Fiction log - May 2026

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Fiction books
Peter S Beagle. Giant Bones
Peter S Beagle. The Innkeeper's Song
Lois McMaster Bujold. Penric's Intrigues (e)
Lois McMaster Bujold. Penric's Labors (e) (re-read)
Lois McMaster Bujold. Penric's Progress (e) (re-read)
Lois McMaster Bujold. Penric's Travels (e) (re-read)
Kim Newman. Model Actress Whatever (e)
Martha Wells. All Systems Red (e) (re-read)
Martha Wells. Artificial Condition (e) (re-read)
Martha Wells. Exit Strategy (e) (re-read)
Martha Wells. Fugitive Telemetry (e) (re-read)
Martha Wells. Network Effect (e) (re-read)
Martha Wells. Platform Decay (e)
Martha Wells. Rogue Protocol (e) (re-read)
Martha Wells. System Collapse (e) (re-read)

Abandoned
Antony Johnston. The Dog Sitter Detective

Non-fiction books
Glenn Fleishman. How Comics Were Made (e)
John Green. The Anthropocene Reviewed (e)
Jack Weatherford. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (e)

Non-fiction books in progress
Peter Pomerantsev. How to Win an Information War (e)


Short fiction
Martha Wells. "Compulsory" (e) (re-read)
Martha Wells. "Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory" (e) (re-read)
Martha Wells. "Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy" (e) (re-read)

Fanfic, novella-length
Vernets. "The Proper Form of Address" (Jeeves and Wooster)

Non-fiction film
Heart of Batman

Films partially re-experienced through reaction videos
Blade Runner
Casablanca
Inception
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Wicked

Theatre
(none)

Television serials
Jet Lag, season 17

Television serials in progress
Babylon 5

Television, individual episodes
Justice League Unlimited: For the Man Who Has Everything
The Wombles: The Rocking Chair

Television serials partially re-experienced through reaction videos
Babylon 5
Pride and Prejudice

Audio drama in progress
The Hidden Almanac
Zombies, Run!

Web serials in progress
Darths & Droids: The Phantasmal Malevolence

Web serials in progress
Natural Six
Natural Six: Draconym

Webcomics in progress
Darths and Droids
Freefall


Books bought
Lois McMaster Bujold. Penric's Intrigues (e)
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. A Liaden Universe Constellation, volume 6 (e)
Kim Newman. Model Actress Whatever (e)
Martha Wells. Platform Decay (e)

Books borrowed
John Green. The Anthropocene Reviewed (e)
Antony Johnston. The Dog Sitter Detective
Peter Pomerantsev. How to Win an Information War (e)
Jack Weatherford. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (e)

Books received as gifts
Anne McCaffrey. Dragondrums
Anne McCaffrey. Dragonflight
Anne McCaffrey. Dragonsong
Anne McCaffrey. Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Anne McCaffrey. Pegasus in Flight

Free ebooks
Daisy Ashford. The Young Visiters (e)
Ring Lardner. Gullible's Travels (e)
Catherine Louisa Pirkis. Short Fiction (e)
Edgar Allan Poe. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (e)


Top of the to-read pile
Susanna Clarke. Piranesi (e)