Fiction log - August 2023

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Fiction books
TS Eliot. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Jim C Hines. Libriomancer
Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Wizard of the Crow
Richard Powers. The Overstory (e)

In progress
L Frank Baum. Ozma of Oz (e)
T Kingfisher. Nettle & Bone (e)
CS Lewis. The Screwtape Letters (e) (re-read)
Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped (e)

Non-fiction books in progress
AC Grayling. The Good Book


Short fiction
Arthur Conan Doyle. "Black Peter" (e)
Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Bruce-Partington Plans" (e)
Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Norwood Builder" (e)
Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Solitary Cyclist" (e)
Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Sussex Vampire" (e) (re-read)
Arthur Conan Doyle. "The Veiled Lodger" (e) (re-read)
Jon Courtenay Grimwood. "The Spy's Retirement" (e) (re-read)
Basil Rathbone. "Daydream" (e) (re-read)
PG Wodehouse. "Among the Immortals" (e)

Fanfic, novel-length, in progress
acuteneurosis. Duty Bound (Star Wars, canon divergence au)
FruitViking, teaspoonnebula. Watson is a Time Lord (Doctor Who x Sherlock Holmes, crossover)

Fanfic, novella-length
Anonymous. "in the place that's made of old relations" (Star Wars)
BlueCatWriter. "Angels Unawares" (Dracula)
Cymbidia. "There Is No Funeral Horn" (Batman, canon divergence au)
DefenestrateTheCat. "Strange Men Wearing Cowls Distributing Justice Is No Basis for a System of Government" (Justice League)
eclipsemidnight. "Death, Yet the Force (so rise and shine)" (Star Wars, canon divergence au)
Jessepinwheel. "Off-by-one Error" (Star Wars, canon divergence au)
keerawa. "UXB" (Rivers of London)
Livsy. "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust" (Star Wars, canon divergence au)
Random_Nexus. "Returning from the Dead Is the Easy Part" (Sherlock Holmes)
Sohotthateveryonedied. "Dr. Wayne" (Batman, setting au)
teaspoonnebula. "The Longest Game" (Sherlock Holmes)
teaspoonnebula. "Time Enough for All Things" (Sherlock Holmes)

Film
Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part One

Theatre
(none)

Television serials
The Count of Monte Cristo (BBC 1964)

Television serials in progress
The Muppet Show

Audio drama in progress
Re: Dracula

Web serials, abandoned
Oxventure: Deadlands

Webcomics in progress
DM of the Rings
Triangle and Robert (re-read)


Books bought
TS Eliot. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Books borrowed
T Kingfisher. Nettle & Bone (e)
Richard Powers. The Overstory (e)


Top of the to-read pile
Thornton Wilder. Our Town