Things You Need: Cat Valente, The Habitation of the Blessed

Oct 12, 2010 20:16

Thanks to everyone who has been linking to, commenting on, and otherwise supporting Anything So Utterly Destroyed. Massive thank-y'all post to come later.

So a week from Monday, November 1, a very special thing comes into the world: Catherynne M. Valente's Habitation of the Blessed, the first in the A Dirge for Prester John trilogy from Night Shade Read more... )

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cielamara October 13 2010, 01:24:25 UTC
I wants it.

But I want it in an epub format so I can read it on my nook.

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popelizbet October 13 2010, 01:34:28 UTC
Herself says: ebook format coming when the book releases, should be available at the NSB site. :D

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cielamara October 13 2010, 01:37:35 UTC
I am delighted to hear that. Reading her stuff is like somehow magically waking up to find one's self in a really posh spa or something.

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popelizbet October 13 2010, 02:03:58 UTC
That's an awesome description. :D

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firebirdgrrl October 13 2010, 14:28:11 UTC
Ooooh. Now I am in an extra tizzy of excitement and so want to read (and am making medieval LOLs like a mofo;))

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popelizbet October 13 2010, 16:41:07 UTC
Woohoo! Do it! I posted links to the review at the fancomms, let's get a buzz going, eh?

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Helping in my own small way pingback_bot November 1 2010, 17:13:27 UTC
User intelligentrix referenced to your post from Helping in my own small way saying: [...] review (with nary a spoiler in sight) of The Habitation of the Blessed, to which I direct you, here [...]

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Some Habitation Links pingback_bot November 2 2010, 17:11:40 UTC
User yuki_onna referenced to your post from Some Habitation Links saying: [...]   has a long and spoiler-free and awesome review. [...]

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