I started this fic ages ago (though it's not by any means one of the oldest of my WIPs) when the book came out, and managed to finish it off today. Ivan and Simon get drunk and talk about porn. It's canon! I spent a long time struggling for a title for it and then noticed the title of one of the songs that I'd had on repeat, and that fit it ( Read more... )

I recently got my paper copy of CVA and have been utterly distracted with reading it and squeaking with delight all the time. There's a romance, and a plot, and stuff, and other people have interesting and intelligent critiques of those things, but as far as I'm concerned, it's The Simon And Alys Show and I am delighted with it. Here are some ( Read more... )

This is not any of the 'Captain Vorpatril's Alliance' fics I have been talking about writing, but it is one that sheffsfic put into my head a few days ago in comments. So here you go.

Title: Green and Red
Length: 600 words
Content: fluff, minor spoilers for 'Captain Vorpatril's Alliance'
Summary: Aral's reaction to a change in Vorkosigan House.

( Green and Red )

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance ( Read more... )

The e-ARC of Captain Vorpatril's Alliance is out! And I have just bought a copy! Now I have severe mental torment, because my to-do list for today is about a million items long and it all absolutely has to be done by 3pm, but I want to go and read right now. And then I'm going to be AFK for several days, so I won't be able to discuss it with ( Read more... )

I'm going to be away for the next week, but before I go, I happened upon this new snippet from Captain Vorpatril's Alliance posted by LMB's publisher.

( snippet below )

( cut for small spoilers and speculation )

So I found the summary for Captain Vorpatril's Alliance on the Baen forum, and I reproduce it here for your entertainment. Oh dear, it's a long time till November... ( mildly spoilery summary )

Ooh, LMB says there will be Simon and Alys in the new Ivan book! Yay! I admit I have my doubts about the Ivan book, because the series feels very finished to me, but the thought of seeing the canonical take on how Ivan copes with Alys and Simon and how they cope with him makes me extremely happy ( Read more... )

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