Girl Genius for Monday, April 13, 2026
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jazzfishOne guy at the open house last weekend.
Price drop mid-week.
Nobody at the open house today.
I'd say I am running out of optimism but I didn't have much to start with. I am running out of hope, though.
Fallback plan: all my stuff to storage, rent out the condo for enough to cover the mortgage, take up residence on someone's couch, go looking for a service job to stanch at least some of the bleeding. Steph has offered to take in Mr Tuppert temporarily, so at least I won't be abandoning him entirely.
I hate this more than I can reasonably express.
(Comments off.)
Price drop mid-week.
Nobody at the open house today.
I'd say I am running out of optimism but I didn't have much to start with. I am running out of hope, though.
Fallback plan: all my stuff to storage, rent out the condo for enough to cover the mortgage, take up residence on someone's couch, go looking for a service job to stanch at least some of the bleeding. Steph has offered to take in Mr Tuppert temporarily, so at least I won't be abandoning him entirely.
I hate this more than I can reasonably express.
(Comments off.)
The Jewish War: Last half of book 5
Apr. 12th, 2026 08:32 pmcahnLast week: Titus saving the day single-handedly as a millenium-old trope. The synoptic gospels foreshadowing these events, and discussion of the abomination of desolation. The Yom Kippur service description of the priest in his vestments. How much Titus might have intended the destruction of Jerusalem, and when, and how much that question may be different from how Josephus feels like he needs to justify it? A mention of R. Yochanan ben Zakkai, which all of you should definitely tell me more about :D
This week: Jerusalem is under siege. It's quite awful for those under siege, what with famine inside the city and getting crucified by Romans if they try to escape. Titus and Josephus continue to be blameless and awesome.
Next week: First half of Book 6, to be determined? :)
This week: Jerusalem is under siege. It's quite awful for those under siege, what with famine inside the city and getting crucified by Romans if they try to escape. Titus and Josephus continue to be blameless and awesome.
Next week: First half of Book 6, to be determined? :)
Another Question (part 2 of 2, complete)
Apr. 12th, 2026 10:59 pmdialecticdreamerAnother Question
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 2 of 2, complete
Word count (story only): 1413
[Morning of Wednesday, 8 November of 2017]
:: On the way home from the embassy, Jules stops to ask Ezekiel some delicate questions. Part of the “Lodestar” arc, set in the Polychrome Heroics universe. ::
Back to part one
:: Thanks for reading! ::
Jules stared at the elderly man for a long moment. The teen took a deep breath, held it, and finally exhaled through his nose. His throat worked, swallowing jerkily. “I think that there was something going on, some reason for the secretary to pull the nonsense that they did, but poking into that question could hurt people, emotionally. Torrin, Loudmouth. Maybe people that I don’t know.”
The teen finally gulped in more air.
“I don’t know how to navigate that. So… what would you do, if you know that finding out what caused the crappy secretary to be even crappier will help Loudmouth and Torrin and everybody who works in the embassy?”
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By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 2 of 2, complete
Word count (story only): 1413
[Morning of Wednesday, 8 November of 2017]
:: On the way home from the embassy, Jules stops to ask Ezekiel some delicate questions. Part of the “Lodestar” arc, set in the Polychrome Heroics universe. ::
Back to part one
:: Thanks for reading! ::
Jules stared at the elderly man for a long moment. The teen took a deep breath, held it, and finally exhaled through his nose. His throat worked, swallowing jerkily. “I think that there was something going on, some reason for the secretary to pull the nonsense that they did, but poking into that question could hurt people, emotionally. Torrin, Loudmouth. Maybe people that I don’t know.”
The teen finally gulped in more air.
“I don’t know how to navigate that. So… what would you do, if you know that finding out what caused the crappy secretary to be even crappier will help Loudmouth and Torrin and everybody who works in the embassy?”
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Project Hail Mary
Apr. 12th, 2026 09:46 pmbillroperJulie, Bonnie, Sam, and I went out to the theater today to see "Project Hail Mary". (Gretchen stayed behind, because she's still rehabbing from the wisdom tooth extraction, although doing *much* better.)
We were a little late to the party here due to other commitments, but today was a day that worked out. The film is excellent. Everyone enjoyed it, including Julie, so that was a good thing.
Meanwhile, the house has apparently heard that I got laid off, because today the failing retractable screen in the front storm door failed completely. Replacement parts are unavailable, so that's going to require a new door as the course of *way* less resistance.
And while we were at the movie, one of the sections of the fence that had been inadequately attached to the replacement post by the contractor a couple of years ago gave way. Sam is being good enough to come by tomorrow so we can rebuild it, which will be a good thing as it keeps both the dogs in the yard. :)
At least I have all of the lumber for this operation in the garage.
We were a little late to the party here due to other commitments, but today was a day that worked out. The film is excellent. Everyone enjoyed it, including Julie, so that was a good thing.
Meanwhile, the house has apparently heard that I got laid off, because today the failing retractable screen in the front storm door failed completely. Replacement parts are unavailable, so that's going to require a new door as the course of *way* less resistance.
And while we were at the movie, one of the sections of the fence that had been inadequately attached to the replacement post by the contractor a couple of years ago gave way. Sam is being good enough to come by tomorrow so we can rebuild it, which will be a good thing as it keeps both the dogs in the yard. :)
At least I have all of the lumber for this operation in the garage.
(SFF Bingo): Isles of the Emberdark, by Brandon Sanderson
Apr. 12th, 2026 09:44 pmprimeidealNew year, new bingo, let's go!
The planet "First of the Sun" has historically been low-tech. While most people live on the "homeisles," there are a few who travel to the Pantheon archipelago, where everything from insects to trees to sea monsters to dinosaur-like land monsters can and will kill you. Sixth of the Dusk is a trapper, one of these brave souls. Trappers spend their days doing things like trying to sic poisonous rodents on their rivals, although Dusk thinks that might be a little unnecessary.
Most people in "First of the Sun" have magical companion birds called the Aviar, most of which are parrot-like, which can grant them magical powers. At first I was like, okay, nice made-up fantasy-world name. Only on page 72 was it like, the places where the Aviar are raised are called...Aviaries. Lol.
However, once interstellar travelers called the "Ones Above" make contact, technological progress comes quickly. Dusk finds his traditional way of life becoming outdated, and struggles to find a fulfilling vocation, while the planet in general tries to avoid being colonized and made puppets of the newcomers. A lot of the plot revolves around different people patronizing or belittling Dusk in various ways, and pushing back against the "noble savage" trope. Vathi is a homeisler:
There's another POV character who shows up in the prologue and reappears in the second part; Starling, an eighty-seven-year-old dragon (that's young in dragon years) who is in exile from her own people, now shapeshift-trapped in human form indefinitely, and living on a spaceship with a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits from elsewhere in the Cosmere. Like with "The Sunlit Man," there are so many callbacks/allusions to other Cosmere books that it's sometimes overstimulating for those of us who are trying to remember "wait, do we know so-and-so?" and I'm not sure how it would land for someone not familiar with the wider series. A non-comprehensive list, under spoiler cut:
The running joke is that, in Dusk's POV, he regularly points out "that wasn't a direct question, so he wasn't obliged to answer." Starling's impression:
Bingo: perfect fit for Explorers/Rangers (hard mode), also Published in 2026, Politics. Technically Starling could qualify as Older Protagonist, and if you want even more of a technicality, non-human protagonist, but in both cases I suspect we can do a lot better in terms of the spirit of the square.
The planet "First of the Sun" has historically been low-tech. While most people live on the "homeisles," there are a few who travel to the Pantheon archipelago, where everything from insects to trees to sea monsters to dinosaur-like land monsters can and will kill you. Sixth of the Dusk is a trapper, one of these brave souls. Trappers spend their days doing things like trying to sic poisonous rodents on their rivals, although Dusk thinks that might be a little unnecessary.
Most people in "First of the Sun" have magical companion birds called the Aviar, most of which are parrot-like, which can grant them magical powers. At first I was like, okay, nice made-up fantasy-world name. Only on page 72 was it like, the places where the Aviar are raised are called...Aviaries. Lol.
However, once interstellar travelers called the "Ones Above" make contact, technological progress comes quickly. Dusk finds his traditional way of life becoming outdated, and struggles to find a fulfilling vocation, while the planet in general tries to avoid being colonized and made puppets of the newcomers. A lot of the plot revolves around different people patronizing or belittling Dusk in various ways, and pushing back against the "noble savage" trope. Vathi is a homeisler:
"We could kill them all," Dusk said. He rushed over to Vathi, taking her with his right hand, the arm that wasn't wounded. "With those weapons, we could kill them all. Every nightmaw. Maybe even the shadows, too!"
"Well, yes, it has been discussed. However, they are important parts of the ecosystem on these lands. Removing the apex predators could have undesirable results."
"Undesirable results?" Dusk ran his hand through his hair. "They'd be gone. All of them! I don't care what other problems you think it would cause. They would all be dead!"
Vathi snorted, picking up the lantern and stamping out the small fires it had started. "I thought trappers were connected to nature."
"We are. That's how I know we would all be better off without any of these things."
"You are disabusing me of many romantic notions about your kind, Dusk," she said, circling the dying beast.
"Well, yes, it has been discussed. However, they are important parts of the ecosystem on these lands. Removing the apex predators could have undesirable results."
"Undesirable results?" Dusk ran his hand through his hair. "They'd be gone. All of them! I don't care what other problems you think it would cause. They would all be dead!"
Vathi snorted, picking up the lantern and stamping out the small fires it had started. "I thought trappers were connected to nature."
"We are. That's how I know we would all be better off without any of these things."
"You are disabusing me of many romantic notions about your kind, Dusk," she said, circling the dying beast.
And Dajer is one of the "Ones Above":
"I like you, Sixth," Dajer said. "I like your bluntness. Your uncivilized, simple sense of pure morality."
Did Dajer...think people were honest because they were less advanced in technology? Did he think that people on Dusk's planet were somehow nicer than ones from the stars?
It was an incredibly stupid perspective. It stood out in this man, who was otherwise so calculating and expert at maneuvering conversations. This flaw in Dajer was like a long scratch, leaking water, in an otherwise well-crafted hull.
But Dusk supposed everyone had their flaws; that was part of what made them people. And not...beings from some story, with an "uncivilized, simple sense of pure morality." Dajer had exposed a weakness to be exploited; Dusk could only hope that he had not unwittingly done the same thing.
The first section alternates between the "present day" and "five years ago," the latter being the narrative originally contained in the standalone novella "Sixth of the Dust." I had read that many years ago in a collection of Sanderson short fiction, but remembered basically none of it, so it was good to have the refresher, and I thought the interweaving of Dusk and Vathi in the present and retracing their steps in the past was handled well without being gimmicky.Did Dajer...think people were honest because they were less advanced in technology? Did he think that people on Dusk's planet were somehow nicer than ones from the stars?
It was an incredibly stupid perspective. It stood out in this man, who was otherwise so calculating and expert at maneuvering conversations. This flaw in Dajer was like a long scratch, leaking water, in an otherwise well-crafted hull.
But Dusk supposed everyone had their flaws; that was part of what made them people. And not...beings from some story, with an "uncivilized, simple sense of pure morality." Dajer had exposed a weakness to be exploited; Dusk could only hope that he had not unwittingly done the same thing.
There's another POV character who shows up in the prologue and reappears in the second part; Starling, an eighty-seven-year-old dragon (that's young in dragon years) who is in exile from her own people, now shapeshift-trapped in human form indefinitely, and living on a spaceship with a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits from elsewhere in the Cosmere. Like with "The Sunlit Man," there are so many callbacks/allusions to other Cosmere books that it's sometimes overstimulating for those of us who are trying to remember "wait, do we know so-and-so?" and I'm not sure how it would land for someone not familiar with the wider series. A non-comprehensive list, under spoiler cut:
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"Quite upsetting of the Scadrians, claming someone else's homeworld, but you know how they are. Rusting this! Rusting that! I scowl and throw coins in your face!"
"Don't you literally worship a Scadrian?" Nazh asked.
"That's different," Ed said. "He is nice."
But if you've read "Tress" and the "plucky crew rallying together behind their cheerful and optimistic captain," a lot of it is going to feel familiar. So this part was less gripping for me."Don't you literally worship a Scadrian?" Nazh asked.
"That's different," Ed said. "He is nice."
The running joke is that, in Dusk's POV, he regularly points out "that wasn't a direct question, so he wasn't obliged to answer." Starling's impression:
What a curious man. It was like...he knew the rules of ordinary conversation, but chose to live outside them, like a verbal conscientious objector.
And even by the end, when he's changed a lot:
Of course, the bones did not reply. He liked that about bones.
I'm currently in a mood where it's like "every time we come across a quote that makes me emotional about polar exploration in a book that has less than nothing to do with polar exploration, take a shot:"
"Coming here was a disaster."
"Yes."
He turned to her.
"Yes," she continued, this whole expedition will likely be a disaster, a disaster that takes us a step closer to our goal."
He checked Sisisru next, working by the light of the now-rising moon. "Foolish."
Vathi folded her arms before her on the roof of the building, torso still disappearing into the lit square of the trapdoor below. "Do you think that our ancestors learned to wayfind on the oceans without experiencing a few disasters along the way? Or what of the first trappers?"
Bingo: perfect fit for Explorers/Rangers (hard mode), also Published in 2026, Politics. Technically Starling could qualify as Older Protagonist, and if you want even more of a technicality, non-human protagonist, but in both cases I suspect we can do a lot better in terms of the spirit of the square.
petraPrimus Inter Sub-Pares: The Crisis in Leadership on Naboo in the Declining Days of the Galactic Republic (175 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sheev Palpatine, Padmé Amidala, Jar Jar Binks
Additional Tags: Abstract, in this essay I will, political science, History, article
Series: Part 4 of Star Wars Prequels in 2020s Media
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sheev Palpatine, Padmé Amidala, Jar Jar Binks
Additional Tags: Abstract, in this essay I will, political science, History, article
Series: Part 4 of Star Wars Prequels in 2020s Media
Summary:
The abstract of a historical journal article.
Vocabulary: Quiddity
Apr. 12th, 2026 08:21 pmysabetwordsmithIn scholastic philosophy, "quiddity" was another term for the essence of an object, literally its "whatness" or "what it is." It's the quality that makes something what it is.
My partner Doug mentioned it tonight, and I had only seen it in Scrabble dictionaries. Try to lay that one over a triple word score. It's 8 letters but you can build it onto quid, id, dit, or it.
My partner Doug mentioned it tonight, and I had only seen it in Scrabble dictionaries. Try to lay that one over a triple word score. It's 8 letters but you can build it onto quid, id, dit, or it.
alert! all hands!
Apr. 12th, 2026 08:51 pmwaterswordTHERE ARE AT LEAST THREE (3) TINY ASPARAGUS SPEARS POKING THEIR HEADS UP IN MY GARDEN!!!
I went up to grimly continue tearing out the god damn creeping charlie, and there were actual tiny asparagus stalks emerging! They aren't dead!
And the rhubarb is continuing to grow!
I am so pleased.
Economics
Apr. 12th, 2026 07:46 pmysabetwordsmithAnnexation Is a Promise Cities Rarely Measure
When cities expand their boundaries, they aren’t just adding land, they’re taking on decades of financial obligations that short-term metrics fail to capture.
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When cities expand their boundaries, they aren’t just adding land, they’re taking on decades of financial obligations that short-term metrics fail to capture.
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Hockey RPF: You're the One That I Want by thehoyden
Apr. 13th, 2026 12:16 pmmific posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fancakeFandom: Hockey RPF
Characters/Pairings: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni (Geno) Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin, Shea Weber, Joe Thornton
Rating: Explicit
Length: 15,934
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: thehoyden on AO3
Themes: Arranged marriage, First time, AU: royalty, Secret identity
Summary: It’s actually his father who suggests it.
“Take the rest of the summer for yourself,” he says. “Do something fun.”
“Fun,” Sidney repeats blankly.
Reccer's Notes: I'm into hockey fics now! This is a classic, already reccd here ages ago and worth revisiting. It's a royalty AU with added hockey, which is where Sid meets Geno. There's a fun, hot and charming initial romance, then Sid has to get on with his life of obligations, including the frustrating search for a suitable royal-lineage husband to cement political ties. Ultimately, love wins, of course, and it's a satisfying, well written story.
Fanwork Links: You're the One That I Want (locked to AO3)
Characters/Pairings: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni (Geno) Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin, Shea Weber, Joe Thornton
Rating: Explicit
Length: 15,934
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: thehoyden on AO3
Themes: Arranged marriage, First time, AU: royalty, Secret identity
Summary: It’s actually his father who suggests it.
“Take the rest of the summer for yourself,” he says. “Do something fun.”
“Fun,” Sidney repeats blankly.
Reccer's Notes: I'm into hockey fics now! This is a classic, already reccd here ages ago and worth revisiting. It's a royalty AU with added hockey, which is where Sid meets Geno. There's a fun, hot and charming initial romance, then Sid has to get on with his life of obligations, including the frustrating search for a suitable royal-lineage husband to cement political ties. Ultimately, love wins, of course, and it's a satisfying, well written story.
Fanwork Links: You're the One That I Want (locked to AO3)
A cunning plan
Apr. 12th, 2026 04:29 pmsholioIt's really too early for me to feel like doing a full Babylon 5 rewatch yet, so instead I had a possibly cursed idea, which is to watch IMDB's top 10 and bottom 10 rated episodes and report back on them. And in fact I think I am going to do exactly that.*
*Unless I get distracted by something along the way, as often happens.
The best/worst lists are hidden in case you want to preserve the element of surprise.
1. Severed Dreams 3x10
2. War Without End Part 2 3x17 (Since Part 1 is also in the top 10, I'm just going to watch them together, I think)
3. Z'ha'dum 3x22
4. Endgame 4x20
5. Sleeping in Light 5x22
6. The Long, Twilight Struggle 2x20 (By about this point I will probably have died of Drama and Tragedy. RIP me.)
7. Point of No Return 3x09
8. The Coming of Shadows 2x09
9. The Fall of Night 2x22
10. War Without End Part 1 3x16 (will be combined with part 2)
11. No Surrender, No Retreat 4x15
This looks fun! (For Babylon 5 values of fun.)
And as an escape from all of these heavy episodes, apparently I will be watching, in order of worst to ... slightly less worst:
2. Infection 1x04
3. Secrets of the Soul 5x07
4. The Gathering 1x00
5. Grey 17 is Missing 3x19
6. Grail 1x15
7. The Long Dark 2x05
8. Strange Relations 5x06
9. The War Prayer 1x07
10. Survivors 1x11
Genuinely surprised that they're not even all from season one and five! Absolutely unsurprised that most of them are! I do genuinely like some of these, and at least one of them, I skipped most of when I was originally watching season one, so it will be interesting to see what I think of it now.
Not starting this tonight (probably) because I have other things to do, but Soon™.
*Unless I get distracted by something along the way, as often happens.
The best/worst lists are hidden in case you want to preserve the element of surprise.
The 10 best episodes according to IMDB, starting at the top
1. Severed Dreams 3x10
2. War Without End Part 2 3x17 (Since Part 1 is also in the top 10, I'm just going to watch them together, I think)
3. Z'ha'dum 3x22
4. Endgame 4x20
5. Sleeping in Light 5x22
6. The Long, Twilight Struggle 2x20 (By about this point I will probably have died of Drama and Tragedy. RIP me.)
7. Point of No Return 3x09
8. The Coming of Shadows 2x09
9. The Fall of Night 2x22
10. War Without End Part 1 3x16 (will be combined with part 2)
11. No Surrender, No Retreat 4x15
This looks fun! (For Babylon 5 values of fun.)
And as an escape from all of these heavy episodes, apparently I will be watching, in order of worst to ... slightly less worst:
IMDB's lowest rated
1. TKO 1x142. Infection 1x04
3. Secrets of the Soul 5x07
4. The Gathering 1x00
5. Grey 17 is Missing 3x19
6. Grail 1x15
7. The Long Dark 2x05
8. Strange Relations 5x06
9. The War Prayer 1x07
10. Survivors 1x11
Genuinely surprised that they're not even all from season one and five! Absolutely unsurprised that most of them are! I do genuinely like some of these, and at least one of them, I skipped most of when I was originally watching season one, so it will be interesting to see what I think of it now.
Not starting this tonight (probably) because I have other things to do, but Soon™.
Sunday afternoon
Apr. 12th, 2026 07:27 pmrolanniI am out of cookies.
This cannot be allowed to stand.
In other news, spent this morning with a scrap fabric box that I adopted from the craft group. There were limited items that will be of use to me -- ever, if I'm honest, so I'll be looking to place the remaining contents with a group or person who will find them useful.
However! I have established that I can, indeed, embroider the titles of books legibly onto cloth, so I will be updating my Shirt of Stars (actually, I have two Starry Shirts, which emboldens me to pursue the update project) with, err, the 18? titles that are missing.
This? May take a while.
Firefly has been Very Attentive while I sorted fabric, and did a proving piece. We've been sitting quality in the living room, listening to a Sail North compilation, which has segued into I'm-not-exactly-sure-what-this-is, but it's not offensive.
Starry Shirt and Proof of Concept Below.
Nature
Apr. 12th, 2026 05:28 pmysabetwordsmithTropical trees favor cooperation over competition
Step into a tropical forest, and something feels different right away. The air feels rich, the ground feels alive, and every plant seems part of a bigger system.
This sense of connection is not just your imagination. Science now shows that trees in these forests actively support one another, creating a strong and balanced ecosystem.
Step into a tropical forest, and something feels different right away. The air feels rich, the ground feels alive, and every plant seems part of a bigger system.
This sense of connection is not just your imagination. Science now shows that trees in these forests actively support one another, creating a strong and balanced ecosystem.
vital functions
Apr. 12th, 2026 11:00 pmkaberettReading. Still, uh, not quite exclusively She's A Beast archives. ("Not quite" because I am reading some of the things the links letters link to...)
Writing. Over 11k words. Progress is very very slow but it IS progress. (I'd feel worse about She's A Beast eating my entire brain apart from the fact that a whole bunch of it is extremely relevant, and yet more of it is sparking decidedly useful contemplation...)
Cooking. NEW OVEN NEW OVEN NEW OVEN today used for Kaiserschmarrn (worked just fine) and a new cake recipe from Blackberry Cottage (used settings suggested in oven manual and... it took over twice as long as it ought've to cook). Cannot yet report on what I think of it because have not yet eaten any. Elsewise: ... lots of the smitten kitchen braised chickpea thing?
Eating. Of particular note: blood oranges!!! and Decadent Spanish Raspberries, acquired on our way out of the Big Supermarket post-vaccination.
Making & mending. ... ADAM NOW HAS TWO GLOVES. I just (...) need to Weave In The Damn Ends. (Does anyone have a favourite weaving-in-ends guide? Because twenty-five years into this hobby I still pretty much hate every end I have ever woven in as Lumpy and Unsightly.)
Growing. Aubergines hatching! Whole buncha weeding including sorting out the raspberry thicket! When last I made it to the allotment the cherry tree had two bundles of blossom out, and was clearly on the point of Bursting Forth en masse...
Observing. SO MANY baby waterfowl, and, also, A Goldfinch. A friend's tiny cherry tree In Flower! Holly getting Extremely enthusiastic about flowering also.
Two Tales PoD now available!
Apr. 12th, 2026 01:53 pmlois_mcmaster_bujold_feedAt last...
My print-on-demand mini-collection of the two last Vorkosigan novellas is finally available through Ingram Spark and Amazon. I just got my copy from Amazon. I have one on order through Uncle Hugo's from Ingram Spark, but it's not in yet, so I don't have the two formats to compare. I'll update when I do.
“Winterfair Gifts” and “The Flowers of Vashnoi” have been collected in the Ingram Spark indie paper-only volume Two Tales, ISBN 979-8-218-73016-1.
Amazon ASIN : B0GVMHFCN3
Cover art again by Ron Miller. I wanted it to be in the same style as our indie e-collection even though it won't be an ebook, since both stories have long been available separately in ebook and audiobook formats already.
So all you paper-reading people who have been asking for a low-priced paper version of "The Flowers of Vashnoi" since forever, here you go.
The Ingram Spark version should be order-able through any bookstore that deals with the distributor Ingrams, and the Amazon version may be ordered through their website under "Books".
The Amazon page claims it as "large print", but the copy I received is definitely not that. Not sure yet what's going on there. It's quite readable, though.
Ta, L.
posted by Lois McMaster Bujold on April, 12
My print-on-demand mini-collection of the two last Vorkosigan novellas is finally available through Ingram Spark and Amazon. I just got my copy from Amazon. I have one on order through Uncle Hugo's from Ingram Spark, but it's not in yet, so I don't have the two formats to compare. I'll update when I do.
“Winterfair Gifts” and “The Flowers of Vashnoi” have been collected in the Ingram Spark indie paper-only volume Two Tales, ISBN 979-8-218-73016-1.
Amazon ASIN : B0GVMHFCN3
Cover art again by Ron Miller. I wanted it to be in the same style as our indie e-collection even though it won't be an ebook, since both stories have long been available separately in ebook and audiobook formats already.
So all you paper-reading people who have been asking for a low-priced paper version of "The Flowers of Vashnoi" since forever, here you go.
The Ingram Spark version should be order-able through any bookstore that deals with the distributor Ingrams, and the Amazon version may be ordered through their website under "Books".
The Amazon page claims it as "large print", but the copy I received is definitely not that. Not sure yet what's going on there. It's quite readable, though.
Ta, L.
posted by Lois McMaster Bujold on April, 12