NEW VORKOSIGAN BOOK!!!!!!!
Mar. 17th, 2015 12:40 am!!!!!
So, not QUITE a year until the next book, but almost--I can wait that long! It's better than being worried there wouldn't be any more new books. Lois has been calling herself "semi-retired" for a while, and you may note that the latest projects have been getting all her work into ebook form (particularly the ones with e-rights reverted to her) and getting an essay collection (basically previously published speeches and interviews) into ebook form ...
From what she's said on the Bujold email list, she had some medical procedures and the recovery from that always stops her writing for a while, but it was taking longer than usual this time because it was combined with various other rl events.
Anyway, I'm just sitting here squeeing, and reflecting on the title. It doesn't sound like a very Vorkosiverse title--doesn't sound like any of Bujold's previous titles, in fact. She tends toward short and pithy. "Brothers in Arms" "Memory" "The Sharing Knife" various place names, etc.
Also, I'm wondering about the Jole in the title. Same guy as was Aral's aide back in the Vor Game era? And if so, why "Gentleman" Jole, and not the appropriate military title of whatever era it's set in? And why Jole and Cordelia, instead of Jole and Aral, or at least Jole and Aral and Cordelia? I mean, it's possible that Jole and Aral and Cordelia stayed friends after Jole was transferred/promoted/got on with his career, but if they're still close enough to headline a book together after Aral's death, it makes me ponder![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dira 's Jole/Aral series and what that would look like decades on.
It feels to me like it's most likely not the same Jole, all things considered. Lois does like to recycle names. (Dubauer, anyone?)
new book
I am pleased to report that a new Cordelia Vorkosigan novel has been sold to Baen Books for publication, tentatively, in February of 2016.
The title is Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen.
It is not a war story. It is about grownups.
And that is probably all I ought to say right now in a venue read by the spoiler-sensitive. It is, after all, a long haul till next February.
2016 will also mark the 30th anniversary of my first publication by Baen, which ought to be good for a little PR fun.
Ta, L.
So, not QUITE a year until the next book, but almost--I can wait that long! It's better than being worried there wouldn't be any more new books. Lois has been calling herself "semi-retired" for a while, and you may note that the latest projects have been getting all her work into ebook form (particularly the ones with e-rights reverted to her) and getting an essay collection (basically previously published speeches and interviews) into ebook form ...
From what she's said on the Bujold email list, she had some medical procedures and the recovery from that always stops her writing for a while, but it was taking longer than usual this time because it was combined with various other rl events.
Anyway, I'm just sitting here squeeing, and reflecting on the title. It doesn't sound like a very Vorkosiverse title--doesn't sound like any of Bujold's previous titles, in fact. She tends toward short and pithy. "Brothers in Arms" "Memory" "The Sharing Knife" various place names, etc.
Also, I'm wondering about the Jole in the title. Same guy as was Aral's aide back in the Vor Game era? And if so, why "Gentleman" Jole, and not the appropriate military title of whatever era it's set in? And why Jole and Cordelia, instead of Jole and Aral, or at least Jole and Aral and Cordelia? I mean, it's possible that Jole and Aral and Cordelia stayed friends after Jole was transferred/promoted/got on with his career, but if they're still close enough to headline a book together after Aral's death, it makes me ponder
dira 's Jole/Aral series and what that would look like decades on.It feels to me like it's most likely not the same Jole, all things considered. Lois does like to recycle names. (Dubauer, anyone?)
