[LMB] (news-chat) Newly-styled Baen Bujold reprints

[Lois McMaster Bujold]

Ah ha --

    FedEx brought me today (via my neighbor, but we got the little 
address glitch straightened out) a big box 'o new Baen reprints of seven 
of my backlist titles, all with new cover treatments.  All are dated 
January '08.  In style they are like the new _Miles in Love_ cover, with 
the bright artwork in a broad black border speckled with white, giving 
the effect of a starry night sky or spacescape.

    (Note that the _MiL_ cover as printed is not quite like the cover as 
seen on Amazon, as the latter lacks the border.)

  __Young Miles_, _Mirror Dance_, Memory_, _Komarr_, and_Diplomatic 
Immunity_ all have the original artwork, but the border tones down the 
gaudiness of the prior covers while still giving the purchaser a visual 
clue that they are the same books.  _Falling Free_ and _Brothers in 
Arms_ both have new artwork, by  Kurt Miller and  Clyde Caldwell 
respectively -- both artists are new to me.  (The recent editions of 
_Miles, Mutants and Microbes_ and _Miles in Love_ both had artwork by  
Alan Pollock or Pollack -- it's spelled both ways -- also new to me.)

    The seven reprints also have uniform typography that helps give the 
series a unified look, and  I'm glad to see we managed to get the award 
wins properly placed in their little cartouches, too, that they may 
serve their one utilitarian purpose.   If I can get my scanner to work 
to give me reasonable files, I'll try to send scans to Mike for posting 
on the website at www.dendarii.com

    In all, heartening.

    Ta, L.