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People of the Talisman - cover by Ed Emshwiller
Listen! The Stars! - cover by Ed Emshwiller

I love the tag lines for these -
"Tune in on eternity -- and disappear"
"Find the Gates of Death -- and live!"

The style of these old covers is so weird. When I was young the weirdness was disturbing, like, why would someone want to add this weird ugly thing to reality? but now I'm into it, our minds get to play with whatever they want, it's fantasy and it's fun.

Plus, the real world is well weird, too. Listen! The Stars! ✨

#art #bookcovers #paperbackArt #scifiArt #emshwiller #aceDouble #edEmshwiller #weird #sciFi

People of the Talisman - cover by Ed Emshwiller
Listen! The Stars! - cover by Ed Emshwiller

I love the tag lines for these -
"Tune in on eternity -- and disappear"
"Find the Gates of Death -- and live!"

The style of these old covers is so weird. When I was young the weirdness was disturbing, like, why would someone want to add this weird ugly thing to reality? but now I'm into it, our minds get to play with whatever they want, it's fantasy and it's fun.

Plus, the real world is well weird, too. Listen! The Stars! ✨

#art #bookcovers #paperbackArt #scifiArt #emshwiller #aceDouble #edEmshwiller #weird #sciFi

People of the Talisman - cover by Ed Emshwiller

Listen! The Stars! - cover by Ed Emshwiller

I love the tag lines for these -
"Tune in on eternity -- and disappear"
"Find the Gates of Death -- and live!"

The style of these old covers is so weird. When I was young the weirdness was disturbing, like, why would someone want to add this weird ugly thing to reality? but now I'm into it, our minds get to play with whatever they want, it's fantasy and it's fun.

Plus, the real world is well weird, too. Listen! The Stars! ✨

#art #bookcovers #paperbackArt #scifiArt #emshwiller #aceDouble #edEmshwiller #weird #sciFi

People of the Talisman - cover by Ed Emshwiller
Listen! The Stars! - cover by Ed Emshwiller

I love the tag lines for these -
"Tune in on eternity -- and disappear"
"Find the Gates of Death -- and live!"

The style of these old covers is so weird. When I was young the weirdness was disturbing, like, why would someone want to add this weird ugly thing to reality? but now I'm into it, our minds get to play with whatever they want, it's fantasy and it's fun.

Plus, the real world is well weird, too. Listen! The Stars! ✨

#art #bookcovers #paperbackArt #scifiArt #emshwiller #aceDouble #edEmshwiller #weird #sciFi

#Books and #stories completed in July:⁰

22 ss | 03 nvt | 02 nva | 09 nov

Potential Enemy - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●◐○

Pawley's Peepholes - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Assault on Fortress Sol - Ralts Bloodthorne (nov) {Behold: Humanity! 07} ●●●●○ #HFY

Fifty Years of Wonder - Leigh Brackett (intro to Best of Edmond Hamilton collection) ●●●○○

Return of the Dragon - M L Maki (nov) {Fighting Tomcats 10} ●●●●○ #AlternateHistory

Pillar to Post - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○ #MindTransfer

Medal of Honor - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

The Pro - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

Technical Slip - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●●○ #reincarnation

The Wagered World - Laurence M Janifer & S J Treibich (nva) {Angelo diStefano 3} ●●○○○ [attempted humor, more pointlessly weird than funny]

The Value of Honor - Gina Marie Wylie (nov)¹ {alt-Kalvan 1}² ●●●●◐

Monster-God of Mamurth - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●●○

Island of Unreason - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

Adaptation - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Chronocide Mission - Lloyd Biggle Jr (nov) ●●●●○ [very slow first half, but then progress and a double twist ending]

A Conquest of Two Worlds - Edmond Hamilton (nvt) ●●●◐○

The Man Who Evolved - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●◐○

Atlantida ⬙ Pierre Benoit (nov) ●●●○○

Emergency Skin - N K Jemison (nvt) ●●●●○

Red Portal - John J Rust (nov) ●●◐○○ #TimeTravel

Happy Ending - Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown (ss) ●●●○○

Thundering Worlds - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

The Cost of Time - Gina Marie Wylie (nov) {alt-Kalvan 2} ●●●●◐

Accursed Galaxy - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●◐○

A Stray from Cathay - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

The Man Who Returned - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

Bartley's Man (nov) {Grantville} ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

In the World's Dusk - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

Dogfight—1973 - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●○○○

The Spider and the Stars ⬖ D K Mok (ss) ●●◐○○

The Blind Spot - Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint (nov) {Spot 1} ●●●◐○ #SFF

Conquest of the Space Sea - Robert Moore Williams (nva) ●●◐○○ #AceDouble

Child of the Winds - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

The Artificial Man - Clare Winger Harris (ss) ●●●◐○

Confidence Trick - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Grow, Give, Repeat ⬖ Gregory Scheckler (ss) ●●●●○ #SolarPunk

The Ark - Veronica Roth (nvt) ●●●◐○

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[0]
20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov == May
19 ss | 04 nvt | 03 nva | 09 nov == June

⬙ = Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales
⬖ = Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers

[1] The stats say that The Value of Honor, at 3316 pages, is the longest work I've read on #koReader since I installed it mid-March.³

Granted, I read at 38 points on a 1440×1920 8-inch screen, giving me 16 lines per screen. It would be ~750 pages in paperback. If I hadn't split Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales into individual novels, that anthology would have come in at over 14,000 screens.

[2] Gina Marie Wylie wrote Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen fan fiction. (Yes: an #AltHist version of an alt-hist story.) The trilogy is set after John F Carr's Gunpowder God, but the books were written before he released his final two Kalvan novels. #fanfic

GMW ends the Fireseed Wars more quickly, picking up events after seven years of peace. She begins her tale with five teenage girls and two adults who were going on a camping trip when their van was caught up in a conveyor crossover and dumped in Kalvan's Timeline.

They're in the Southwest, which the Mexicotál – allied with West Coast Zarthani, in whose realm the remnants of Styphon's House have set up shop – are about to invade. Kalvan is mentioned often in the first novel, but only shows up for a few short conversations near the end of the book. The trilogy's middle volume adds another local girl as a mostly-separate plot thread. #ScienceFiction

Neither ArchiveOfOurOwn·org nor FanFiction·net lists other Kalvan #fanfic besides Gina Marie's trilogy, but some is likely out there. Wylie's Kalvan timeline novels focus on other characters, with Kalvan and Verkan and the rest only making cameos. GWM's books are slightly better than Carr's. #SciFi

[3] I doubt anyone reads these posts, but I suspect that's true of most posts. I like having #reading statistics and filling a nice calendar. My reading time is up noticeably since installing KOReader. Even if this post means nothing to anyone else, it has value to me.

#Books and #stories completed in July:⁰

22 ss | 03 nvt | 02 nva | 09 nov

Potential Enemy - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●◐○

Pawley's Peepholes - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Assault on Fortress Sol - Ralts Bloodthorne (nov) {Behold: Humanity! 07} ●●●●○ #HFY

Fifty Years of Wonder - Leigh Brackett (intro to Best of Edmond Hamilton collection) ●●●○○

Return of the Dragon - M L Maki (nov) {Fighting Tomcats 10} ●●●●○ #AlternateHistory

Pillar to Post - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○ #MindTransfer

Medal of Honor - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

The Pro - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

Technical Slip - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●●○ #reincarnation

The Wagered World - Laurence M Janifer & S J Treibich (nva) {Angelo diStefano 3} ●●○○○ [attempted humor, more pointlessly weird than funny]

The Value of Honor - Gina Marie Wylie (nov)¹ {alt-Kalvan 1}² ●●●●◐

Monster-God of Mamurth - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●●○

Island of Unreason - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

Adaptation - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Chronocide Mission - Lloyd Biggle Jr (nov) ●●●●○ [very slow first half, but then progress and a double twist ending]

A Conquest of Two Worlds - Edmond Hamilton (nvt) ●●●◐○

The Man Who Evolved - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●◐○

Atlantida ⬙ Pierre Benoit (nov) ●●●○○

Emergency Skin - N K Jemison (nvt) ●●●●○

Red Portal - John J Rust (nov) ●●◐○○ #TimeTravel

Happy Ending - Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown (ss) ●●●○○

Thundering Worlds - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

The Cost of Time - Gina Marie Wylie (nov) {alt-Kalvan 2} ●●●●◐

Accursed Galaxy - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●◐○

A Stray from Cathay - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

The Man Who Returned - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

Bartley's Man (nov) {Grantville} ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

In the World's Dusk - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

Dogfight—1973 - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●○○○

The Spider and the Stars ⬖ D K Mok (ss) ●●◐○○

The Blind Spot - Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint (nov) {Spot 1} ●●●◐○ #SFF

Conquest of the Space Sea - Robert Moore Williams (nva) ●●◐○○ #AceDouble

Child of the Winds - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

The Artificial Man - Clare Winger Harris (ss) ●●●◐○

Confidence Trick - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Grow, Give, Repeat ⬖ Gregory Scheckler (ss) ●●●●○ #SolarPunk

The Ark - Veronica Roth (nvt) ●●●◐○

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[0]
20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov == May
19 ss | 04 nvt | 03 nva | 09 nov == June

⬙ = Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales
⬖ = Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers

[1] The stats say that The Value of Honor, at 3316 pages, is the longest work I've read on #koReader since I installed it mid-March.³

Granted, I read at 38 points on a 1440×1920 8-inch screen, giving me 16 lines per screen. It would be ~750 pages in paperback. If I hadn't split Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales into individual novels, that anthology would have come in at over 14,000 screens.

[2] Gina Marie Wylie wrote Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen fan fiction. (Yes: an #AltHist version of an alt-hist story.) The trilogy is set after John F Carr's Gunpowder God, but the books were written before he released his final two Kalvan novels. #fanfic

GMW ends the Fireseed Wars more quickly, picking up events after seven years of peace. She begins her tale with five teenage girls and two adults who were going on a camping trip when their van was caught up in a conveyor crossover and dumped in Kalvan's Timeline.

They're in the Southwest, which the Mexicotál – allied with West Coast Zarthani, in whose realm the remnants of Styphon's House have set up shop – are about to invade. Kalvan is mentioned often in the first novel, but only shows up for a few short conversations near the end of the book. The trilogy's middle volume adds another local girl as a mostly-separate plot thread. #ScienceFiction

Neither ArchiveOfOurOwn·org nor FanFiction·net lists other Kalvan #fanfic besides Gina Marie's trilogy, but some is likely out there. Wylie's Kalvan timeline novels focus on other characters, with Kalvan and Verkan and the rest only making cameos. GWM's books are slightly better than Carr's. #SciFi

[3] I doubt anyone reads these posts, but I suspect that's true of most posts. I like having #reading statistics and filling a nice calendar. My reading time is up noticeably since installing KOReader. Even if this post means nothing to anyone else, it has value to me.

#Books and #stories completed in July:⁰

22 ss | 03 nvt | 02 nva | 09 nov

Potential Enemy - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●◐○

Pawley's Peepholes - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Assault on Fortress Sol - Ralts Bloodthorne (nov) {Behold: Humanity! 07} ●●●●○ #HFY

Fifty Years of Wonder - Leigh Brackett (intro to Best of Edmond Hamilton collection) ●●●○○

Return of the Dragon - M L Maki (nov) {Fighting Tomcats 10} ●●●●○ #AlternateHistory

Pillar to Post - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○ #MindTransfer

Medal of Honor - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

The Pro - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

Technical Slip - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●●○ #reincarnation

The Wagered World - Laurence M Janifer & S J Treibich (nva) {Angelo diStefano 3} ●●○○○ [attempted humor, more pointlessly weird than funny]

The Value of Honor - Gina Marie Wylie (nov)¹ {alt-Kalvan 1}² ●●●●◐

Monster-God of Mamurth - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●●○

Island of Unreason - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

Adaptation - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Chronocide Mission - Lloyd Biggle Jr (nov) ●●●●○ [very slow first half, but then progress and a double twist ending]

A Conquest of Two Worlds - Edmond Hamilton (nvt) ●●●◐○

The Man Who Evolved - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●◐○

Atlantida ⬙ Pierre Benoit (nov) ●●●○○

Emergency Skin - N K Jemison (nvt) ●●●●○

Red Portal - John J Rust (nov) ●●◐○○ #TimeTravel

Happy Ending - Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown (ss) ●●●○○

Thundering Worlds - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

The Cost of Time - Gina Marie Wylie (nov) {alt-Kalvan 2} ●●●●◐

Accursed Galaxy - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●◐○

A Stray from Cathay - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

The Man Who Returned - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

Bartley's Man (nov) {Grantville} ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

In the World's Dusk - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

Dogfight—1973 - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●○○○

The Spider and the Stars ⬖ D K Mok (ss) ●●◐○○

The Blind Spot - Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint (nov) {Spot 1} ●●●◐○ #SFF

Conquest of the Space Sea - Robert Moore Williams (nva) ●●◐○○ #AceDouble

Child of the Winds - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

The Artificial Man - Clare Winger Harris (ss) ●●●◐○

Confidence Trick - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Grow, Give, Repeat ⬖ Gregory Scheckler (ss) ●●●●○ #SolarPunk

The Ark - Veronica Roth (nvt) ●●●◐○

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[0]
20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov == May
19 ss | 04 nvt | 03 nva | 09 nov == June

⬙ = Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales
⬖ = Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers

[1] The stats say that The Value of Honor, at 3316 pages, is the longest work I've read on #koReader since I installed it mid-March.³

Granted, I read at 38 points on a 1440×1920 8-inch screen, giving me 16 lines per screen. It would be ~750 pages in paperback. If I hadn't split Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales into individual novels, that anthology would have come in at over 14,000 screens.

[2] Gina Marie Wylie wrote Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen fan fiction. (Yes: an #AltHist version of an alt-hist story.) The trilogy is set after John F Carr's Gunpowder God, but the books were written before he released his final two Kalvan novels. #fanfic

GMW ends the Fireseed Wars more quickly, picking up events after seven years of peace. She begins her tale with five teenage girls and two adults who were going on a camping trip when their van was caught up in a conveyor crossover and dumped in Kalvan's Timeline.

They're in the Southwest, which the Mexicotál – allied with West Coast Zarthani, in whose realm the remnants of Styphon's House have set up shop – are about to invade. Kalvan is mentioned often in the first novel, but only shows up for a few short conversations near the end of the book. The trilogy's middle volume adds another local girl as a mostly-separate plot thread. #ScienceFiction

Neither ArchiveOfOurOwn·org nor FanFiction·net lists other Kalvan #fanfic besides Gina Marie's trilogy, but some is likely out there. Wylie's Kalvan timeline novels focus on other characters, with Kalvan and Verkan and the rest only making cameos. GWM's books are slightly better than Carr's. #SciFi

[3] I doubt anyone reads these posts, but I suspect that's true of most posts. I like having #reading statistics and filling a nice calendar. My reading time is up noticeably since installing KOReader. Even if this post means nothing to anyone else, it has value to me.

#Books and #stories completed in July:⁰

22 ss | 03 nvt | 02 nva | 09 nov

Potential Enemy - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●◐○

Pawley's Peepholes - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Assault on Fortress Sol - Ralts Bloodthorne (nov) {Behold: Humanity! 07} ●●●●○ #HFY

Fifty Years of Wonder - Leigh Brackett (intro to Best of Edmond Hamilton collection) ●●●○○

Return of the Dragon - M L Maki (nov) {Fighting Tomcats 10} ●●●●○ #AlternateHistory

Pillar to Post - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○ #MindTransfer

Medal of Honor - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

The Pro - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

Technical Slip - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●●○ #reincarnation

The Wagered World - Laurence M Janifer & S J Treibich (nva) {Angelo diStefano 3} ●●○○○ [attempted humor, more pointlessly weird than funny]

The Value of Honor - Gina Marie Wylie (nov)¹ {alt-Kalvan 1}² ●●●●◐

Monster-God of Mamurth - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●●○

Island of Unreason - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

Adaptation - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Chronocide Mission - Lloyd Biggle Jr (nov) ●●●●○ [very slow first half, but then progress and a double twist ending]

A Conquest of Two Worlds - Edmond Hamilton (nvt) ●●●◐○

The Man Who Evolved - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●◐○

Atlantida ⬙ Pierre Benoit (nov) ●●●○○

Emergency Skin - N K Jemison (nvt) ●●●●○

Red Portal - John J Rust (nov) ●●◐○○ #TimeTravel

Happy Ending - Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown (ss) ●●●○○

Thundering Worlds - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

The Cost of Time - Gina Marie Wylie (nov) {alt-Kalvan 2} ●●●●◐

Accursed Galaxy - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●◐○

A Stray from Cathay - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

The Man Who Returned - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

Bartley's Man (nov) {Grantville} ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

In the World's Dusk - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

Dogfight—1973 - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●○○○

The Spider and the Stars ⬖ D K Mok (ss) ●●◐○○

The Blind Spot - Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint (nov) {Spot 1} ●●●◐○ #SFF

Conquest of the Space Sea - Robert Moore Williams (nva) ●●◐○○ #AceDouble

Child of the Winds - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●◐○○

The Artificial Man - Clare Winger Harris (ss) ●●●◐○

Confidence Trick - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●◐○

Grow, Give, Repeat ⬖ Gregory Scheckler (ss) ●●●●○ #SolarPunk

The Ark - Veronica Roth (nvt) ●●●◐○

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[0]
20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov == May
19 ss | 04 nvt | 03 nva | 09 nov == June

⬙ = Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales
⬖ = Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers

[1] The stats say that The Value of Honor, at 3316 pages, is the longest work I've read on #koReader since I installed it mid-March.³

Granted, I read at 38 points on a 1440×1920 8-inch screen, giving me 16 lines per screen. It would be ~750 pages in paperback. If I hadn't split Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales into individual novels, that anthology would have come in at over 14,000 screens.

[2] Gina Marie Wylie wrote Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen fan fiction. (Yes: an #AltHist version of an alt-hist story.) The trilogy is set after John F Carr's Gunpowder God, but the books were written before he released his final two Kalvan novels. #fanfic

GMW ends the Fireseed Wars more quickly, picking up events after seven years of peace. She begins her tale with five teenage girls and two adults who were going on a camping trip when their van was caught up in a conveyor crossover and dumped in Kalvan's Timeline.

They're in the Southwest, which the Mexicotál – allied with West Coast Zarthani, in whose realm the remnants of Styphon's House have set up shop – are about to invade. Kalvan is mentioned often in the first novel, but only shows up for a few short conversations near the end of the book. The trilogy's middle volume adds another local girl as a mostly-separate plot thread. #ScienceFiction

Neither ArchiveOfOurOwn·org nor FanFiction·net lists other Kalvan #fanfic besides Gina Marie's trilogy, but some is likely out there. Wylie's Kalvan timeline novels focus on other characters, with Kalvan and Verkan and the rest only making cameos. GWM's books are slightly better than Carr's. #SciFi

[3] I doubt anyone reads these posts, but I suspect that's true of most posts. I like having #reading statistics and filling a nice calendar. My reading time is up noticeably since installing KOReader. Even if this post means nothing to anyone else, it has value to me.

#Books and #stories completed in
June 2024: 19 ss | 04 nvt | 03 nva | 09 nov
(May was: 20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov)

Expediter - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Freedom - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●○○○

A Letter from the Pope ⬘ Harry Harrison & Tom Shippey (ss) ●●●◐○ #AH

Gunpowder God - John F Carr (nov) {Kalvan 6} ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

Lucky Strike ⬘ Kim Stanley Robinson (nvt) ●●●◐○

Doomsday Eve - Robert Moore Williams (nva) ●●◐○○ #AceDouble

I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●◐○

The Sleeping Serpent ⬘ Pamela Sargent (nvt) ●●●◐○

The Terraformers - Annalee Newitz (nov) ●●●●◐ #reading

Imitation Game ⬘ Rudy Rucker (ss) ●●●○○

Weinachtsabend ⬘ Keith Roberts (nvt) ●●○○○

Chicago 1871 - James E. Merl (nov) ●●●○○ #TimeTravel

Subversive - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

The Hos-Blethan Affair - John F Carr & Wolfgang Diehr (nov) {Kalvan 7} ●●●●○

Ten from Infinity - Paul W Fairman (nva) {aka ‘The Deadly Sky’ or ‘Ten Deadly Men’ | by ‘Ivar Jorgensen’} ●●●◐○ #ClassicSciFi

Waiting for the Olympians ⬘ Frederik Pohl (nvt) ●●●◐○ #SFF

Darwin Anathema ⬘ Stephen Baxter (ss) ●●●○○

Summit - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Down Styphon - John F Carr (nov) {Kalvan 8} ●●●○○ #AltHist

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

And Then the Town Took Off - Richard Wilson (nva) ●●●◐○ #AceDouble

Combat - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●◐○○

How Do I Do? - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

Unborn Tomorrow - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Atlantis: The Lost Continent ⬙ C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (nov) ●○○○○

Bargain from Brunswick - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

Turn Your Radio On - Wood Hughes (nov) {Grantville} ●●●◐○

The Star Seekers - Milton Lesser (nov) ●●●○○ #SciFi

Day of Judgment - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

The Portal in the Picture - C L Moore and Henry Kuttner (nov) ●●●◐○ #CrossTime

Reservation Deferred - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

The Common Man - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Clockwise - J S Johnston (ss) ●●●○○

Revolution - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Living Lies - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●●○

Completed the anthology The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories, edited by Ian Watson and Ian Whates. (Stories from it marked with ⬘.) I'd read the Robinson and Pohl tales before, but the other two dozen stories were new to me. I've begun the anthology Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales (marked ⬙). After how bad the first tale was, I don't expect to try more than a novel or two per month.

Finished Carr's extension of Piper's Lord Kalvan stories. #6 was solid, #7 was better, but the concluding #8 was a letdown. I find battles boring, and much prefer making stoves and perfecting paper, but to have two cities fall to Hostigos forces without being conquered feels like Carr just wanted the series to be over.

And the plot thread of the atomic blast and the impending prole revolt on Home Timeline was simply dropped, unless we're to infer from the months-long communications cut-off the outtimers on Kalvan's timeline experienced that Home Timeline is suffering a major war right now, with many conveyor hubs destroyed.

This is the worst month possible for neatly filling out the calendar, with two single-day rows requiring one-day-wide titles. There won't be another thirty-day month starting on a Saturday until April 2028. #koReader

#Books and #stories completed in
June 2024: 19 ss | 04 nvt | 03 nva | 09 nov
(May was: 20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov)

Expediter - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Freedom - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●○○○

A Letter from the Pope ⬘ Harry Harrison & Tom Shippey (ss) ●●●◐○ #AH

Gunpowder God - John F Carr (nov) {Kalvan 6} ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

Lucky Strike ⬘ Kim Stanley Robinson (nvt) ●●●◐○

Doomsday Eve - Robert Moore Williams (nva) ●●◐○○ #AceDouble

I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●◐○

The Sleeping Serpent ⬘ Pamela Sargent (nvt) ●●●◐○

The Terraformers - Annalee Newitz (nov) ●●●●◐ #reading

Imitation Game ⬘ Rudy Rucker (ss) ●●●○○

Weinachtsabend ⬘ Keith Roberts (nvt) ●●○○○

Chicago 1871 - James E. Merl (nov) ●●●○○ #TimeTravel

Subversive - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

The Hos-Blethan Affair - John F Carr & Wolfgang Diehr (nov) {Kalvan 7} ●●●●○

Ten from Infinity - Paul W Fairman (nva) {aka ‘The Deadly Sky’ or ‘Ten Deadly Men’ | by ‘Ivar Jorgensen’} ●●●◐○ #ClassicSciFi

Waiting for the Olympians ⬘ Frederik Pohl (nvt) ●●●◐○ #SFF

Darwin Anathema ⬘ Stephen Baxter (ss) ●●●○○

Summit - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Down Styphon - John F Carr (nov) {Kalvan 8} ●●●○○ #AltHist

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

And Then the Town Took Off - Richard Wilson (nva) ●●●◐○ #AceDouble

Combat - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●◐○○

How Do I Do? - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

Unborn Tomorrow - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Atlantis: The Lost Continent ⬙ C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (nov) ●○○○○

Bargain from Brunswick - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

Turn Your Radio On - Wood Hughes (nov) {Grantville} ●●●◐○

The Star Seekers - Milton Lesser (nov) ●●●○○ #SciFi

Day of Judgment - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

The Portal in the Picture - C L Moore and Henry Kuttner (nov) ●●●◐○ #CrossTime

Reservation Deferred - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

The Common Man - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Clockwise - J S Johnston (ss) ●●●○○

Revolution - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Living Lies - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●●○

Completed the anthology The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories, edited by Ian Watson and Ian Whates. (Stories from it marked with ⬘.) I'd read the Robinson and Pohl tales before, but the other two dozen stories were new to me. I've begun the anthology Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales (marked ⬙). After how bad the first tale was, I don't expect to try more than a novel or two per month.

Finished Carr's extension of Piper's Lord Kalvan stories. #6 was solid, #7 was better, but the concluding #8 was a letdown. I find battles boring, and much prefer making stoves and perfecting paper, but to have two cities fall to Hostigos forces without being conquered feels like Carr just wanted the series to be over.

And the plot thread of the atomic blast and the impending prole revolt on Home Timeline was simply dropped, unless we're to infer from the months-long communications cut-off the outtimers on Kalvan's timeline experienced that Home Timeline is suffering a major war right now, with many conveyor hubs destroyed.

This is the worst month possible for neatly filling out the calendar, with two single-day rows requiring one-day-wide titles. There won't be another thirty-day month starting on a Saturday until April 2028. #koReader

#Books and #stories completed in
June 2024: 19 ss | 04 nvt | 03 nva | 09 nov
(May was: 20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov)

Expediter - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Freedom - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●○○○

A Letter from the Pope ⬘ Harry Harrison & Tom Shippey (ss) ●●●◐○ #AH

Gunpowder God - John F Carr (nov) {Kalvan 6} ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

Lucky Strike ⬘ Kim Stanley Robinson (nvt) ●●●◐○

Doomsday Eve - Robert Moore Williams (nva) ●●◐○○ #AceDouble

I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●◐○

The Sleeping Serpent ⬘ Pamela Sargent (nvt) ●●●◐○

The Terraformers - Annalee Newitz (nov) ●●●●◐ #reading

Imitation Game ⬘ Rudy Rucker (ss) ●●●○○

Weinachtsabend ⬘ Keith Roberts (nvt) ●●○○○

Chicago 1871 - James E. Merl (nov) ●●●○○ #TimeTravel

Subversive - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

The Hos-Blethan Affair - John F Carr & Wolfgang Diehr (nov) {Kalvan 7} ●●●●○

Ten from Infinity - Paul W Fairman (nva) {aka ‘The Deadly Sky’ or ‘Ten Deadly Men’ | by ‘Ivar Jorgensen’} ●●●◐○ #ClassicSciFi

Waiting for the Olympians ⬘ Frederik Pohl (nvt) ●●●◐○ #SFF

Darwin Anathema ⬘ Stephen Baxter (ss) ●●●○○

Summit - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Down Styphon - John F Carr (nov) {Kalvan 8} ●●●○○ #AltHist

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

And Then the Town Took Off - Richard Wilson (nva) ●●●◐○ #AceDouble

Combat - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●◐○○

How Do I Do? - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

Unborn Tomorrow - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Atlantis: The Lost Continent ⬙ C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (nov) ●○○○○

Bargain from Brunswick - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

Turn Your Radio On - Wood Hughes (nov) {Grantville} ●●●◐○

The Star Seekers - Milton Lesser (nov) ●●●○○ #SciFi

Day of Judgment - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

The Portal in the Picture - C L Moore and Henry Kuttner (nov) ●●●◐○ #CrossTime

Reservation Deferred - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

The Common Man - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Clockwise - J S Johnston (ss) ●●●○○

Revolution - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Living Lies - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●●○

Completed the anthology The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories, edited by Ian Watson and Ian Whates. (Stories from it marked with ⬘.) I'd read the Robinson and Pohl tales before, but the other two dozen stories were new to me. I've begun the anthology Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales (marked ⬙). After how bad the first tale was, I don't expect to try more than a novel or two per month.

Finished Carr's extension of Piper's Lord Kalvan stories. #6 was solid, #7 was better, but the concluding #8 was a letdown. I find battles boring, and much prefer making stoves and perfecting paper, but to have two cities fall to Hostigos forces without being conquered feels like Carr just wanted the series to be over.

And the plot thread of the atomic blast and the impending prole revolt on Home Timeline was simply dropped, unless we're to infer from the months-long communications cut-off the outtimers on Kalvan's timeline experienced that Home Timeline is suffering a major war right now, with many conveyor hubs destroyed.

This is the worst month possible for neatly filling out the calendar, with two single-day rows requiring one-day-wide titles. There won't be another thirty-day month starting on a Saturday until April 2028. #koReader

#Books and #stories completed in
June 2024: 19 ss | 04 nvt | 03 nva | 09 nov
(May was: 20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov)

Expediter - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Freedom - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●○○○

A Letter from the Pope ⬘ Harry Harrison & Tom Shippey (ss) ●●●◐○ #AH

Gunpowder God - John F Carr (nov) {Kalvan 6} ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

Lucky Strike ⬘ Kim Stanley Robinson (nvt) ●●●◐○

Doomsday Eve - Robert Moore Williams (nva) ●●◐○○ #AceDouble

I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●◐○

The Sleeping Serpent ⬘ Pamela Sargent (nvt) ●●●◐○

The Terraformers - Annalee Newitz (nov) ●●●●◐ #reading

Imitation Game ⬘ Rudy Rucker (ss) ●●●○○

Weinachtsabend ⬘ Keith Roberts (nvt) ●●○○○

Chicago 1871 - James E. Merl (nov) ●●●○○ #TimeTravel

Subversive - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

The Hos-Blethan Affair - John F Carr & Wolfgang Diehr (nov) {Kalvan 7} ●●●●○

Ten from Infinity - Paul W Fairman (nva) {aka ‘The Deadly Sky’ or ‘Ten Deadly Men’ | by ‘Ivar Jorgensen’} ●●●◐○ #ClassicSciFi

Waiting for the Olympians ⬘ Frederik Pohl (nvt) ●●●◐○ #SFF

Darwin Anathema ⬘ Stephen Baxter (ss) ●●●○○

Summit - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Down Styphon - John F Carr (nov) {Kalvan 8} ●●●○○ #AltHist

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

And Then the Town Took Off - Richard Wilson (nva) ●●●◐○ #AceDouble

Combat - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●◐○○

How Do I Do? - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

Unborn Tomorrow - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Atlantis: The Lost Continent ⬙ C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (nov) ●○○○○

Bargain from Brunswick - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

Turn Your Radio On - Wood Hughes (nov) {Grantville} ●●●◐○

The Star Seekers - Milton Lesser (nov) ●●●○○ #SciFi

Day of Judgment - Edmond Hamilton (ss) ●●●○○

The Portal in the Picture - C L Moore and Henry Kuttner (nov) ●●●◐○ #CrossTime

Reservation Deferred - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

The Common Man - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Clockwise - J S Johnston (ss) ●●●○○

Revolution - Mack Reynolds (ss) ●●●○○

Living Lies - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●●○

Completed the anthology The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories, edited by Ian Watson and Ian Whates. (Stories from it marked with ⬘.) I'd read the Robinson and Pohl tales before, but the other two dozen stories were new to me. I've begun the anthology Atlantis and Lemuria: 13 Classic Tales (marked ⬙). After how bad the first tale was, I don't expect to try more than a novel or two per month.

Finished Carr's extension of Piper's Lord Kalvan stories. #6 was solid, #7 was better, but the concluding #8 was a letdown. I find battles boring, and much prefer making stoves and perfecting paper, but to have two cities fall to Hostigos forces without being conquered feels like Carr just wanted the series to be over.

And the plot thread of the atomic blast and the impending prole revolt on Home Timeline was simply dropped, unless we're to infer from the months-long communications cut-off the outtimers on Kalvan's timeline experienced that Home Timeline is suffering a major war right now, with many conveyor hubs destroyed.

This is the worst month possible for neatly filling out the calendar, with two single-day rows requiring one-day-wide titles. There won't be another thirty-day month starting on a Saturday until April 2028. #koReader

#Books and #stories completed in May:

20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov

⬘ = short story from the anthology
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories

Do Unto Others - Mark Clifton (ss) #SciFi ●●●○○

How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 4} ●●●◐○ #zombies

The Tribulations of Ned Summers - Shawn Inmon (nov) {Middle Falls 9} #reincarnation ●●○○○ [the moral of the story was "sometimes it's best to just give up"]

Lily White Rose Red - Catt Ford (nov) #mystery #lgbtq ●●●◐○

The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 5} ●●●◐○

What Now, Little Man? - Mark Clifton (ss) ●●◐○○ #ScienceFiction

Hang Head, Vandal! - Mark Clifton (ss) ●●●○○

Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 6} ●●●◐○

The Theater at Ephesus - Pierre E Pettinger Jr (nov) {Sodality Universe 4} ●●●●○

All the Pretty Little Horses - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 7} ●●●●○

When They Come from Space - Mark Clifton (nva) {Ralph Kennedy 5} ●●●◐○ #AceDouble

Beyond His Time - Adrian Cousins (nva) {Jason Apsley 3.5} ●●○○○

Calling Time - Adrian Cousins (nov) {Jason Apsley 4} ●●●○○

The Raft of the Titanic ⬘ James Morrow (ss) ●●○○○

Coming to You Live - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 8} ●●●◐○

Sidewinder ⬘ Ken MacLeod (ss) ●●●◐○

Hush My Mouth ⬘ Suzette Haden Elgin (ss) ●●●●○

Total War - Ralts Bloodthorne (nov) {Behold: Humanity! 6} ●●●●○ #HFY

Ink from the New Moon ⬘ A. A. Attanasio (ss) ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

Dispatches from the Revolution ⬘ Pat Cadigan (ss) ●●○○○

His Powder’d Wig, His Crown of Thornes ⬘ Marc Laidlaw (ss) ●●●◐○ #AltHist

Manassas, Again ⬘ Gregory Benford (ss) ●●○○○

The Einstein Gun ⬘ Pierre Gévart (ss) ●●●◐○

Lenin in Odessa ⬘ George Zebrowski (ss) ●●●○○

Such a Deal ⬘ Esther M. Friesner (ss) ●●●●○

A Very British History ⬘ Paul McAuley (ss) ●●●○○

The Francesians - Jim Bowering (nov) {Green Comet 3} ●●◐○○

Catch That Zeppelin! ⬘ Fritz Leiber (nvt) ●●●●◐

Islands in the Sea ⬘ Harry Turtledove (ss) ●●●●○

The Wandering Christian ⬘ Eugene Byrne & Kim Newman (nvt) ●●●●○

Roncesvalles ⬘ Judith Tarr (ss) ●●●◐○

The Man Who Stopped at Nothing - Paul W Fairman (nvt) ●●●●○

Pride of the Genii (nov) {Stargate Atlantis 24} ●●●◐○

Tales from the Venia Woods ⬘ Robert Silverberg (ss) ●●●◐○

O One ⬘ Chris Roberson (ss) ●●●◐○

The English Mutiny ⬘ Ian R. MacLeod (ss) ●●●○○

Jizzle - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

I've gotten better at not cutting off titles, and shuffling stories by title-length and word-count to better fill the grid. Finding one-day-wide titles can be difficult.

#Books and #stories completed in May:

20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov

⬘ = short story from the anthology
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories

Do Unto Others - Mark Clifton (ss) #SciFi ●●●○○

How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 4} ●●●◐○ #zombies

The Tribulations of Ned Summers - Shawn Inmon (nov) {Middle Falls 9} #reincarnation ●●○○○ [the moral of the story was "sometimes it's best to just give up"]

Lily White Rose Red - Catt Ford (nov) #mystery #lgbtq ●●●◐○

The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 5} ●●●◐○

What Now, Little Man? - Mark Clifton (ss) ●●◐○○ #ScienceFiction

Hang Head, Vandal! - Mark Clifton (ss) ●●●○○

Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 6} ●●●◐○

The Theater at Ephesus - Pierre E Pettinger Jr (nov) {Sodality Universe 4} ●●●●○

All the Pretty Little Horses - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 7} ●●●●○

When They Come from Space - Mark Clifton (nva) {Ralph Kennedy 5} ●●●◐○ #AceDouble

Beyond His Time - Adrian Cousins (nva) {Jason Apsley 3.5} ●●○○○

Calling Time - Adrian Cousins (nov) {Jason Apsley 4} ●●●○○

The Raft of the Titanic ⬘ James Morrow (ss) ●●○○○

Coming to You Live - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 8} ●●●◐○

Sidewinder ⬘ Ken MacLeod (ss) ●●●◐○

Hush My Mouth ⬘ Suzette Haden Elgin (ss) ●●●●○

Total War - Ralts Bloodthorne (nov) {Behold: Humanity! 6} ●●●●○ #HFY

Ink from the New Moon ⬘ A. A. Attanasio (ss) ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

Dispatches from the Revolution ⬘ Pat Cadigan (ss) ●●○○○

His Powder’d Wig, His Crown of Thornes ⬘ Marc Laidlaw (ss) ●●●◐○ #AltHist

Manassas, Again ⬘ Gregory Benford (ss) ●●○○○

The Einstein Gun ⬘ Pierre Gévart (ss) ●●●◐○

Lenin in Odessa ⬘ George Zebrowski (ss) ●●●○○

Such a Deal ⬘ Esther M. Friesner (ss) ●●●●○

A Very British History ⬘ Paul McAuley (ss) ●●●○○

The Francesians - Jim Bowering (nov) {Green Comet 3} ●●◐○○

Catch That Zeppelin! ⬘ Fritz Leiber (nvt) ●●●●◐

Islands in the Sea ⬘ Harry Turtledove (ss) ●●●●○

The Wandering Christian ⬘ Eugene Byrne & Kim Newman (nvt) ●●●●○

Roncesvalles ⬘ Judith Tarr (ss) ●●●◐○

The Man Who Stopped at Nothing - Paul W Fairman (nvt) ●●●●○

Pride of the Genii (nov) {Stargate Atlantis 24} ●●●◐○

Tales from the Venia Woods ⬘ Robert Silverberg (ss) ●●●◐○

O One ⬘ Chris Roberson (ss) ●●●◐○

The English Mutiny ⬘ Ian R. MacLeod (ss) ●●●○○

Jizzle - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

I've gotten better at not cutting off titles, and shuffling stories by title-length and word-count to better fill the grid. Finding one-day-wide titles can be difficult.

#Books and #stories completed in May:

20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov

⬘ = short story from the anthology
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories

Do Unto Others - Mark Clifton (ss) #SciFi ●●●○○

How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 4} ●●●◐○ #zombies

The Tribulations of Ned Summers - Shawn Inmon (nov) {Middle Falls 9} #reincarnation ●●○○○ [the moral of the story was "sometimes it's best to just give up"]

Lily White Rose Red - Catt Ford (nov) #mystery #lgbtq ●●●◐○

The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 5} ●●●◐○

What Now, Little Man? - Mark Clifton (ss) ●●◐○○ #ScienceFiction

Hang Head, Vandal! - Mark Clifton (ss) ●●●○○

Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 6} ●●●◐○

The Theater at Ephesus - Pierre E Pettinger Jr (nov) {Sodality Universe 4} ●●●●○

All the Pretty Little Horses - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 7} ●●●●○

When They Come from Space - Mark Clifton (nva) {Ralph Kennedy 5} ●●●◐○ #AceDouble

Beyond His Time - Adrian Cousins (nva) {Jason Apsley 3.5} ●●○○○

Calling Time - Adrian Cousins (nov) {Jason Apsley 4} ●●●○○

The Raft of the Titanic ⬘ James Morrow (ss) ●●○○○

Coming to You Live - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 8} ●●●◐○

Sidewinder ⬘ Ken MacLeod (ss) ●●●◐○

Hush My Mouth ⬘ Suzette Haden Elgin (ss) ●●●●○

Total War - Ralts Bloodthorne (nov) {Behold: Humanity! 6} ●●●●○ #HFY

Ink from the New Moon ⬘ A. A. Attanasio (ss) ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

Dispatches from the Revolution ⬘ Pat Cadigan (ss) ●●○○○

His Powder’d Wig, His Crown of Thornes ⬘ Marc Laidlaw (ss) ●●●◐○ #AltHist

Manassas, Again ⬘ Gregory Benford (ss) ●●○○○

The Einstein Gun ⬘ Pierre Gévart (ss) ●●●◐○

Lenin in Odessa ⬘ George Zebrowski (ss) ●●●○○

Such a Deal ⬘ Esther M. Friesner (ss) ●●●●○

A Very British History ⬘ Paul McAuley (ss) ●●●○○

The Francesians - Jim Bowering (nov) {Green Comet 3} ●●◐○○

Catch That Zeppelin! ⬘ Fritz Leiber (nvt) ●●●●◐

Islands in the Sea ⬘ Harry Turtledove (ss) ●●●●○

The Wandering Christian ⬘ Eugene Byrne & Kim Newman (nvt) ●●●●○

Roncesvalles ⬘ Judith Tarr (ss) ●●●◐○

The Man Who Stopped at Nothing - Paul W Fairman (nvt) ●●●●○

Pride of the Genii (nov) {Stargate Atlantis 24} ●●●◐○

Tales from the Venia Woods ⬘ Robert Silverberg (ss) ●●●◐○

O One ⬘ Chris Roberson (ss) ●●●◐○

The English Mutiny ⬘ Ian R. MacLeod (ss) ●●●○○

Jizzle - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

I've gotten better at not cutting off titles, and shuffling stories by title-length and word-count to better fill the grid. Finding one-day-wide titles can be difficult.

#Books and #stories completed in May:

20 ss | 08 nvt | 02 nva | 07 nov

⬘ = short story from the anthology
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories

Do Unto Others - Mark Clifton (ss) #SciFi ●●●○○

How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 4} ●●●◐○ #zombies

The Tribulations of Ned Summers - Shawn Inmon (nov) {Middle Falls 9} #reincarnation ●●○○○ [the moral of the story was "sometimes it's best to just give up"]

Lily White Rose Red - Catt Ford (nov) #mystery #lgbtq ●●●◐○

The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 5} ●●●◐○

What Now, Little Man? - Mark Clifton (ss) ●●◐○○ #ScienceFiction

Hang Head, Vandal! - Mark Clifton (ss) ●●●○○

Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 6} ●●●◐○

The Theater at Ephesus - Pierre E Pettinger Jr (nov) {Sodality Universe 4} ●●●●○

All the Pretty Little Horses - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 7} ●●●●○

When They Come from Space - Mark Clifton (nva) {Ralph Kennedy 5} ●●●◐○ #AceDouble

Beyond His Time - Adrian Cousins (nva) {Jason Apsley 3.5} ●●○○○

Calling Time - Adrian Cousins (nov) {Jason Apsley 4} ●●●○○

The Raft of the Titanic ⬘ James Morrow (ss) ●●○○○

Coming to You Live - Mira Grant (nvt) {Rise 8} ●●●◐○

Sidewinder ⬘ Ken MacLeod (ss) ●●●◐○

Hush My Mouth ⬘ Suzette Haden Elgin (ss) ●●●●○

Total War - Ralts Bloodthorne (nov) {Behold: Humanity! 6} ●●●●○ #HFY

Ink from the New Moon ⬘ A. A. Attanasio (ss) ●●●◐○ #AltHistory

Dispatches from the Revolution ⬘ Pat Cadigan (ss) ●●○○○

His Powder’d Wig, His Crown of Thornes ⬘ Marc Laidlaw (ss) ●●●◐○ #AltHist

Manassas, Again ⬘ Gregory Benford (ss) ●●○○○

The Einstein Gun ⬘ Pierre Gévart (ss) ●●●◐○

Lenin in Odessa ⬘ George Zebrowski (ss) ●●●○○

Such a Deal ⬘ Esther M. Friesner (ss) ●●●●○

A Very British History ⬘ Paul McAuley (ss) ●●●○○

The Francesians - Jim Bowering (nov) {Green Comet 3} ●●◐○○

Catch That Zeppelin! ⬘ Fritz Leiber (nvt) ●●●●◐

Islands in the Sea ⬘ Harry Turtledove (ss) ●●●●○

The Wandering Christian ⬘ Eugene Byrne & Kim Newman (nvt) ●●●●○

Roncesvalles ⬘ Judith Tarr (ss) ●●●◐○

The Man Who Stopped at Nothing - Paul W Fairman (nvt) ●●●●○

Pride of the Genii (nov) {Stargate Atlantis 24} ●●●◐○

Tales from the Venia Woods ⬘ Robert Silverberg (ss) ●●●◐○

O One ⬘ Chris Roberson (ss) ●●●◐○

The English Mutiny ⬘ Ian R. MacLeod (ss) ●●●○○

Jizzle - John Wyndham (ss) ●●●○○

I've gotten better at not cutting off titles, and shuffling stories by title-length and word-count to better fill the grid. Finding one-day-wide titles can be difficult.

#Books completed in March:

An Angel Called Peterbilt - Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett {Assiti Shards | Peterbilt 1} ●●●●◐ #TimeTravel

The Reset Life of Cassandra Collins - Shawn Inmon {Middle Falls 8} ●●○○○ #reincarnation

How Alike Are We - Bo-young Kim (novella) ●●●●○ #AI

The Pool Is Reserved for Podlings - Ralts Bloodthorne {Behold: Humanity! 3} ●●●●○ #HFY

Parasite Puppeteers - Jim Bowering {Green Comet 2} ●●●○○ #ScienceFiction

Time Shards - Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald {Time Shards 1} ●●●◐○ #SciFi

The Heartfelt Life of Max Hartfield - Shawn Inmon (ss) {Middle Falls 14.5} ●●○○○ #SFF

Delete All Suspects - Donna Andrews {Turing Hopper 4} ●●●●○ #Mystery

The Battlemaster - Christopher Rowley {The Vang 3} ●●●●○ #reading

Shatter War - Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald {Time Shards 2} ●●●◐○ #AltHist

Dome Around America - Jack Williamson ●●◐○○ #ClassicSciFi #AceDouble

#Books completed in March:

An Angel Called Peterbilt - Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett {Assiti Shards | Peterbilt 1} ●●●●◐ #TimeTravel

The Reset Life of Cassandra Collins - Shawn Inmon {Middle Falls 8} ●●○○○ #reincarnation

How Alike Are We - Bo-young Kim (novella) ●●●●○ #AI

The Pool Is Reserved for Podlings - Ralts Bloodthorne {Behold: Humanity! 3} ●●●●○ #HFY

Parasite Puppeteers - Jim Bowering {Green Comet 2} ●●●○○ #ScienceFiction

Time Shards - Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald {Time Shards 1} ●●●◐○ #SciFi

The Heartfelt Life of Max Hartfield - Shawn Inmon (ss) {Middle Falls 14.5} ●●○○○ #SFF

Delete All Suspects - Donna Andrews {Turing Hopper 4} ●●●●○ #Mystery

The Battlemaster - Christopher Rowley {The Vang 3} ●●●●○ #reading

Shatter War - Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald {Time Shards 2} ●●●◐○ #AltHist

Dome Around America - Jack Williamson ●●◐○○ #ClassicSciFi #AceDouble

#Books completed in March:

An Angel Called Peterbilt - Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett {Assiti Shards | Peterbilt 1} ●●●●◐ #TimeTravel

The Reset Life of Cassandra Collins - Shawn Inmon {Middle Falls 8} ●●○○○ #reincarnation

How Alike Are We - Bo-young Kim (novella) ●●●●○ #AI

The Pool Is Reserved for Podlings - Ralts Bloodthorne {Behold: Humanity! 3} ●●●●○ #HFY

Parasite Puppeteers - Jim Bowering {Green Comet 2} ●●●○○ #ScienceFiction

Time Shards - Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald {Time Shards 1} ●●●◐○ #SciFi

The Heartfelt Life of Max Hartfield - Shawn Inmon (ss) {Middle Falls 14.5} ●●○○○ #SFF

Delete All Suspects - Donna Andrews {Turing Hopper 4} ●●●●○ #Mystery

The Battlemaster - Christopher Rowley {The Vang 3} ●●●●○ #reading

Shatter War - Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald {Time Shards 2} ●●●◐○ #AltHist

Dome Around America - Jack Williamson ●●◐○○ #ClassicSciFi #AceDouble

#Books completed in March:

An Angel Called Peterbilt - Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett {Assiti Shards | Peterbilt 1} ●●●●◐ #TimeTravel

The Reset Life of Cassandra Collins - Shawn Inmon {Middle Falls 8} ●●○○○ #reincarnation

How Alike Are We - Bo-young Kim (novella) ●●●●○ #AI

The Pool Is Reserved for Podlings - Ralts Bloodthorne {Behold: Humanity! 3} ●●●●○ #HFY

Parasite Puppeteers - Jim Bowering {Green Comet 2} ●●●○○ #ScienceFiction

Time Shards - Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald {Time Shards 1} ●●●◐○ #SciFi

The Heartfelt Life of Max Hartfield - Shawn Inmon (ss) {Middle Falls 14.5} ●●○○○ #SFF

Delete All Suspects - Donna Andrews {Turing Hopper 4} ●●●●○ #Mystery

The Battlemaster - Christopher Rowley {The Vang 3} ●●●●○ #reading

Shatter War - Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald {Time Shards 2} ●●●◐○ #AltHist

Dome Around America - Jack Williamson ●●◐○○ #ClassicSciFi #AceDouble