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Liaden Universe® InfoDumpling

A Liaden Universe® InfoDumpling is a small InfoDump, sent out sporadically, when there are only a few, hot, news items to share.

Uncle Hugo’s Opens Pre-Orders for Signed and/or Personalized Copies of Alliance of Equals
Alliance of Equals, the 19th Liaden Universe® novel, will be published on July 5.  As has become his pleasant habit, the Uncle is once again taking pre-orders for signed and/or personalized books.

Here is the link to the pre-order page at Uncle Hugo’s website.

Here is a link to an explanatory blog entry.

There is a deadline involved!  All personalization requests must be made no later than June 1.

Thank you!

Offworld Designs Adds New Items to its Liaden Category
In addition to mugs, and basic black apparel, the good folks at Offworld Designs have added lady’s v-neck t-sh...

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Liaden Universe® InfoDump No. 113

. . .or possibly 114; there seems to have been some slippage, somewhere.

New Liaden Novelette

“Wise Child,” a Liaden Universe® novelette, is now on Baen.com, where it can be read for free!  It begins on the front page, or you can read the whole thing here.

Please take a moment to like it on FB or tweet about it (buttons at the bottom of the story) so the boss knows people care. Thanks.  If you don’t Facebook or Tweet, consider sharing the link on your blog, if any, or email it to friends who may like SF or who Just Need To Have a short taste of the Liaden Universe(R).

Thanks.

Alliance of Equals Book Tour Changes!

There have been changes in the Alliance of Equals micro-mini tour...

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Liaden Universe® InfoDump No. 116

I think we managed to publish two different InfoDumps number 114, so I’m setting this one at 116 on the dial.

 NEW ECHAPBOOK AVAILABLE

Sleeping with the Enemy, Adventures in the Liaden Universe(R) Number 22, has been published at Amazon, BN, ibooks, Kobo, Page Foundry, Scribd, Tolino, 24Symbols.  Sleeping contains two stories — “Chimera,” which was originally published on Baen.com, and “Friend of a Friend,” which is new to this chapbook.  The chapbook also includes an author’s introduction.

HOW DO YOU SAY IT?

The long-promised podcast demonstrating the authors’ pronunciation of some key words and names in the Liaden Universe(R) is now live!  Well.  At least one of the authors, and the first of what looks to be several podcasts.  You can listen here:  http://splinteruniverse...

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Liaden Universe® InfoDump Number 121

Liaden Universe® InfoDump Number 121

BOOK SIGNING:
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller will be signing the thirtieth anniversary edition of Agent of Change, and whatever else comes to hand, at Children’s Book Cellar, 52 Main Street, Waterville, Maine 04901, on! Friday, November 2, from 7:30-9 pm. Hope to see you there!

IF YOU WANT A SIGNED COPY OF THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF AGENT OF CHANGE. . .
. . .but cannot attend the booksigning, you may send an email before November 2 to Ellen Richmond at /kidsbookscellarATmyfairpointDOTnet/, with “Lee and Miller” in the subject line. In the body of the letter let Ellen know how many books you want, your snail address, and any personalization request you may have. She will contact you for further necessary information.

POST CARDS:
If anyone is going to...

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Liaden Universe® InfoDump Number 123: The Lance Edition

Liaden Universe® InfoDump Number 123: The Lance Edition

ACCEPTING THE LANCE eARC AVAILABLE NOW
For those who indulge, the eARC of ACCEPTING THE LANCE, the the 22nd Liaden Universe® novel, created and co-written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, is now available from Baen.com. eARCs are electronic Advance Reading Copies; they will contain errors of formatting, grammar, and perhaps even spelling. However! There will be no major changes to the story between it and the final book, which will be available in All Its Perfection on December 3.

Here is your link to the eARC edition of ACCEPTING THE LANCE: https://www.baen.com/accepting-the-lance-earc.html

A SPOILER DISCUSSION PAGE has been opened at for those who have read . . .LANCE and want to talk about it...

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Liaden Universe® InfoDump Number 123

Coming up on the end of the year and the beginning a new decade.  Congratulations to all of us for getting this far together, and good luck, too, as the journey continues.

ACCEPTING THE LANCE NEWS YOU CAN USE
ACCEPTING THE LANCE, the 22nd novel set in the Liaden Universe® created by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller came out on December 3, and is now available in hardcover, ebook, and audio editions.

ACCEPTING THE LANCE hit the Number Three position in the Bookscan Bestseller List during the first week in December.

You may still order signed copies of ACCEPTING THE LANCE from Uncle Hugo’s SF Bookstore

FREE LIADEN STORY
For those who may have missed its debut on the front page of Baen.com, “A Visit to the Galaxy Ballroom,” is available to be read, for free, at this link

YES, THERE WILL BE MORE ...

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Breaking News

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Breaking News!

ALBACON 2020 CANCELLED

This just in from Chuck Rothman, speaking for Albacon:
Due to the ongoing issues with Covid-19 health and safety, the Albacon Committee has decided to postpone the convention until Fall of 2021. Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have agreed to attend as Guests of Honor. Memberships will roll over, but, given the situation, we will make an exception to our usual policy and give refunds on request.

NEW SERIAL PROJECT LAUNCHING

1  I, Sharon Lee, representing Lee-and-Miller, will be posting the False Start of an actual novel, that novel being /Accepting the Lance/.  This presents some small amount of difficulty, which will be discussed in. . .

. . ...

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Liaden Universe® InfoDump Number 128

Liaden Universe® InfoDump Number 128
News from Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s Liaden Universe® and beyond!
November 9 2021

PUBLISHING NEWS

1 BREAD ALONE: Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 34 will be published on November 25, 2021. BREAD ALONE collects all of the so-called “bakery” stories into one volume. The stories included are: “Degrees of Separation,” “Fortune’s Favors,” “Block Party,” and “Our Lady of Benevolence.” The first three stories are reprints – that means they have been published previously – “Our Lady . . . ” is original to this chapbook. At the time this InfoDump was put to bed, preorders were available from Amazon. The other vendors will eventually have the book in stock, but for right now, you may PREorder from Amazon ONLY. Here’s your link.

2 The Baen reiss...

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Addendum to InfoDump 129

This is in answer to the numerous pleas across several venues for more information on SALVAGE RIGHT, its setting and cast.
 
SALVAGE RIGHT is set on Tinsori Light. The cast of characters includes, but is not limited to!
Jen Sin yos’Phelium
Seignur Veeoni
Tocohl Lorlin
Lorith
Tolly Jones
Hazenthull nor’Phelium
Theo Waitley
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Liaden Universe® Holiday InfoDumpling

Audio Book News
Fair Trade, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, the 24th novel set in their original Liaden Universe®, published as hardcover and ebook by Baen in May 2022, is now available from Audible, Eileen Stevens narrating.
Here’s your link

Convention News
BOSKONE
Boskone 60, February 17-19, 2023.  Registration is now open
Guests of Honor: Nalo Hopkinson, Victo Ngai, Tui T. Sutherland, Dave Clement.
Lee and Miller have been accepted as panelists, and will be attending.
Here’s your link

HELIOSPHERE
The website has been updated and registration is now open for HelioSpehere 2023. Liaden Universe® authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller and frequent Liaden cover artist David Mattingly are Guests of Honor; April 28 – 30, 2023 Holiday Inn Piscataway, NJ.
Here’s your link

Happy holidays to all...

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