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The forthcoming books list at Locus has been updated, and Cherryh's Cyteen II is listed for January.

Actually, I must admit I'd rather have more Atevi; Cyteen may be my least-favourite Cherryh, but I only read it once, and finished it under rather difficult circumstances. I should give it another go, but the very small print was not encouraging, last time I tried.

Dinosaur

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Originally uploaded by ellarien.

Last Thursday afternoon was the recreational part of the conference, which involved a visit to the Museum of the Rockies, which for a small museum has rather a fine collection of dinosaur fossils, casts and sculptures, including this fine fellow outside the front door. Notice the snow-capped mountains in the background.

The same evening, the conference dinner was held at a ski resort up in the mountains, where there was still visible snow on the ground. The ride up was quite scenic; there were lots of little yellow flowers like miniature sunflowers growing by the roadside on the lower slopes, and higher up some more delicate yellow flowers I didn't recognize.

Talking of snow-capped mountains, the airport terminal commanded rather a fine view of same.