FF: Aware

Roary Peeks Into the DreamForge

I’m aware my website link was broken.  I think we have it fixed now.  Thanks very much to those of you who let me know, as I don’t go to my website very often, except to update.

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.  And it’s also a great place to tell me what you’re reading. 

Completed:

DreamForge Anvil, issue eleven.  This one has a solarpunk theme, which is very challenging for short fiction in particular because there needs to be a lot of setting detail for the story to work, and this leaves less for characters.  Several pieces met this challenge to my grumpy level of expectation.

And done with the Nebulas for another year.

In Progress:

Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold.  Audiobook.  Very closely tied to the events in Mirror Dance.  Denial of his infirmities has long been a way for Miles to power through.  Now he must face he can’t deny everything.  A new challenge may be his way.

Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh.  I’m not sure I ever read this one.  Very exciting.

Also:

The new Smithsonian.  So far, my favorite piece has been a very well-explained article a trend to recycle organic waste, producing methane and other useful by-products.  Solarpunk is here in reality as well!