Episode 183 – Journey Back to Liadon

We welcome back Sharon Lee and Steve Miller to talk about their 25th Liadon book - Salvage Right, from Baen Books. They tell us about the space station that straddles two realities, as we debate where the cats might come in and own the place. There’s also an in-depth discussion of the dinkus and the telling detail, so you can learn something new! korval.com Blog Without a Name Sharon on Facebook Twitter Sharon - @ClanKorval Steve on Facebook Twitter Steve - @bechimo Salvage Right - 25th book in the Liadon Universe The Liaden Universe Mentions from Episode 183: Heliosphere AstronomiCon Pemmi-Con Tanya Huff Lou Ferrigno Peter S. Beagle Anne McCaffrey SiliCon was canceled FogCon FantasyCon UK Nasfic Buffalo Lois McMaster Bujold Judith Tarr - horse goddess, author, and occasional editor Boskone That terribly important word(?) about two blank lines or three hashes or stars (researched by Chaz): "Space between paragraphs in a section break is sometimes accompanied by a dinkus, an asterism (⁂), a horizontal rule, fleurons (❦), or other ornamental symbols. An ornamental symbol used as section break does not have a generally accepted name." From the Wiki article on Typography "In typography, a dinkus is a typographic symbol which often consists of three spaced asterisks in a horizontal row, i.e.   ∗ ∗ ∗  . The symbol has a variety of uses, and it usually denotes an intentional omission or a logical "break" of varying degree in a written work. This latter use is similar to a subsection, and it indicates to the reader that the subsequent text should be re-contextualized. When used this way, the dinkus typically appears centrally aligned on a lin