FF: Next Year, I Guess
Nothing Frightens Persephone
Just learned that Bubonicon, New Mexico’s largest SF/F con, will not be being held this year. This will be the first time I won’t be there, I think, since 1994. I might have missed one year in there, but I don’t think so. I’ll really miss seeing those of you I usually get to chat with there.
For those of you unfamiliar with this column, 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:
The Black Dudley Murder by Margery Allingham. This is the book that introduced Albert Campion as a Bertie Woosterish twit, who might actually not be so twittish. Allingham had no idea he would become the protagonist of so many future works.
Death On the Air and other Stories by Ngaio Marsh. Audiobook. Also includes some non-fiction by her about her own work, and the script for a play. The final essay of advice to a young writer is still about 90% valid, only aspects of the business had changed.
The Fear Sign by Margery Allingham. I had to skip several because they’re not in my collection, but this is a good one with a treasure hunts and it introduces Amanda.
In Progress:
Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham. A locked strong room mystery tied to a disappearance many years before.
Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce. Audiobook. I read this when I came out and haven’t since, so, again a re-read with a new read feel.
Also:
Writing. Beading. Sneezing.
