1. “Eleutherios,” a short story set in a corner of the Liaden Universe® has been published to the Baen website, where it may be read for free! It will be taken down on February 15 to make room for a new story by another Baen author, so if you haven’t read Niku’s story yet, now is the time.
2. Moon’s Honor, a fragment of a Lute and Moonhawk novel begun in 1996 and never completed, is now on Splinter Universe, where it may be read for free! I think I’m seeing a pattern here…
3. Tuesday, February 5 (that’s four days from now!) will see the official! release of the hardcover edition of Necessity’s Child and the Audible edition. Eileen Stevens voices the audio edition.
4. SFSite has opened voting for the Reader’s Choice for Best Read of 2012. Many fine books were published in 2012, including Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, and SFSite generously allows you to vote for your ten favorite titles. Read all about it here.
5. We have received our pre-con Boskone Schedule. Here it is:
FRIDAY
5-5:50 p.m. Will the Real Hari Seldon Please Stand Up? Harbor III
Steve Miller (M), Charles Stross, S.C. Butler, Mark Olson
6-6:50 p.m. My Origin Stories, Harbor I
Steve Miller (M), Joshua Bilmes, Elizabeth Bear, Jim Frenkel
SATURDAY
8:30 a.m. Friends of Liad Breakfast, Saucity
Friends of Liad join Sharon and Steve for breakfast and catch up on what’s happened since last Boskone. Friends of Liad pay for their breakfasts; Sharon and Steve pay for their breakfasts.
12:30-12:55 p.m. Reading, Lewis
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
2-2:50 p.m. Kaffeklatsche, Galleria-Kaffeeklatsch 1
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
5-6:20 p.m. Silver Anniversary of the Liaden Universe®, Griffin
Bob Kuhn (M), Christopher Weuve, Walter H. Hunt, Steve Miller, Tom Easton, Elizabeth Bear, Sharon Lee, Darlene Marshall
10 p.m. (After the Awards Ceremony) Combined Liaden Universe® Silver Anniversary/Necessity’s Child publication party!
SUNDAY
11-11:50 a.m. The Spirit of the Place, Harbor I
Margaret Ronald (M), Alexander Jablokov, Sharon Lee, Darlene Marshall
12-12:50 p.m. Autographing, Galleria-Autographing
Jeffrey A. Carver, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
2-2:50 p.m. Exit, Stage Left, Burroughs
Walter Hunt (M), Myke Cole, Sharon Lee, Leona Wisoker