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I just read a very short (20-odd pages) and pretty confusing short story -
WireShip Manifestation. The author, John Pirillo, is certainly prolific, but I haven't read anything else, so I don't know if this is representative of his work.

I read the graphic novel
Marada the She-Wolf. A fairly average writing effort from Chris Claremont, saved by the beautiful artwork from John Bolton.

I read the graphic novel
Greenberg the Vampire, which is a somewhat unusual tale of a Jewish vampire who happens to be a best-selling horror author and suffering from writers block.

I finished
There and Back Again, a delightful and thoroughly charming retelling of The Hobbit as a space opera. If you are a fan of Tolkien's work, you should enjoy this as a lovingly re-imagined version of his classic children's tale, and if you've never read The Hobbit, you can still enjoy this as a cracking good story. I regret that this was sitting in my TBR pile for so long.

Welcome Charles, you clearly married a woman with good taste :)
I remember the first SF novel I read was
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet back in 1966, although I don't remember a lot about it :)

I have started
There and Back Again. It's a reworking of The Hobbit, but as an homage, not a rip-off.

I finished
UFO Investigator's Manual: UFO investigations from 1892 to the present day. Like the automotive manuals the publishing company is known for, this tries to present a "workshop manual" guide to how to become a UFO Investigator and, for the most part, succeeds.
Andrea wrote: "King does have a talent for really dragging things out (The Stand in particular was looooong..."I think Stephen King's best work is his earlier stuff - when he wasn't such a megastar and actually had to pay attention when editors told him to shorten it :)
G33z3r wrote: "A lot of people may not even know they get Comet TV. Here it's carried on one of the many digital sub-channels of the main broadcast stations."It can be streamed online, but it looks to be geo-blocked outside the US - at least, it's geo-blocked in Australia. It may be available through YouTube's paid service, but I don't subscribe to that.

I finished
The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 11. While the Savage Sword series generally told Conan stories with more of the feel of Howard's work than the monthly Conan comic that was published at the same time, the quality is more hit-or-miss than earlier volumes in this series, both in quality of story and of artwork. The Savage Sword books obviously continued to sell well enough though, as volume 11 of this reprint series finishes with issue 120, which is only a little over halfway through the total number of issues (235).

Haynes, a British publisher best known for creating detailed workshop manuals for a wide range of cars, as well as various aviation, maritime and military manuals, have also dipped their toes into the SF pool by doing books on the Millennium Falcon and the USS Enterprise (Star Trek, not USN). In 2013 they went in an even less likely direction by publishing
UFO Investigator's Manual: UFO investigations from 1892 to the present day. I'm not sure how serious a look this is going to be, but I guess I'll find out.

I finished
Percival and the Presense of God: Young Percival's Quest for King Arthur & the Holy Grail, a retelling of the story of Percival's quest. Slow, in the manner of classical romances, but it has some lovely use of the English language.
Barbara wrote: ""Devs" - mini-series on Hulu
A computer engineer investigates the secretive development division in her company, which she believes is behind the disappearance of her boyfriend. ...
Intriguing show."I agree, I have really been enjoying it.
Clare wrote: "Hi, Megadethine, nice to have you with us.
You are never too old for RPGs. I've been teaching young relatives D&D and it came right back."Indeed, I've been playing D&D (and a bunch of other games over the years) for well over 40 years. Although now, all our games have been forced to go online.

I finished
The Protocol. As expected, a quick read, and quite enjoyable. That said, it's very rare that I will read more than one of the modern military-adventure thriller type books in a row (even though there are currently 26 or so books in this series). So now I'm starting
Percival and the Presense of God: Young Percival's Quest for King Arthur & the Holy Grail

I have made more progress in my seemingly endless quest to read all the Thomas Covenant books and I'm now a bit over halfway through
The Runes of the Earth. The third chronicle is nowhere near as depressing as the first two, but I am struggling to maintain interest - I'm enjoying it when I pick it up, but I feel the call of a lot of other books :)
I have started
The Protocol, which I think will be a quick read. It's not overtly SFF, but I expect it will have plenty of elements that threaten to suspend disbelief :)

I finished
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey. Not even remotely SFF, but an excellent book and highly recommended for anyone who has an interest in dance music.

I finished
Sea King's Malice. With D&D adventures i generally only read far enough ahead to be ready for the session or 2, and the group I'm running through it has reached the final chapter. Underwater adventures are fun to run because they present different challenges to the players :)
The Joy of Erudition wrote: "Tony wrote: "I finished The Rod of Seven Parts. I had only been reading far enough ahead to prepare for the next few sessions, and my players have now arrived at the beginning of the..."The one you listed, which I have read, is a novel. The one I just finished is the actual D&D adventure. The novel is a novelisation of how the campaign may play out.

I finished
The Rod of Seven Parts. I had only been reading far enough ahead to prepare for the next few sessions, and my players have now arrived at the beginning of the climax of the adventure. It has been a (mostly) enjoyable adventure.