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Final show: a 5.5 hour bhangra show that was only 6.5 hours long.

Among my final achievements this season, discovering as I hoisted the last of many garbage bags into the dumpster that the bag was leaking coffee. My last achievement was ducking to the men's to wash my hands, discovering someone had plugged the sinks and turned on the taps, and stopping the flood in time.

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Jerry's romance with the brilliant, beautiful, eccentric Selena is book-ended with death: first, Selena's husband's, then Jerry's.

To Walk The Night by William Sloane

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Police introduce system to facilitate targeting neurodiverse people.

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Three books new to me, all fantasy (Although the Stross is an edge case), and only one is clearly part of a series.

Books Received, June 21 — June 27

Poll #33298 Books Received, June 21 — June 27

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Which of these look interesting?

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Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow (February 2026)
16 (31.4%)

The Regicide Report by Charles Stross (January 2026)
32 (62.7%)

The Beasts We Raise by D. L. Taylor (March 2026)
4 (7.8%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.0%)

Cats!
33 (64.7%)

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A schoolgirl abandons the UK's post-Brexit educational system for the comparative safety and comfort of a magical school designed to turn out magical soldiers in the war on eldritch horrors.

Vanya and the Wild Hunt (Vanya, volume 1) by Sangu Mandanna

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For Murderbot Day, a great interview with DeWanda Wise, about playing NavigationBot in The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon:

https://www.nexuspointnews.com/post/interview-dewanda-wise

I had worked with Paul on Fatherhood. He literally texted me and was like, "do you want to play a murderous robot?"

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People adopt very different strategies when it comes to making up for mistakes.

Five SFF Stories About Making Amends

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What could possibly go wrong with a little harmless Satanism between friends?

Golem100 by Alfred Bester

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Some people: look up a recipe, follow it carefully, buying all prescribed ingredients in quantity specified.

Some people, including me at times: look up a recipe to get an idea, then wing it.

Me, tonight: "Gazpacho is blended vegetables, right? Let's blend what I have on hand and see what happens."( Read more... )

Anyway, whether one admits it as a gazpacho or not, I deem it a successful experiment. Ate a lot more vegetables than I do normally. The carrot alone would have been... imposing as a big chunk of raw vegetable.

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His Majesty the Worm, a megadungeon-crawling fantasy roleplaying game from Josh McCrowell at Rise Up Comus.

Bundle of Holding: His Majesty the Worm

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Each would-be pet owner gets three simple rules for taking care of the exotic animals Count D supplies. How hard could it possibly be to follow three simple rules?

Pet Shop of Horrors, volume 1 by Matsuri Akino

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Great interview with Murderbot executive producer Andrew Miano:

https://www.nexuspointnews.com/post/interview-murderbot-ep-andrew-miano

First and foremost, my partner Paul Weitz read the book for pleasure, not with any eye towards adaptation, and came in with it and said, "this would make an amazing TV show." We all read it and really sparked to it and thought it was unique and special and funny, which is not something that you always get in a lot of sci-fi. [It is] also very meaningful and emotional. It was the whole package so it was very exciting and we went about it. We met Martha... One of the biggest things to focus on is how do you honor the book? How do you translate that to the screen? It's not easy, but I'm very fortunate to have Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz — two smart, talented partners — creating and running the show with their guidance and Martha's support and involvement to sort of capture and stay true to the books.

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Silverside Station attracts the rich, the famous, and the bizarre, as well as two Allowed Burglars bent on flamboyant larceny.

House of Shards (Drake Maijstral, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams

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Bestiaries and DM sourcebooks from Andrew Cawood at Cawood Publishing for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (2014) and compatible tabletop roleplaying games.

Bundle of Holding: Cawood Monsters

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Encouraging the next generation of space pirates and superheroes...

Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents

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2002: Cherie Blair wows Britain with a notably successful real estate deal, Terry Pratchett's Night Watch wins the Best Scottish Socialist novel Prometheus Award, and an earthquake shakes England after Margaret Thatcher makes a public appearance.

Poll #33279 2002 Clarke Award Finalists

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Which 2002 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

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Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones
11 (32.4%)

Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
7 (20.6%)

Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
7 (20.6%)

Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
10 (29.4%)

Passage by Connie Willis
23 (67.6%)

The Secret of Life by Paul J. McAuley
5 (14.7%)

Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it.

Which 2002 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones
Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Passage by Connie Willis
The Secret of Life by Paul J. McAuley

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But I ended it by reuniting one fellow with his wallet and someone else with their car keys.

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The Delikon invested millennia trying to civilize humans, a gift for which humans intend to show appropriate gratitude.

The Delikon by H M Hoover

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(quoting from an emailed newsletter because if there was a press release, I missed it)

Voting is now open for this year's Aurora Awards. CSFFA members have until 11:59pm EDT on July 19th, 2024, to submit their ballot.

Only current members of CSFFA can vote in the Aurora Awards.

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Could some kind person update the awards section of my Wikipedia article?

Also, could some kind person add my latest Aurora nomination to my ISFDB article? Unless it is OK for me to do so.

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kgbooklog

Survived another dance season

To Walk The Night by William Sloane

I can see no way in which this could go horribly wrong

Books Received, June 21 — June 27

Vanya and the Wild Hunt (Vanya, volume 1) by Sangu Mandanna

Interview with DeWanda Wise

Five SFF Stories About Making Amends

Golem100 by Alfred Bester

first gazpacho or maybe V8

Bundle of Holding: His Majesty the Worm

Pet Shop of Horrors, volume 1 by Matsuri Akino

New Interview

House of Shards (Drake Maijstral, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams

Bundle of Holding: Cawood Monsters

Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents

Clarke Award Finalists 2002

Well, it was a long day

The Delikon by H M Hoover

Voting is open for the 2025 Aurora Awards

Two favours

April