{"id":22055,"date":"2013-08-26T06:30:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T18:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=22055"},"modified":"2013-08-26T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T21:54:39","slug":"fun-booksworn-friends-worldcon-party-poster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/08\/26\/fun-booksworn-friends-worldcon-party-poster\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun! BookSworn &#038; Friends Worldcon Party Poster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/08\/26\/fun-booksworn-friends-worldcon-party-poster\/bookswornfriends_party_lorez\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22056\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22056\" title=\"BOOKSWORN&amp;FRIENDS_PARTY_lorez\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BOOKSWORNFRIENDS_PARTY_lorez-687x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BOOKSWORNFRIENDS_PARTY_lorez-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BOOKSWORNFRIENDS_PARTY_lorez-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BOOKSWORNFRIENDS_PARTY_lorez-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BOOKSWORNFRIENDS_PARTY_lorez.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a>Isn&#8217;t it great?<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like the part about &#8220;Eat A bug, Get A Book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And yes, although I will not, alas, be in San Antonio for Lonestar Con (the 71st Worldcon!) my books will be there in style at the BookSworn &amp; Friends party &#8212; there&#8217;s just that little matter of eating a bug&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s going to be a great party, so if you are going to be at Worldcon you should definitely go along: the more the merrier! <strong>When &amp; where:<\/strong> Thursday August 29 at 8 pm in the Marriott Rivercenter, suite 3436. \u00a0(Note: suite details could change, so as always, keep an eye out for programme changes.)<\/p>\n<p>And if you haven&#8217;t met my books yet but think you might like to, here&#8217;s what a few of my fellow authors and other pundits have had to say:<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/12\/14\/plus-guest-post-on-sf-signal-having-fun-with-epic-fantasy-the-band-of-brothers\/heirusa-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10397\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10397\" title=\"HeirUSA\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HeirUSA-105x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HeirUSA-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HeirUSA-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HeirUSA.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/a>The Heir of Night (The Wall Of Night Book One)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>&#8220;A richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery, and conflicting loyalties, set in a well-realized world&#8221;<\/em> ~ Robin Hobb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>&#8220;Reinvigorates the epic fantasy with appealing characters and a richly detailed world&#8221;<\/em> ~ Library Journal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>&#8220;Lowe never misses a beat &#8230; The Heir of Night is a grand entrance.&#8221;<\/em> ~ Bookbag (UK)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_12626\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/the-gathering-of-the-lost-has-its-first-us-review\/gatheringofthelostt-mm-c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12626\" title=\"GatheringoftheLostt mm c\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">The Gathering of The Lost (The Wall Of Night Book Two)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>&#8220;This is an author with a gift for Fantasy&#8221;<\/em> ~ Nebula Award-winner,\u00a0 Catherine Asaro<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>\u201cHelen Lowe\u2019s writing\u00a0moves from strength to strength. Powerful story lines, memorable characters and a vividly imagined world.\u201d<strong> ~ <\/strong><\/em>Juliet Marillier<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8220;&#8230;returns the reader to a world of hidden history and shadowed loyalties and keeps you there until well past your bedtime, loving every minute of it.&#8221; ~ Fantasy Book Review<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And if you can&#8217;t quite bring yourself to eat a bug but would still like to &#8220;meet the books&#8221;, don&#8217;t forget that to celebrate being shortlisted for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemmellaward.com\/page\/the-legend-award\">David Gemmell Legend Award<\/a>, <strong><em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/strong> e-book is on special for 99c (US only) until 30 September!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn&#8217;t it great? I particularly like the part about &#8220;Eat A bug, Get A Book.&#8221; And yes, although I will not, alas, be in San Antonio for Lonestar Con (the 71st Worldcon!) my books will be there in style at the BookSworn &amp; Friends party &#8212; there&#8217;s just that little matter of eating a bug&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,20,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booksworn","category-events","category-funstuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22055"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22165,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22055\/revisions\/22165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}