Monthly Archives: January 2011

Newsletter #60

Posted on January 13, 2011 by admin

Dear People, I have a rough plot outline for the next RCN space opera, The Road of Danger. (The title is from a poem by A E Housman.) Whee! A rough plot may not seem very exciting to other people, … Continue reading →

Like the Man Said

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

For my birthday in 1975, John Squires (who had been taking a bookbinding class) gave me a book bound in one of my fatigue shirts (that Jo had given him) and containing (as tearsheets) Ranks of Bronze, Arclight, Contact!, Something … Continue reading →

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Sgt Scratchard Knife

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

A gift from Christof Harper, a custom knifemaker and a veteran: –the sort of thing Sgt Scratchard (from Counting the Cost) might have carried. The details: 

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Into the Hinterlands

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

Baen Books has posted a Teacher’s Guide for Into the Hinterlands. Into the Hinterlands–the first book in The Citizen Series– is a space opera built around cultural situations very similar to those obtained during the youth of George Washington. John … Continue reading →

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Amores II:14

Posted on January 3, 2011 by admin

My rash Corinna lies exhausted between life and death, trying to force the burden from her distended belly. I am rightly angry at her for secretly deciding to try the risk of pregnancy, but my anger gives way before my … Continue reading →

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