Fiction log - April 2017

[pedanther]

Fiction books
Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden (e) (re-read)
Kenneth Grahame, GMW Wemyss, Markham Shaw Pyle. The Annotated Wind in the Willows, for adults and sensible children (or, possibly, children and sensible adults) (e)
Josephine Tey. A Shilling for Candles

In progress
Terry Pratchett. The Fifth Elephant (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books
Pauline Scudamore. Spike


Short fiction
Neil Gaiman. "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Christmas Wingding" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Face Time" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Faith-of-the-Month Club" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Fermat's Best Theorem" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Fighting Words" (e)
Janet Kagan. "From the Dead Letter File" (e)
Janet Kagan. "How First Woman Stole Language from tuli-tuli the Beast" (e) (re-read)
Janet Kagan. "The Last of a Vintage Year" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Love Our Lockwood" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Naked Wish-Fulfillment" (e)
Janet Kagan. "No Known Cure" (e)
Janet Kagan. "The Nutcracker Coup" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Out on Front Street" (e)
Janet Kagan. "She was Blonde, She was Dead - and Only Jimmilich Opstromommo Could Find Out Why!!!" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Space Cadet" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Standing in the Spirit" (e) (re-read)
Janet Kagan. "The Stubbornest Broad on Earth" (e)
Janet Kagan. "What a Wizard Does" (e)
Janet Kagan. "Winging It" (e)
T Kingfisher. "Bluebeard's Wife" (e) (re-read)
Ana Mardoll. "The Swordsmith's Daughter" (e)
Ana Mardoll. "The Wish-Giver" (e)
Tim Powers. "Down and Out in Purgatory" (e)
Kai Ashante Wilson. "The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps" (e)

Fanfic, novel-length
Garmonbozia. The Big Misdirect (Now You See Me)

Fanfic, novella-length
dirgewithoutmusic. "the family potter" (Harry Potter, canon-divergence au)
Igenlode Wordsmith. "The Daaé Case" (Love Never Dies)
JohnAmendAll. "Ac Velut in Somnis" (Doctor Who x Knightmare crossover)
Koraki. "Dormancy" (WALL•E)
Rivestra. "Orbits" (Aliens, canon-divergence au)
the_wordbutler. "The Promise of Light" (Marvel Cinematic Universe, non-superhero au)

Film
(none)

Theatre
Matilda

Television serials in progress
Avatar: The Last Airbender (online streaming)
Doctor Who, 2017 season

Interactive narrative in progress
Mass Effect


Books bought
Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larroca. Darth Vader volume 2
Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larroca. Darth Vader volume 3
Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larroca. Darth Vader volume 4
John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell, et al. Suicide Squad volume 2
Michael Troughton. Patrick Troughton

Books borrowed
(none)


Top of the to-read pile
Michael Troughton. Patrick Troughton

Comments

[leecetheartist]

Yay Janet Kagan! Have you read her longer books with the Dragon's Teeth and the Hellspark anthropologists?

[pedanther]

Yes, to both - Hellspark first years ago (and now I own it in three different editions), and Mirabile last year when it came out in ebook. The short story collection represented above came out in ebook at the same time, but I generally take longer to get around to short story collections than I do to novels.

(I've also read her Star Trek novel, which I didn't like so much, possibly because I felt like I'd seen some of the best bits already in Hellspark, and also because her original guest star character was such an accomplished limelight stealer that Kirk and co. ended up feeling like guest stars in their own book.)