Dragons and cyborgs

[rymenhild]

The sample excerpt of Naomi Novik's fourth book, Victory of Eagles, is up on her website. Temeraire, alone and stoic, clearly needs a hug, and perhaps a few more cave decorations. I would very much like to give him both decorations and hug. (The first draft of that passage went, "perhaps a few more cave hangings... and I would like to give him more hangings." I decided, after some thought, that the phrasing was more than a bit infelicitous. No hangings for Temeraire or anyone he knows, please.)

Meanwhile, tor.com, a science fiction and fantasy discussion site that Patrick Nielsen Hayden and his fellow publishers are setting up, is collecting addresses of possible users by offering free e-books via e-mail. Next week's e-book is Kage Baker's In the Garden of Iden, the first book in Baker's gorgeous cyborgs-in-history Company series. If you'd like to see what Baker does with the Inquisition, Anabaptist heresy, pitch-perfect Tudor dialect, and some overeducated cyborgs, go sign up and Tor will send you a copy.

I'm about to post another locked entry, updating you all on the (excellent) state of my life at present. If you'd like to read it and you can't, leave a comment here.

Comments

[bodhibird.livejournal.com]

Hi there. We used to read one another back when I had a different username. Now we have a mutual friend, sahiya. I would like to be friended by you again.

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Sure! Hello again.

Remind me, are you interested in the teaching or dissertation filters?

[the_croupier]

I've been squeeing about the Tor deal since week one. They've had an amazing selection of books, and they deserve credit for making a real go of this considering they are part of a traditional publisher (Holtzbrinck).

Of course Hayden has known Cory Doctorow for some time, but it's still an impressive experiment.

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

They chose very well, I think, picking intriguing, unusual early books that were likely to encourage readers to follow up on sequels. I know I tracked down Jo Walton's Farthing and bought its sequel because I liked what I saw of Farthing online, and I expect I'll buy book 3 in hardcover when it emerges. That one e-book may have sold me on two other books.

[just-ruth.livejournal.com]

Hi there! My name is Ruth, I live in Rochester NY and I'm a friend of ashkitty. She said you were coming to the U of R for its excellent medieval studies program and thought you would like to have someone to know in the area. :)

My medieval studies are limited to Robin of Sherwood and to a facination with King Arthur, but I have a range of other interests.

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Welcome, and thanks for stopping by! I'm glad to see you here and will friend you tomorrow. (I would right now, but I have to get out of this house so I can visit a friend for dinner.)

[shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't it be the fifth book? Empire of Ivory is the fourth.

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Then I lost count. Silly me. It's the next book, anyway.

Not everyone has an LJ account...

[(Anonymous)]

shoot us a mass email, will you?

EAWH

Re: Not everyone has an LJ account...

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Sure. Will your former e-mail addresses work?

Re: Not everyone has an LJ account...

[(Anonymous)]

some subset of them are being forwarded...

hello- met you at antiacademia

[tiltedsideways.livejournal.com]

*waves*

I just added you to my flist, and I'd love to be on whichever filters you find appropriate (teaching, dissertation, comps...).

Re: hello- met you at antiacademia

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

I've added you to all of those lists. You may be interested in my orals-tagged posts.