FF: Lucky Reading
Coco the Baby Guinea Pig and Esteban
Welcome to Friday the Thirteenth!
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.
And I’m always interested in what you have to recommend!
Recently Completed:
While Gods Sleep by L.D. Coulter. An alternate take of Greek mythology. Doesn’t re-tell any old myths, but instead they provide the underlying foundation for an original tale of a mortal caught up in divine machinations.
DreamForge, Issue Three. Very much enjoyed the new issue. The theme “Tales of Kindred” souls is played out in some very creative ways.
In Progress:
Esteban by Dennis Herrick. This non-fiction text takes a look at one of the most important yet consistently under-represented figures in the history of the Spanish incursion into the American west.
The Gameshouse by Claire North. I had a little trouble with the peculiar narrative voice in which the tale is told, but once I wrapped my brain around it, I found myself caught up in the story. Maybe twenty-percent in.
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant. Audiobook. Just finished Herod the Great, and looking at Jewish culture under Roman rule.
Also:
Not much “also” this week…
