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[dira]

HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS HOLY SHIT

So Lois spake unto us: http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/8046824-new-book

I am pleased to report that a new Cordelia Vorkosigan novel has been sold to Baen Books for publication, tentatively, in February of 2016.

The title is Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen.

GENTLEMAN. JOLE. AND THE RED QUEEN.

GENTLEMAN JOLE.

MY BB IS IN THE TITLE OF THE BOOK YOU GUYS I CAN'T EVEN. WHAT. AHHHHHHHH. I THOUGHT I WAS WRITING AN UNJOSSABLE PAIRING AND NOW I REALLY REALLY NEED TO GO WRITE 7 1/2 MORE STORIES BEFORE NEXT FEBRUARY.

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

(Also I am in this weird place where on the one hand I am going to find it totally baffling to encounter a non-queer Jole (I mean, I'm going to find it totally baffling to encounter a Jole who's not Arkady, there is a lot of bafflement coming my way) but at the same time I am super prepared to ship the queen and her knight? AHHHHH I AM EXCITE THOUGH OMG NEW CORDELIA BOOK AND IT IS ALSO A JOLE BOOK OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.)

Comments

[staranise]

I accidentally got spoiled for this book in a major way by someone who's already read it and OMG *STUFFS FIST IN MOUTH AND SCREAMS* OMG OMG OMG.

I am so looking forward to 7 1/2 more stories from you about them!

[dira]

OH MAN MARNA TOLD ME I'M GOING TO LOVE IT? AND THERE ARE BOATS? I AM SO EXCITE. BUT I HAVE SO MUCH TO WRITE FIRST!!!

[margrave]

OMFG! I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU WHEN I READ THIS NEWS. HOLY SHIT!

A JOLE AND CORDELIA BOOK. THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY AND CHINESE NEW YEAR WRAPPED UP IN ONE GIANT PRESENT.

[dira]

RIGHT????? I JUST. SOMETIME IN MY LIFE I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING GOOD, BECAUSE NOW THIS IS HAPPENING. TO ME. PERSONALLY. ALSO I GUESS TO EVERYONE ELSE, BUT ALSO TO ME.

[lannamichaels]

NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK NEW BOOK!!!!

[dira]

NEW BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK ALSO THIS MORNING I REALIZED THAT THERE IS AN OATMEAL-AND-BLUE-CHEESE THING JUST WAITING FOR ME TO WRITE IT IN THE NEXT BIT OF THE NEXT ARAL/JOLE STORY AND IT MADE MY WHOLE DAY. I MEAN, THAT AND WAKING UP AND REALIZING THAT I DID NOT DREAM THE NEW BOOK. :D

[kass]

OMG new Vorkosigan book I cannot BELIEVE it!

[dira]

INORITE?????

[princessofgeeks]

THIS IS SO COOL

[dira]

SOOOO COOOOOOL I CAN'T EVEN

[izzady]

OMG!!!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS A REAL THING AND NOT A MADE-UP THING! IT'S JUST SO AWESOME! CORDELIA! JOLE! SO SO MANY GOOD THINGS ALL AT ONCE!

It is indeed gonna be super weird that he's not called Arkady, though, gonna have to adjust to that. Like any time I encounter anything involving someone called Arkady I think of Jole. So.

BUT HIM AND CORDELIA HANGIN' OUT AND GENERALLY BEIN' IN A BOOK TOGETHER. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[dira]

Yessss it's gonna be so cool! And Arkady will go right on existing over in the other leg of the trousers of time. :)

[mmegaera]

I've been waiting to hear you scream about this [g].

You're the first person I thought of when I saw the title.

[dira]

:DDDDDDD such screaming omg!

[ceresi]

You may or may not get a kick out of this (I thought it was pretty funny) but when I Googled 'Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen' this post was the fifth item in the search results. I was only Googling it b/c of this post . . . :D

You're famous on the internet! Or at least Google!

[dira]

Ahahaha oh God, I tried googling it myself and my shrieking TUMBLR post comes up on the first page of results, while this post is on the second. YAY?Also I found a post where someone refers to Jole being a minor character who parts of fandom think Aral appointed for his looks and EXCUSE YOU THAT IS NOT WHAT WE THINK, ARAL OBVIOUSLY CHOSE HIM FOR BEING THE BEST. AND ALSO THE PRETTIEST, COINCIDENTALLY. AND ALSO THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY DEEPLY IN LOVE AND FUCKING WHENEVER THEY GET THE CHANCE.

OBVIOUSLY. Uh. I probably should not go argue these points with people whose blog posts I found on Google, though.

[naomikritzer]

Soooooooooo is there an opposite of "jossed"?

If not, maybe it should be "joled"? :-D

[dira]

POSSIBLY. :D :D :D