FF: You’ll See

Coco Chills

Thanks to those of you who answered my question last week.  You’ll see me trying the “Sharing Knife” by next week’s post.

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.  I love seeing the tapestry of what people choose.

Completed:

Three For the Chair by Rex Stout.  A collection of three novellas.  Sometimes the Nero Wolfe stories are stronger when streamlined, although as a fan of the stories, I enjoy the side plots in the novels.

Double for Death by Rex Stout.  Featuring one of his secondary detectives, Tecumseh Fox.  Fox is very unlike Nero Wolfe: an extrovert, skinny, wildly curious, not as single-mindedly addicted to routine.  However, like Wolfe, he’s very smart. I can’t think that the name was designed without thought as the first name is often shortened to “Tec” (like detective) and Fox is the classic trickster.

In Progress:

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold.  Audiobook.  With this, I will finish my “read in order” of the Vorkosigan series.  I’ve listened to this before, but I want to see how my reaction differs with a fresh view of all the elements.

Trio for Blunt Instruments by Rex Stout.  A collection of three short stories that I either haven’t ever read or it’s been so long I’ve completely forgotten.

Also:

The May/June Archeology magazine.  About half-way.  Writing seems drier than usual this issue.

Re-reading my own novel, The Buried Pyramid, the first step in getting a new e-book out.  Didn’t get as far as I would have liked, as I can’t read this when I am just reading for fun.  I need to be able to make notes.