Various convention news and notes, books and more

[kinzel]

First off --

convention news for next year ...

we hope you and a bunch of Liaden fans and readers join us in Naperville for Duckon next June,
where Friend of Liad listmaster Scott Raun is set for Fan Guest of Honor and Sharon and I are to
be the literary Guests of Honor ... it'd be great to have a good-size FoL breakfast.

find more info here .....  http://www.duckon.org/

watch for additional convention news, as soon as we have it.

Meanwhile, some book news: Saltation has cover art! -- see the amazon page for that .. and can already be pre-ordered at a discount.

http://www.amazon.com/Saltation-Sharon-Lee/dp/143913345X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246206425&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Fledgling-Liaden-Universe-Novel-Sharon/dp/1439132879/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

For a major Liaden Universe^® Infodump bunch of news, see --rolanni.livejournal.com/447872.html (also do that if you'd prefer the signed by the author versions of either of the books above...)  some of the news there includes an auction of some of our original typescripts with notes and etc...

EDITED TO ADD THIS CONVENTION NOTE:

we *do* expect to be at NASFIC next year, in Raleigh. If you're local, or if you can't or don't want to travel to Worldcon next year, this may be your best bet. Want to help? Volunteer and/or pre-support from ...
http://www.raleighnasfic2010.org/NASFiCSupport.html