Phase 4 of the Liaden Universe Re-Read will begin next week, on Tuesday, September 2.
Phase 4 Schedule
- 2/9 – Agent of Change
- 28/9 – Carpe Diem ch.2-71
- 7/12 – “Quiet Knives”
(The first chapter of Carpe Diem is a reprise of the end of Agent of Change, in almost exactly the same words, so it’s not getting its own day.)
Availability
The novels in Phase 4 are Agent of Change and Carpe Diem.
These are both currently in print as a Baen collected edition titled The Agent Gambit, which is also available as an e-book. (Baen also offers the old separate e-book edition of Agent of Change and Carpe Diem.)
The old separate e-book edition of Agent of Change is part of the Baen Free Library.
The only short story in Phase 4 is “Quiet Knives”.
If you have some or all of the Adventures in the Liaden Universe® chapbooks put out by SRM Publisher, “Quiet Knives” is in #9 (Quiet Knives).
The chapbooks are out of print now, but they’re all available in e-book form via Pinbeam Books, whose Adventures in the Liaden Universe® page is also a convenient reference for which story is where.
Baen offers two sets of Liaden Universe short story collections; if you don’t have any of the chapbooks already, these may be a more efficient option than obtaining individual issues.
The old set, available only as e-books, are Liaden Unibus I and Liaden Unibus II, which collect #1-6 and #7-12 respectively. “Quiet Knives” is in Unibus II.
The new set, available in print and e-book form, are A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume One and A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume Two, which collect #1-8 and #9-17 respectively. “Quiet Knives” is in Volume Two.
For searching out second-hand print editions, the authors’ web site recommends Uncle Hugo’s Science Fiction Bookstore, The Missing Volume, and White Unicorn Books.