Where did this month go

[sholio]

My computer's in the shop and it's thrown my entire week into disarray. ;___; (Although honestly this month was a disaster from a scheduling perspective even before that happened.)

Okay, let's see. An assortment of things I've been meaning to post about but haven't yet:

• Sweet and lovely leesa_perrie has a new Zazzle shop, Bright Light Originals, with some of her nature/animal photography on T-shirts, phone covers, totes, etc. So check that out. :D

• Zero Sum Game by SL Huang is out in a new Tor edition!! I am absolutely THRILLED to be able to link to this, FINALLY. It's the first book in a really excellent SF/suspense series that was originally self-published up to book 4 and then got picked up by Tor. (Disclaimer: I was one of the original betas. I cannot, however, claim any kind of credit for its awesomeness.) I'm sure I've talked about these here before, from time to time, and I am really looking forward to seeing these books discovered by a wider audience as they deserve!

... fuck, I should've nominated it for Yuletide. Oh well, next year. Speaking of which:

• Yuletide signups are open 'til October 21! Guess who was going to write promo posts for all the fandoms she plans to request before signups opened. Guess who didn't do that and in fact hasn't even written most of her signup yet.

Things I plan to request:
Alliance-Union (Heavy Time/Hellburner)
Iron Fist
Robert Carey Mysteries - PF Chisholm
The Punisher (maybe?)
Death Gate Cycle (maybe?)

rachelmanija wrote a great Punisher promo post a little while back. (This show was such a nice surprise. I didn't expect it to be as awesome as it was.) And I was working on one for Iron Fist before my computer went toes up on me. *sob*

Comments

[yhlee]

I await your letter with bated breath. Man, Death Gate Cycle...I have such fond memories of those books. :)

[yhlee]

P.S. Hope your computer is fixed soon!!

[sholio]

Thank you! My poor computer. :( (Its screen died. And it's only a little over a year old!)

[sholio]

Death Gate!! I was surprised to find how well they held up for me, honestly. I mean, there are evident flaws, of course? But all the things I liked in them are still there.

... I saw your mention of Rose of the Prophet in a favorite-books list awhile back. I have fond memories of those too, though I don't remember them nearly as well; it's been a good 25 years since I last read them. :D rachelmanija and I have been talking about doing a reread at some point in the near future. You should join us!

[yhlee]

Oh man, sympathies! I've had screens die on laptops but usually they lasted a little longer than that...!

[yhlee]

Oh man, I'd love to join y'all in a Death Gate reread. I'll have to check if my library has them. :D

[kore]

I am really hoping we get Colleen/Misty (and Claire) out of Iron Fist, their scene was so great.

[cornerofmadness]

Really? That's cool. I told my good friend about zero sum (she's the calculus prof at my uni) it sounds great.

[sholio]

Me too!!

[sholio]

It's excellent! A superhero whose superpower is math - more exciting than you'd think. XD

[rissabby]

I read the first chapter of Zero Sum Game at Tor (I get their newsletter). I really liked the writing, although I hope it doesn't get much more violent.
The book is on my wish list for when I have a few extra bucks. Especially because my granddaughter's favorite subject is math.

I'm super impressed that you beta-ed this.

[cornerofmadness]

Very cool. My friend has it on order. I'll borrow it in Jan when I restart the alphabet reading challenge. Always good to have a Z. It sounds like fun.

[mific]

Damn, I really want to read Zero Sum Game, but there’s no ebook edition yet. Hopefully it’ll come to kindle soon.

[umadoshi]

I have the self-pubbed ebooks of Zero Sum Game and its sequels, but haven't actually read any of the series yet. Do you know if the new Tor edition has been revised or anything?

[sholio]

I am not sure about that, I'm sorry! My understanding is that edits, if any, are minimal - that is, it's not really a whole new book - but I haven't read the new edition yet, so I don't know.

[umadoshi]

My understanding is that edits, if any, are minimal - that is, it's not really a whole new book - but I haven't read the new edition yet, so I don't know.

Fair enough! I expect I'll read the version I already have (at some point), then.