Two excellent Vorkosiganverse fics I've read recently. Do NOT read them unless you've at least read the very end of Cryoburn, or don't mind being spoiled:

Sunset by philomytha. Rated PG, 1700 words. Aral and Cordelia have lunch.

Treatment for Shock by dsudis. Unrated (Probably G/PG), 1000 words. When someone did move, at long last, it was Roic.

I'm about 100 pages from the end of Cryoburn and have accumulated a collection of thoughts and reactions to it that I'm eager to share (behind a cut, of course), but for the moment I want to make this one non-plot-spoilery comment:

Vat-octopus pizza?

Bujold fans! As if the release of Cryoburn weren't enough to squee over (my copy's en route!), there's tantalizing hints about the future of the Vorkosiverse canon here.

If you're looking for something to watch tonight, I recommend you give Southland a try (NBC, 10 pm ET). I watched the premiere (which has been on Hulu for the past week or so) and was pretty impressed. It's gritty, with a good cast (C. Thomas Howell was damn near unrecognizable) and solid, non-flashy writing. John Wells (ER, West Wing) is one of ( Read more... )

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