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Cliveden House > Profumo affair

08. Scott Lynch - A Year and a Day in Old Theradane, 3 stars. Retired criminal drinks too much and insults the wrong wizard.
09. Bradley Denton - Bad Brass, 4 stars. Theft and attempted resale of school band instruments gets complicated.
10. Cherie Priest - Heavy Metal, 3 stars. Big fella comes to old copper mining town to hunt a water beastie.

Wiki: "But the Burra Burra Mine is a legend, and the destruction it caused in the copper basin is virtually unique in scope..."

Wiki: "...an entire planet rendered into an ecumenopolis, palatially urban."

Word: "He fleered."

1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn
2. A word or look of derision or mockery

04. Joe R. Lansdale - Bent Twig, 3 stars. Hap looks for his lady's missing daughter, finds dead boyfriend first.
05. Michael Swanwick - Tawny Petticoats, 3 stars. Con artists hire attractive young lady to assist with complicated job.
06. David W. Ball - Provenance, 3 stars. The ugly history of a painting looted by nazis.
07. Carrie Vaughn - Roaring Twenties, 3 stars. Underhanded goings-on at a magical speakeasy.

01. Joe Abercrombie - Tough Times All Over, 2 stars. Every thief in town steals the same package from each other.
02. Gillian Flynn - What Do You Do?, 3 stars. Versatile con-artist tries her hand at being a professional psychic.
03. Matthew Hughes - The Inn of the Seven Blessings, 3 stars. Thief tries to profit from another's abduction, finds himself overpowered by minor deity.

04. A Question of Price, 3 stars. Widowed queen attempts to renege on husband's promise. (Hans My Hedgehog)
05. The Edge of the World, 3 stars. Pastoral village has a prankster problem, want him moved along.
06. The Last Wish, 3 stars. Bard finds a murderous genie, Geralt finds a sexy sorceress. (Aladdin)
07. The Voice of Reason, 3 stars. Recuperating at a friend's temple, pissing off the local authorities.

01. The Witcher, 3 stars. Man comes to town to collect bounty on ensorcelled princess. (Sleeping Beauty?)
02. A Grain of Truth, 3 stars. Stumbling across a not-so-beastly beast in his magic castle. (Beauty & the Beast)
03. The Lesser Evil, 3 stars. Old wizard thinks he's the hero of his tale, but everyone's a villain. (Snow White)

Wiki: "The sound of the semantron echoed through the morning air, full of sweetness, harmony and appeal."

05. The Monsters of Heaven, 4 stars. Grieving couple miss their son, find creature.
06. Sunbleached, 4 stars. Boy from a broken home makes friend in the crawlspace.
07. North American Lake Monsters, 3 stars. Fresh ex-con is a bastard to family.
08. The Way Station, 4 stars. Homeless man is haunted by hurricane Katrina.
09. The Good Husband, 5 stars. Unhappy woman attempts suicide, husband clings to marriage.

Wiki: "I went into the villages to sell reels of thread, needles, the lives of the saints, benjamin and pepper."

01. You Go Where It Takes You, 4 stars. Single mom takes home strange man, sees what's in his car.
02. Wild Acre, 3 stars. Man fallen on hard times struggles with death of employees.
03. S.S., 3 stars. Racist teen takes care of crippled mother, wants to impress nazi girlfriend.
04. The Crevasse, 4 stars. Doctor makes a discovery when expedition goes disastrously wrong.

Wiki: "The snow vines poisoned the field. It’s allelopathy. The plant gets rivals out of the way to clear space for itself."

09. The Champion of the World, 3 stars. Regular poacher convinces a friend to make a big night of it.
10. Beware of the Dog, 4 stars. Injured WWII pilot has to jump from plane.
11. My Lady Love, My Dove, 3 stars. Domineering wife wants to play a prank on evening guests.

05. Galloping Foxley, 3 stars. Regular commuter is annoyed by new flashy passenger.
06. The Wish, 2 stars. The carpet is made of coal & snakes.
07. The Surgeon, 3 stars. Doctor receives valuable gift from grateful patient's father, hijinks ensue.
08. Dip in the Pool, 4 stars. Man bets more than he can afford, has a plan.

01. Skin, 3 stars. Man fallen on hard times discovers his old friend became a famous artist.
02. Lamb to the Slaughter, 3 stars. Husband shocks his pregnant wife with unwanted news.
03. The Sound Machine, 3 stars. Man builds a machine that can hear plants.
04. An African Story, 3 stars. Pilot writes down old man's weird milk story.

05. The Kingdom of the Blind, 2 stars. Medical data AI begins acting up.
06. Going to France, 2 stars. Encounter with flying people leaves woman feeling restless.
07. Honeymoon, 2 stars. Bride tries medical testing to make money.
08. The Effect of Centrifugal Forces, 2 stars. Teen girl has 3 (junkie/dying/hoarder) moms.
09. After the Apocalypse, 3 stars. Frustrated mother is annoyed by her teen's neediness.

Wiki: "He’d discovered the idea of phantom time that spring and had written his thesis on the emerging theory."

01. The Naturalist, 3 stars. Convict observes zombies closely, even feeds them.
02. Special Economics, 3 stars. Girl goes to the city to find work, ends up in debt to employer.
03. Useless Things, 4 stars. Kind-hearted woman makes unusual dolls, helps migrants.
04. The Lost Boy: A Reporter At Large, 3 stars. Teen disappears after terrorist attack, resurfaces with memory issues.

Wiki: "Basically it wasn’t only Horowitz who taught me to play the piano to its absolute capacity, it was my daily contact with Glenn Gould during the Horowitz course, I thought."

34. James Blish & J.A. Lawrence - Getting Along, 4 stars. Parody letters in famous literary styles about a young woman's (mosly sexual) adventures flitting from between by-marriage-only relations.
37. Richard A. Lupoff - With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama, 1 star. DNF 69%, absolutely unreadable for me.

17. Bernard Wolfe - Monitored Dreams and Strategic Cremations, 4 stars.
  01. Bisquit Position - Horrifying story about the politics of napalm.
  02. The Girl With Rapid Eye Movements - would-be rockstar pesters professor while undergoing sleep study.
19. Piers Anthony - In the Barn, 2 stars. Alternate dimension scout scandalized by his job at a dairy farm.

39. Robin Scott - Last Train to Kankakee, 2 stars. Criminal's body is cryogenically frozen against his wishes.
40. Andrew Weiner - Empire of the Sun, 1 star. Comic book inspired "bright colors and loud noises".
41. Terry Carr - Ozymandias, 4 stars. Dancing tomb raiders take hostage along for the ride.
42. James Tiptree, Jr. - The Milk of Paradise, 4 stars. Man unwillingly reveals location of paradise planet.

33. Dean R. Koontz - A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village, 3 stars. Man screams in lonely frustration years after his failed surgery.
35. A. Parra y Figuéredo - Totenbüch, 1 star. Sadistic titillation.
36. Thomas M. Disch - Things Lost, 2 stars. Journal entries concerning the love life of astronauts.
38. M. John Harrison - Lamia Mutable, 1 star. Skinless chick & friends chat and wander around.

29. Burt K. Filer - Eye of the Beholder, 3 stars. Artist inadvertently invents anti-gravity.
30. Richard Hill - Moth Race, 3 stars. People take part in a deadly race for a chance at celebrity.
31. Leonard Tushnet - In re Glover, 3 stars. Legal tangles abound when rich man is cryogenically frozen.
32. Ben Bova - Zero Gee, 3 stars. Astronaut tries to nail photographer while in space.

07. Aesop, 2 stars. Killing makes a comeback, Jenkins gets a new body.
08. The Simple Way, 4 stars. Animals/robots continue to thrive and explore, but ants have begun to overrun the place.
09. Epilog, 3 stars. Jenkins makes one last visit, even the ants have boogied off.

04. Desertion, 4 stars. Fed up with sending men out to die, boss goes on dangerous exploratory mission with his faithful dog.
05. Paradise, 4 stars. Unable to accept that humanity isn't the peak of existence, man contemplates violence.
06. Hobbies, 4 stars. The few remaining people entertain themselves listlessly, one returns to meet the dogs.

01. City, 4 stars. Cities are emptying out, rendered obsolete by new power/transportation technology and cheap land.
02. Huddling Place, 3 stars. Man can't bring himself to leave his home, even for an old friend.
03. Census, 4 stars. Searching for an outsider to complete an alien philosophy, making friends with a talking dog.