.
(The current official length of a novella for SFWA or Hugo purposes is defined as a story between 17,500 words and 40,000 or 45,000 words, depending. This may change in future; not my problem, though. The term's wider definition out in the world of all books is looser.)
Yes. Subterranean Press will be doing a collectable hardcover edition like the Penric tales. Projected publication late July. I've just had a look at the cover art by Jenn Ravenna, very nice, so things are in train. Nice interior design, too.
While it is on the shorter end of the novella range in word count, about 23k words, paper publishing economics are the same and so will the price be, $25. It's also a binding that will stand up to library use. (If what you want is a cheap reading copy, you need to turn to the e-edition.)
Ta, L.
(The current official length of a novella for SFWA or Hugo purposes is defined as a story between 17,500 words and 40,000 or 45,000 words, depending. This may change in future; not my problem, though. The term's wider definition out in the world of all books is looser.)
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Lucy
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
I tried to post a comment about Penric, but it was rejected because I'm not a friend of yours. I'd really like to be one of your book friends. I've been reading your books since Shards of Honor first came out. I was working in a bookstore at the time and devoured it and all those since. Except Penric. Problem there locally here in Lafayette, Louisiana. May I please be your friend?
Andrew
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
What are the demographics of your biggest fans? Obviously it must vary by novel, but there's probably a strong center of fans who are parents or of parenting age, given how family (and dynamics thereof) is a recurring theme in your work. Indeed, one of the top questions on Goodreads is about your family. Your portrayal of family dynamics makes your stories powerful as well as fresh in the SF market, in my opinion.
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