ot: new Bujold book!

[filkferengi]

Posted on the Bujold list--squee!

Message: 5
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:21:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: Lois McMaster Bujold
Subject: [LMB] new book


Just posted this to my blog --

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.

Comments

Hooray!

[(Anonymous)]

This is good news.

-Rosie, who is too lazy to log in.

Re: Hooray!

[filkferengi]

Now the big question is, will it come out early enough in the month to be the perfect Valentine's gift?

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

I can add this (quoted from a publishing newsletter) to the pot: Lois McMaster Bujold's GENTLEMAN JOLE AND THE RED QUEEN, a new book in the Vorkosigan series, starring Cordelia Vorkosigan, her new love interest, and her not-so-pleased son.

[filkferengi]

Very cool; thanks!

[filkferengi]

When I posted this blurb on the Bujold list, lots of folks promptly began all sorts of gleeful speculation.

Lois posted, saying that, whoever the blurb came from, it wasn't from her. It wasn't wrong, but was...misleading.

Eep. Speculation springs anew.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

It came from the publisher (or possibly the agent), so...interesting.

Squee.

[tiegirl.livejournal.com]

I have no words. Well, almost no words.

Re: Squee.

[filkferengi]

That's okay. Lois has apparently written some for us, an excellent habit for an author.

;)

[bookaddict88.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited about this!

[filkferengi]

You've got lots of good company in that conga line!

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

Omg! I'm so excited

[elvenjaneite.livejournal.com]

I had to remind myself to breathe several times after I saw this. SO exciting!!

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodness. I'm about to have my head eaten by another author (and I was hoping to emerge from Elizabeth Peters and Mary Balogh unscathed...), I can tell.

[filkferengi]

At least you'll be in excellent company!

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Any recommendations on what books would be good to read to get up to speed for this particular book? I just started reading Bujold, with A Civil Campaign, and jumped to Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, and am curious where to go back (other than "all of them", natch).

[filkferengi]

Since Lois has said this is a book about Cordelia, you'd want to read the omnibus _Cordelia's Honor_, which contains _Shards of Honor_ and _Barrayar_, the only other stories in the series told from her point of view. That's also the beginning of the series.

You'd have plenty of time to read the others before the new one comes out next year, even at an easy rate of a book a month. That way you'd get all the references. Bujold being Bujold, it's not necessary [all her books stand alone], but would probably add to your enjoyment.

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Just finished both Campaign and Alliance, and am going back to Shards now...

[filkferengi]

I'm a bit envious that you get to experience these Bujold novels for the first time. Otoh, later, multiple re-reads have their own rewards.

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Rereads are amazing. I feel the same way about new Jane Austen readers (even though I sadly know most of them will dislike Mansfield Park, one of the dearest to me, and a significant portion will dislike Emma, my absolute dearest). But as you say, rereads are completely rewarding on their own. :)

[filkferengi]

When the Jane Austen movies started coming out in the late '90s, I watched them & thought, whoa! they've made good movies out of something very like Georgette Heyer novels. Of course, good source material always helps.

Now I'm wishing they *would* make good movies out of Heyer novels. I'd be all over that like me on chocolate. You'd think PBS would do something. At a couple of books per year, with 2-3 episodes per book, that'd keep them busy [& us all watching] in perpetuity.

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

That would be interesting. I'm not sure Heyer has the cachet of Austen to get made or attract A-list talent, though I've no doubt it would be profitable. It's certainly more interesting than high school dramas. :)