Today, we do laundry

[rolanni]

We are back from RavenCon, where we were feted and treated like sci-fi royalty.  Despite the 1900 mile round-trip from Maine to Williamsburg and back again, we arrived home fresh and bouncy and ready to deal with the laundry.  Or maybe not.

If you get a chance to go to RavenCon, do it!  Splendid con, well-run, and offering something for everyfan.  Kudos to Chair Mike Pederson, and his staff (whom I will not name, for fear of inadvertently leaving someone out).  And a special shout-out to Ginny Barnett, who volunteered to be our minion for the weekend, and did a superb job.

The week going forward includes the writing of a short story, now that a workable idea has, however belatedly, finally shown up; finishing The Gathering Edge, which no, is not playing nice, but which will, byerlady, be off our desks before we leave for BaltiCon, or I'll know the reason why.

Steve will be leaving for Portland and the Maine Democratic Convention on Friday; I plan to join him on Saturday morning, for a full day of Democracy.  Since Bernie won Maine in the caucuses, I remain somewhat baffled as to the purpose of this particular exercise, but I suppose All Will Become Clear in time.

In other news, Baen has republished in ebook form Janet Kagan's Mirabile and also Hellspark.  Those who read here regularly know that Hellspark is one of our -- that's Steve and me -- favorite books in any genre; and between us, we've read a LOT of books.  Here's your link to Baen's Janet Kagan page; I hear that Mirabile has made it into Amazon's catalogue, but that Hellspark has yet to make an appearance.  (And, forestalling the inevitable -- No, Baen was not able to acquire Uhura's Song, which was of course, written as a work for hire in the Original Trek tie-in series.

In other, other news, we came home from RavenCon to find that the house-sitter had taken delivery of a case of Dragon in Exile mass markets.  They're pretty!

And that?  Is all the news that's fit to print.

What did y'all do while I was gone?

Comments

[sraun]

Yay! for the Kagan e-books. They have now been bought, downloaded, and transferred to two of three devices.

[otterb.livejournal.com]

Mirabile but not yet Hellspark ebooks are available from B&N. Thanks for pointing this out. I was reading an online discussion that mentioned one of these not long ago; I'll have to see if I can remember where. I am deeply fond of both of these and will be glad to back up my hardcopy with an electronic one. They fit nicely in the category of "good to have conveniently in hand because always worth rereading."

Uhura's Song was already available in e-book.

[ckd]

Uhura's Song was already available in e-book.

Beat me to it. The good thing about Paramount owning the rights to it (and, even more so, the two John M. Ford Trek books) is that they're more than willing to maintain e-book availability.

[reedrover]

I'm glad you were shown a good time at RavenCon. It's always good to read about enjoyment of good people with good people.

And thanks for the tip on Hellspark. Huzzah for bringing it back into print availability!

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the Kagan heads up. I see that Amazon also lists a collection of her short stories for Kindle.

[hairmonger.livejournal.com]

Oh, happy! I failed to find a second-hand copy of Hellspark in a condition that I felt matched the price, and as an ex-librarian I was not desperate enough to steal the library system's sole copy. I hope our collective joy at this news will speed your laundry on its way.

Mary Anne in Kentucky

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

And today Baen added a collection of short stories!

Hellspark

[charlie russel (from livejournal.com)]

Hellspark is now showing on Amazon's Kindle store. Off to buy it, though probably directly from Baen. :)

[stitchwhich.livejournal.com]

Well crud, crud, crud. I thought you were going to a RavenCon in the Midwest so skipped the local one (where I could have gone and helped out at the SCA demo) and thus skipped meeting you guys. Darn it! I hope you had a great time there.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Is there a RavenCon in the Midwest?

I'm sorry we missed you, but we've been saying RavenCon in Williamsburg for. . .quite a number of months, and linking to the con, too.

Hope you had a good weekend.

[stitchwhich.livejournal.com]

I'm just a featherhead, it appears.

Nonetheless, I'm glad you had a good time, and doubly-glad that Ginny got to spend time with you two. Her husband introduced me to the Liadan series (and sold his chapbooks to me once he converted to eBooks. Chapbooks! I'd never heard of such a thing until I read yours.

[pedanther]

Hurrah! I'd pretty much given up on ever getting to read Mirabile.

I'll probably get Hellspark, too. I've already got both the previous editions, but what's one more between friends, right?

...ooh, and a short story collection, too? The Nutcracker Coup's another one I'd resigned myself to never getting to read.

[timepiece]

It was great to see you at RavenCon! I learned a few things about various pronunciations in the books (because I've never been able to parse those phonetic guides).

I was so excited to learn you were going to be near me, and at something reasonably small - I'd never been to a con before, and didn't want to start with anything overwhelming. RavenCon was quite fun for a first-timer.

[muirecan.livejournal.com]

Cat Pile!

Ohhhhh Shiny, reissued Kagan's. :) I LOVE Hellspark and Mirabile. They are among my most favorite books in the universe so seeing Baen has reissued them as ebooks is lovely. Just lovely. :)