Monthly Archives: August 2021

Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson’s Worlds

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Rick Robinson

republished from The Broken Bullhorn: Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson’s Worlds edited by Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois [Subterranean Press 2014 hardcover, cover and illustrations by Bob Eggleton, purchased new] – science fiction. Friends and regular readers of this blog know that Poul … Continue reading →

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Reading short stories

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Rick Robinson

Between novels, I worked these in from The Thinking Machine: Fifty Novelettes & Short Stories by Jacques Futrelle. If this looks familiar, yes, I’ve been working my way through this for months, a few at a time. This time: ”Problem of the Cross Mark” … Continue reading →

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niggles & peeves

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Rick Robinson

It’s hot. – Again. We are so sick of this heat, and it’s going to be 85 today, in the 90s tomorrow and into triple digits by Wednesday and continuing. Arrg! Commercials – Watching the Olympics, it seemed excessive so … Continue reading →

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ffb: The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Rick Robinson

The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter, Ballantine (Ivy), 1991, paperback, mystery, police procedural – Inspector Morse This is Inspector Morse’s ninth outing, if I have the count right, and though I’ve tried to read these in order it’s been a while … Continue reading →

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