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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-13 09:39 am

Huh

So, I asked on Bluesky:

Aside from Larry Correia, are there any big name Baen authors who debuted at Baen, after Jim Baen's death?

(So, Tim Powers wouldn't count because he debuted not at Baen and also long before JB died)


I got three names: Chuck Gannon, Jason Cordova and Mike Kupari. Gannon actually debuted at Baen in 1994 but only two (I think) short pieces, after which there was a long delay until his novels began appearing. I don't know the other two but SF is huge and it's perfectly possible for me to overlook BNAs. Still, granting all three, with LC that makes four... and in 2028, Toni Weisskopf will have been running Baen for as long as Jim Baen did.

This could, of course, be the natural consequence of the Del Monte approach.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-12 01:26 pm

Merry Christmas for Poilievre!

I got much better at spelling his name once I realized it contains "lie".

Embattled CPC leader's Christmas card list gets one name shorter.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-12 12:12 pm
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Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025



Where to start reading — or rereading — Varley's many series and stories.

Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-12 09:03 am

The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson



The visitors might be Bird Island's salvation or simply the next step in its doom.


The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-11 12:51 pm

John Varley (1947 - 2025)

Multiple sources report the death of SF author John Varley.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-11 08:28 am

Summer of Love (Zhu Wong, volume 1) by Lisa Mason



A 2567 blueblood travels back to the Summer of Love to save one very special 16-year-old.

Summer of Love (Zhu Wong, volume 1) by Lisa Mason
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-10 02:13 pm
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Bundle of Holding: Magical Kitties



Magical Kitties Save the Day, the all-ages introductory storytelling game from Atlas Games.

Bundle of Holding: Magical Kitties
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-10 08:54 am

To The Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young (Translated by Soje)



Could safety from the global pandemic be found in desperate flight towards a land of banditry and violence?

To The Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young (Translated by Soje)
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-09 06:35 am
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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna



A depowered witch discovers she is just one zany scheme away from regaining her power... provided her estranged mentor does not intervene. Which of course he will.

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-08 02:53 pm
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Bundle of Holding: Forged 3



The third array of recent standalone tabletop roleplaying games using the Forged in the Dark rules system based on John Harper's Blades in the Dark from One Seven Design Studio.

Bundle of Holding: Forged 3
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-08 02:08 pm
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Five Freshly Reprinted SFF Books and Series



Did you miss these books the first time around? Good news!

Five Freshly Reprinted SFF Books and Series
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-08 10:20 am

Books Received, November 29 — December 5



Six works new to me: four fantasy, one horror, and one SF (also ttrpg). Four are arguably series.

Books Received, November 29 — December 5



Poll #33929 Books Received, November 29 — December 5
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 26


Which of these look interesting?

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 5 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
3 (11.5%)

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 6 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
3 (11.5%)

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 7 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
2 (7.7%)

Black River Ruby by Jean Cottle (January 2026)
7 (26.9%)

The Flowers of Algorab by Nils Karlén, Kosta Kostulas, and Martin Grip (January 2026)
8 (30.8%)

Headlights by C J Leede (June 2026)
4 (15.4%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
21 (80.8%)

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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-07 10:18 pm

Well, this was weird

Another unconscious person on public transit. This guy just seemed to be terribly tired, but when he slumped over, he knocked his stuff on the floor. Several times. I kept putting his stuff back, and mentioned him to the drive on my way out.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-07 08:51 am

Space Skimmer by David Gerrold



Who killed the empire? More importantly, what does it take to get men to process their emotions?

Space Skimmer by David Gerrold
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-06 09:18 am

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Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968; aged 21), civil engineering student
Hélène Colgan (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Nathalie Croteau (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Barbara Daigneault (born 1967; aged 22), mechanical engineering student
Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968; aged 21), chemical engineering student
Maud Haviernick (born 1960; aged 29), materials engineering student
Maryse Laganière (born 1964; aged 25), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department
Maryse Leclair (born 1966; aged 23), materials engineering student
Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967; aged 22), mechanical engineering student
Sonia Pelletier (born 1961; aged 28), mechanical engineering student
Michèle Richard (born 1968; aged 21), materials engineering student
Annie St-Arneault (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Annie Turcotte (born 1969; aged 20), materials engineering student
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958; aged 31), nursing student
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-04 08:55 am
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A Mouthful of Dust (Singing Hills, volume 6) by Nghi Vo



Cleric Chih's quest to record the tragic history of a famine succeeds all too well.

A Mouthful of Dust (Singing Hills, volume 6) by Nghi Vo
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-03 02:25 pm
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Bundle of Holding: Worlds Without Number



This new Worlds Without Number Bundle presents Worlds Without Number, the tabletop fantasy roleplaying game of far-future sword-and-sorcery adventure from acclaimed designer Kevin Crawford of Sine Nomine Publishing.

Bundle of Holding: Worlds Without Number