Finishing Up

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This week I finished a lot of pieces that I’d been a couple of chapters from the end of last week. 

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.

A reminder that I’m always happy to hear what you are reading!

Recently Completed:

Calling on Dragons by Patrica Wrede.  Audio. More broadly comic than the prior two, with (to this point) a lot less plot.  Kudos to the readers for “Killer” the rabbit turned into a donkey which gets turned blue and…

Mr. Campion’s Farthing by Margery Allingham and Youngman Carter.  A posthumous completion by Allingham’s husband.  Well-written but, like many of the post WWII Campion novels, has a grim note.   Also, much less series continuity.  Only a reader of the series would realize that Rupert is Albert’s son.

My Friend Mr. Campion by Margery Allingham.  A collection of shorter works, including the novella, The Case of the Late Pig.  Title of the collection comes from an essay Allingham wrote that provides the first piece.

In Progress:

Talking to Dragons by Patricia Wrede.  Audio.  A direct-indirect sequel to Calling On Dragons. Calling ends with a problem that can only be solved by the next generation.  This is how they do that.  Manners are an important element, a trope taken, extended, and bent to good purpose.

Also:

Not sure what next for my print read.  I have a lot of short stories on my Kindle.  I also have another Campion novel.  And ample research reading.  I guess I’ll figure it out!