Every Single Vorkosigan Book Available For Free at Baen.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Nov 08, 2010 10:25:13 am PST #12858 of 28288
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gris - Nov 08, 2010 11:06:51 am PST #12859 of 28288
Hey. New board.
FYI, that appears to be a link to an unofficial, probably technically illegal rip of the saga. Baen offers a small percentage of their books for free (and almost all of their books for reasonable eBook price with no DRM) on their website, but the entire Vorkosigan saga is not currently available for free.
DavidS - Nov 08, 2010 11:32:59 am PST #12860 of 28288
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, I saw that in the comments on IO9 after the fact.
Ginger - Nov 08, 2010 11:52:18 am PST #12861 of 28288
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Cryoburn does come with a disk with all the Vorkosigan stories, plus some commentary.
DavidS - Nov 08, 2010 2:10:58 pm PST #12862 of 28288
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Btw, did everybody know there's an Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies?
There are articles on Torchwood, Lovecraft, Pet Semetary and more.
Get your academic goth on!
bennett - Nov 08, 2010 3:11:51 pm PST #12863 of 28288
The Cryoburn CD specifies that you may copy or share the e-books on the CD. The only restriction is that you may not charge for them.
Consuela - Nov 08, 2010 8:08:15 pm PST #12864 of 28288
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Pity the set is missing Memory...
Strix - Nov 08, 2010 8:35:17 pm PST #12865 of 28288
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I finally read "Feed" tonight (I can't think of the pseud, bit it's by Seanan McGuire, and mentions a certain COW in the foreword!! (Shit like that always make me feel warm and fuzzy.))
It was really good. I'd read the first October Daye book, and it was fine, but nothing really outstanding, to my eye -- pleasant. But Feed was really great!!
I liked the conceit, I liked the science, I liked the characterization; it was well-done, and I was very much sucked into the story, and finding out what had happened (although I did twig onto the Bad Guy pretty quickly.)
I immediately pushed it onto my husband, and said "You must read" and usually, our literary tastes only coincide on noir-ish things like Butcher and Simon Green.
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2010 8:56:24 pm PST #12866 of 28288
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I finally read "Feed" tonight (I can't think of the pseud
Mira Grant.
mentions a certain COW in the foreword!! (Shit like that always make me feel warm and fuzzy.))
Hee. Her statement is true: I was one of the first to join the proofing pool. Of course, I never actually did any proofing. But apparently I did also provide valuable insight without knowing she was asking me book-related questions. Still, it's fun to be in the acknowledgments! I'm trying to retroactively earn it by beta-reading the third book.
I liked the science
She scared her contact at the CDC with how plausible her scenario was.
(although I did twig onto the Bad Guy pretty quickly.)
Yeah, I don't think that's meant to be TOO much of a surprise (there are only so many options, after all), but there's definitely more to it than just the Bad Guy.
Glad you liked it! Publisher's Weekly just named it one of the SF/Fantasy/Horror books of 2010.
Strix - Nov 08, 2010 9:39:13 pm PST #12867 of 28288
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
retroactively earn it by beta-reading the third book.
I hate you, a little.
I liked how thoughtful it was about the oh-so-timely take on the mainstream media vs. non-mainstream news sources on the internet.
And Dan was all (when I shoved the book at his head and squee'd "Science! Zombies! Tech-news stuff!" he was all "Hey that's the RSS feed symbol!" and I was all "Ya, it's a GEEK PLAY ON WORDS TITLE. With zombie apocalypse!" and he took the book away from so he could nurse his cold in peace.