News and notes from the North, the south, and otrher worlds

First:

we hear that Jim Baen of Baen Books has had a stroke. He has friends and family visiting him at a hospital in North Carolina; we know nothing of a prognosis at this point. News will be found at Baen's Bar or from Barfilies where ever the may be be....

Next:
the Liaden Universe frapper community has been growing -- we've been online and had a chance to chat with a few people... and the total of people flags on the map at the moment is around 70...
http://www.frappr.com/friendsoftheliadenuniverse

Meanwhile:
the Second Life Rangers and Friends of Liad in-world on Second Life have joined forces to sponsor a science fiction photo contest in Second Life ... behind the cut below there's an outtake from the notecard being given out in-world....

( Show Us The Worlds of Tomorrow in your World, Second Life )

There you have some of it....