FF: Modesty and More
The Novel Is Peeking Out At The Top
Until recently, it was more common to see a novel series adapted or expanded into graphic novels rather than the other way around. Modesty Blaise anticipated the trend. Interestingly, both were written by Peter O’Donnell, rather than one being farmed out to someone else as is common today.
I’ve featured a cover from a collection of the newspaper strips here because, frankly, the novel had a trashy cover that misrepresents the novel entirely.
Oh… And if you miss the usual pet portrait, go to the end for a photo of our cat Ogapoge taken about a year ago…
For those of you just discovering this part of my blog, the Friday Fragments lists what I’ve read over the past week. Most of the time I don’t include details of either short fiction (unless part of a book-length collection) or magazines.
The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list. If you’re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive recommendation list, you can look on my website under Neat Stuff.
Once again, this is not a book review column. It’s just a list with, maybe, a bit of description or a few opinions tossed in.
Recently Completed:
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher (aka Ursual Vernon). One review called this a screwball comedy with serious undertones. That’s a good description. Laugh out loud sometimes, edge of the seat at others.
In Progress:
In An Absent Dream: Wayward Children 4 by Seanan McGuire. Audiobook.
Modesty Blaise by Peter O’Donnell. Novel. Re-read, but it’s been a long time.
Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya, this week volumes 6-11. Manga. Re-read. The story is moving from slice of life, romantic comedy into something far darker and outre.
Also:
Writing, writing, writing….
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Ogapoge Amid Towels
