Hi all --
I am very pleased to report that Eos/HarperCollins has bought the
rights to
I am quite happy with this, as now no one will be asking me to make
major cuts for mere length, a possibility, or threat, I was not looking
forward to. This past year I've really enjoyed writing this story just
the way it seemed to want to flow, without the constraints that tend to
stem from anxiety over marketing considerations, contract deadlines, and
all that. As a result it will be slightly different from my more usual
style in, well, several ways in addition to falling into two parts, but
that's probably going to be the most apparent.
Although I was suspecting as early as last winter that it might
indeed undergo mitosis, I wrote it as a single volume, so the editorial
pass is doubtless going to include some adjustments to the transition
into the second half, which is currently a simple jump-cut and then the
action continues, like "Aragorn sped on up the hill." only rather less
fraught. The first volume is should work fairly well as a temporary
stand-alone, as it ends at a very organic point of semi-closure that
I've had my eye on for the purpose ever since it became clear to me how
long this one was going to run. The second half is more problematic,
but by the time the second volume is published, the first should still
be widely available. (And perhaps someday someone will publish an
omnibus edition and put it all back together, like Cordelia's
Honor.)
My editor and I have not yet discussed sub-titles for the individual
halves, although I have a few ideas in that direction. The book's
working title till I was about nine-tenths through was the eponymous
Dag & Fawn, so I suppose I could subtitle each with the name of the
character it most concentrates upon. Other possibilities include but
are not limited to, The Sharing Knife, vol. 1: Dag and Fawn, and The
Sharing Knife, vol. 2: The Wide Green World, although at one point I
really hankered after that latter for the title of a potential sequel.
Well, we'll see. Better ideas may yet occur.
Ta, Lois.
Subject: (news) Warrior's Apprentice up at Blackstone
Hi all --
I just received my author's copy of Blackstone Audio's new
production of The Warrior's Apprentice, so one of the chief
starter-books of the Vorkosigan series is back and available again in
tape, CD, and MP3-CD. I don't see a digital download, which has been my
main outlet for sales so far, but perhaps one will be available later.
Like The Vor Game, The Warrior's Apprentice
is read by Grover Gardner -- my literary agent is a huge fan of this narrator. The
Blackstone website has audio samples, so everyone's, um, ears can have a
taste...
For more info at the Blackstone website:
www.blackstoneaudio.com/author.cfm?ID=Lois%20McMaster%20Bujold
It looks as if they only have the library packaging for the first
two formats again, which is because they didn't get enough orders from
bookstores to justify a retail edition. (F&SF generally seems to be a
bit of a stepchild-genre in audio.) The MP3-CDs are more invitingly
priced, methinks. But with all the librarians on this list, not to
mention library patrons, we ought to be able to make a go of it. Do
please pass along the information, URL, and requests to your local
library audiobooks departments and anyone else you think might be
interested. As usual, the books are unabridged.
Ta, Lois.
Subject: (news) Chalion News
Hi all --
The paperback of The Hallowed Hunt is on Eos's production schedule
for next June, I'm told.
On the other end of the bookbinding scale, Hill House has finally
prepared their deluxe edition for sale. They forwarded me this nice
blurb, which I promised to pass on, and which I invite you all to pass
on to anyone who may be either interested or just boggled:
There's an incredible traycase that contains the entire work. Covered
inside and out in the same burgundy satin, this clamshell case is
fitted perfectly to the book-- and it features the David Bowers
artwork inlaid on the front panel. If you're a collector, then you
know that most small presses feature clamshell cases for only the
highly limited (and highly expensive) lettered editions of their work.
There are only 750 copies of this signed limited available, which
will make it extremely collectible. To see pictures of this beautiful
book, or to order, please click here:
www.hillhousepublishers.com/lmb-hallowed01.htm
It really is quite an astonishing example of loving book-making art.
Ta, L.
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Hill House Publishers has produced a signed limited edition of
THE HALLOWED HUNT, which is now in stock, but may not be
for long! It's absolutely gorgeous. The deep burgundy of the Elegance Slub
satin binding is rich and elegant. The painting by David Bowers, inlaid into
the front of the binding, is a work of art. The interior of the book,
designed by Marysarah Quinn, an award-winning designer, looks as if it
were taken from a centuries-old illustrated manuscript. (One of
Marysarah's previous designs was for the Doubleday limited edition of
Stephen King's THE STAND.)
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