IN THIS ISSUE:
1 Ur Sid to join Lee and Miller Archive at Texas A&M
2 Plan B anniversary edition
3 Last Train Outta Kepler-283c
4 Sea Wrack and Changewinds
5 Ribbon Dance Audiobook
6 Diviner’s Bow
7 The Small Print: Sites of Interest, Blogs & Other Webly Things of Note, Facebook Connections, Xitter, Bluesky
8 DISCLAIMER
UR SID TO JOIN LEE-MILLER ARCHIVE AT TEXAS A&M
Longtime FoL will recall Ur Sid, an eight-inch tall Teddy bear, dressed in a Scout uniform. Ur Sid attended the conventions that Steve and Sharon couldn’t make, hobnobbing with the Famous, and, like every good fan, collecting buttons and memorabilia.
The authors would occasionally meet Ur Sid at worldcons, and were always happy to see him. But his purpose was to be an Ambassador at Large for the Liaden Universe®, and in that he succeeded very well, indeed.
Ur Sid traveled between cons via the Bumpy Passage, a refurbed Scout ship that had seen better days, and he sent reports back to the Friends of Liad listserve.
Those reports are sadly lost. However, Ur Sid also kept a diary. From it, we learn that his first WorldCon was ChiCon 2000. His last con, though it’s not noted in the diary, was Heliophere 2023, where Steve and Sharon were Writer Guests of Honor. He attended the Teddy Bear Tea, and charmed the room, as always.
All good adventures do finally come to an end. Ur Sid stopped traveling when the Bumpy Passage suffered a catastrophic failure of its Struven Unit. Subsequently, he spent some years with Friend of Liad Sarge, who reunited him with the authors at PhilCon 78, in 2014.
Ur Sid is about to embark on his last trip, via FedEx. He will be escorting a shipment of Liaden Universe® books to the Lee and Miller Archive at the Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M. Once that duty is accomplished, Ur Sid will become part of the permanent archive. He’ll be keeping a Very Close Eye on Steve and Sharon’s Literary Legacy. And charming the curators, of course.
Link to the Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Archive (note that the papers are still being processed)
PLAN B ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Plan B, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, originally published by Meisha Merlin in February 1999, has been reissued in mass market paperback and ebook by Baen Books, with a gorgeous new cover by Sam Kennedy, and a new afterword by Sharon Lee. Available from All the Usual Vendors.
LAST TRAIN OUTTA KEPLER-283C
Coming in November from Baen Books, this all-original anthology includes “The Last Train to Clarkesville,” a Liaden western, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, along with 12 more space western stories by D.J. Butler, Kevin Ikenberry, Mel Todd, David Mack — and more! Available for preorder from All the Usual Vendors.
SEA WRACK AND CHANGEWINDS
A collection of all the Archers Beach short stories by Sharon Lee will be available in time for Christmas as an ebook and trade paperback. Audio rights have been sold to Tantor, but there’s no information regarding that release date as yet.
RIBBON DANCE AUDIOBOOK
Tantor has contracted to produce an audiobook edition of Ribbon Dance, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, the 26th novel in their Liaden Universe®. There is no information as yet regarding a release date.
DIVINER’S BOW
The sequel to Ribbon Dance, Diviner’s Bow, is on-course to be turned in to Baen in November. It’s scheduled to be published in hardcover and in ebook on April 1, 2025, and will be available from All the Usual Vendors. Arrangements for providing signed copies are still being discussed. Watch the skies for updates.
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE LEE AND MILLER?
Sharon does not plan to attend any conventons in 2025. She does, however, have a membership to the Seattle WorldCon, so there is that.
THE SMALL PRINT
Sites of Interest:
Lee and Miller Patreon Support Page
Pinbeam Books: an online catalog, with vendor links, to all Lee-and-Miller, Miller, and Lee self-published works
Splinter Universe: features outtakes, splinters, oddities from the Lee-and-Miller writing career, currently changes irregularly.
Welcome to Liad: The official homepage for Liaden Universe® news
Blogs and Other Webly Things of Note:
Sharon Lee’s Blog
Facebook Connections:
Steve Miller Memorial Page
Flaran cha’menthi https://www.facebook.com/groups/2213414696
BlueSky:
Sharon
Xitter:
Sharon
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