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Fiction books
John M Ford. The Final Reflection (re-read)
John M Ford. How Much For Just the Planet? (re-read)
PC Hodgell. Honor's Paradox (e)
Sharon Lee. Carousel Tides (e)
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Mouse and Dragon (e) (re-read)
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Necessity's Child (e)
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Scout's Progress (re-read)
Tamora Pierce. Wild Magic (re-read)
George Bernard Shaw. Caesar and Cleopatra
Patricia Wrightson. The Nargun and the Stars

In progress
Tamora Pierce. Wolf-Speaker (re-read)

Abandoned
Rosemary Sutcliff. Sword at Sunset

Non-fiction books
TA Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth 2nd ed.

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Peter Macinnis. Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World

Fiction books
(anthology). Batman Black and White volume 2
Kurt Busiek, Brent Eric Anderson, Will Blyberg. Astro City: Confession
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener. Atomic Robo and the Shadow From Beyond Time
Warren Ellis, John Cassaday. Planetary: Crossing Worlds
Warren Ellis, John Cassaday. Planetary: The Fourth Man
Warren Ellis, John Cassaday. Planetary: Leaving the 20th Century
Warren Ellis, Darrick Robertson. Transmetropolitan: Lust For Life
Warren Ellis, Darrick Robertson. Transmetropolitan: Lonely City
Warren Ellis, Darrick Robertson. Transmetropolitan: The New Scum
Warren Ellis, Darrick Robertson. Transmetropolitan: Year of the Bastard
John M Ford. The Dragon Waiting
John M Ford. The Princes of the Air
Diana Wynne Jones. Enchanted Glass
Diana Wynne Jones. The Game
Joe Masteroff, Fred Ebb. Cabaret
Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Jamie Grant. All Star Superman volume 1
Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Jamie Grant. All Star Superman volume 2
Dennis Palumbo. City Wars
Anthony Price. The Alamut Ambush
Steve Purcell. Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway
Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy: Volume 3 (re-read)
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 007 (re-read)
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 008

In progress
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace

Non-fiction books
Russell T Davies, Benjamin Cook. The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter
Paul Dini, Chip Kidd. Batman Animated

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Louisa M Alcott. Little Women

Fiction books
Raymond Briggs. The Puddleman
John Brunner. The Compleat Traveller in Black
Warren Ellis, Raulo Caceres. Crecy
Warren Ellis, John Cassaday. Planetary: All Over the World and other stories
Warren Ellis, Darrick Robertson. Transmetropolitan: Back on the the Street
Don Freeman. Will's Quill: or, How a Goose Saved Shakespeare
Agatha Christie. Death Comes As the End
Crawford Kilian. Greenmagic
Anthony Price. The Labyrinth Makers
Kathleen Sky. Vulcan!
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 001
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 002
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 003
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 004
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 005
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 006
Naoki Urasawa, et al. Pluto: 007
Aaron Williams. PS 238: Senseless Acts of Tourism! (re-read)
Aaron Williams. PS 238: Daughters, Sons, & Shrink-Ray Guns

In progress
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace

Non-fiction books
(none)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Dennis Palumbo. City Wars

It's not long until I'll be off to spend Christmas with the family, which means I won't be around the computer much until next week.

So here are some neat links that will be less appropriate when I get back:

Winter Solstice, Camelot Station. A poem by John M. Ford, describing King Arthur's court gathering for Christmas. It's not what I expected from the title (reading scarfman's work has given me strong associations for "Camelot Station", which in this case are inappropriate), but it's utterly fabulous.

Tim Minchin explains why, despite "all of the usual objections", he really likes Christmas. In song.

Simon's Cat discovers snow.

Close harmony a capella group Sixteen Feet attempts "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; half the group quickly loses track of which day they're up to -- and then which song they're singing...

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Best of the season to you (whichever season you celebrate); or if this time of year is nothing special for you, I hope you're not being too badly irritated or inconvenienced by the rest of us. In any case, I wish you a safe and joyful whatever-it-is.

Fiction books
Margery Williams Bianco. The Velveteen Rabbit
Phil Foglio. Buck Godot - Zap Gun For Hire: PSmIth (reread)
Arnold Lobel. Frog and Toad Are Friends (reread)
Alan Moore. Supreme: The Story of the Year (reread)

In progress
Herman Melville. Moby-Dick

Non-fiction books
Adrian Goldsworthy. Caesar

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )