Comments | baratron: New Bujold book!

baratron

New Bujold book!

Jun 28, 2012 23:39

For those who don't already know, the eARC of Captain Vorpatril's Alliance is online. And the blasted free preview ends with the most frustrating cliffhanger ever, so I'm going to have to buy it. Now!

Also this bit (from Chapter 5) is possibly the best metaphor ever: ( Some people will consider this a spoiler (even though it isn't a spoiler for the story) )

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Comments 4

purplerabbits June 29 2012, 10:20:25 UTC

Oh man! I SO recognise that task!

otterylexa June 29 2012, 15:10:14 UTC

Yes, that is an awesome metaphor and an awesome start to the book. But I think I'll manage to wait until publication day.

rhialto June 29 2012, 22:36:50 UTC

Interesting book. Thanks for mentioning it!

johnckirk June 30 2012, 08:55:20 UTC

Thanks for the tip - I'm happy to see more "spin-off" novels like that, so I'll look forward to it. However, I don't like Baen's EARC policy: they charge extra money for something that probably has mistakes, they explicitly tell you not to report any mistakes, and then you have to buy the final release all over again.

By contrast, I think Microsoft Press have handled it much better with one of their new books (Programming Windows): you pay a fee, then you get the preview copy and all updates, including the final release version. The price starts out quite low ($10), then gradually increases as they get closer to the release date, presumably because the quality of the content will improve.