December 2024

Read:

Fiction:

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall (K)

Shorts:

CHRISTMAS ON THE PHILODENDRON by Lilly Smith (

https://everydayfiction.com/christmas-on-the-philodendron-lilly-smith/)

Non-fiction:

The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear? by Abi Stephenson (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/11/cochlear-question-parent-deaf-baby-should-i-give-implant-to-help-her-hear)
I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis by Will Coldwell (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/15/i-received-a-first-but-it-felt-tainted-and-undeserved-inside-the-university-ai-cheating-crisis)
The Man Who Killed Google Search by Edward Zitron (https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/)

The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas by Sarah Clegg (K)

Read:

Fiction:

The Black Loch by Peter May (K)
Well of Darkness by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (K)
The Green Man's War by Juliet E McKenna (K)

Shorts:

ELLEN’S EULOGY by Meg Artley (https://everydayfiction.com/ellens-eulogy-meg-artley/)
The Only Writing Advice You’ll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors by Aimee Picchi (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-only-writing-advice-youll-ever-need-to-survive-eldritch-horrors/)
Shtetl Days by Harry Turtledove (https://reactormag.com/shtetl-days/)
“Residual Suspension; or, Life After Debt” by Jeffrey Palms (https://kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2024/residual-suspension-or-life-after-debt-by-jeffrey-palms/)
The Angel Was Outside the Lunar Module Again by Aure Vives (https://crowcrosskeys.com/2024/11/30/the-angel-was-outside-the-lunar-module-again-aure-vives/)

Non-fiction:

Has poppymania gone too far? by Samira Shackle (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/has-poppymania-gone-too-far)
A reporter down the rabbit hole: Gabriel Gatehouse on edgelords, conspiracy theories and Trump’s America by Steve Rose (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/08/gabriel-gatehouse-coming-storm-conspiracy-theories-trump-america)
Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test by Jon Ungoed-Thomas (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/09/nine-in-ten-honey-samples-from-uk-retailers-fail-authenticity-test)
J. Lincoln Fenn on What Draws Writers to Islands (https://crimereads.com/j-lincoln-fenn-on-what-draws-writers-to-islands/?_gl=1*ey7i2p*_ga*MTMzMjYzMjI5MC4xNzMwODU4NzM2*_ga_D1BK1MK547*MTczMDg1ODczNS4xLjEuMTczMDg1ODc0Mi41My4wLjA)
Blame the gerbils by Tom Shippey (https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n21/tom-shippey/blame-the-gerbils)
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy by Kathleen McAuliffe (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/)
My epic, 40-year Dungeons & Dragons odyssey by Tim Harford (https://timharford.com/2024/11/my-epic-40-year-dungeons-dragons-odyssey/)

Poetry:

“After” by Sandi Leibowitz (https://kaleidotrope.net/archives/autumn-2018/after-by-sandi-leibowitz/)

Read:

Shorts:

To the Stars and Back: Stories in Honour of Eric Brown (K)
“The Pit and the Penitent” by Steve Toase (https://kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2024/the-pit-and-the-penitent-by-steve-toase/)
Bright Hearts by Kaaron Warren (https://reactormag.com/bright-hearts-kaaron-warren/)

Non-fiction:

an, I think, unpublished interview by Juan Volpe and m john harrison (https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/179024/posts/5403156357)
Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom by Miriam Bastian (https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/software-that-supports-your-body-should-always-respect-your-freedom)
LARPing and Violent Extremism by Reid Meloy, Ph.D., Molly Amman, J.D., and Phil Saragoza, M.D. (https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/larping-and-violent-extremism)
Jonathan Carroll’s Impossible Realism by Gary K. Wolfe (https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/jonathan-carrolls-impossible-realism/)
"Embarrassingly simple" tag puts IV chemotherapy drugs in pill form by Michael Irving (https://newatlas.com/cancer/pill-iv-chemotherapy-drugs/)
‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump by Alan Moore (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/26/fandom-has-toxified-the-world-watchmen-author-alan-moore-on-superheroes-comicsgate-and-trump)
The big idea: how games can change your life by Tim Clare (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/28/the-big-idea-how-games-can-change-your-life)

Knit:

Tunnock Socks (yes, like the teacakes!)

Visited:

Small siamese kittens

Also achieved:

‘Flu jab
COVID jab
Hearing aids ordered

Read:

Shorts:

UNTIL YOU SING by Richard Shifman (https://everydayfiction.com/until-you-sing-by-richard-shifman/)

Non-fiction:

Hardness in ‘Hard Times’ by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/hardness-in-hard-times-a2f55b8c034a)
WTF Quora: how a platform eats itself by Joan Westenberg (https://medium.com/westenberg/wtf-quora-how-a-platform-eats-itself-41a4cb8aa392)
ChatGPT is bullshit by Hicks, M.T., Humphries, J. & Slater, J. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5)
Sentai & Sensibility by Bug Boll (RPG rules)
Seeing the Invisible: The Experience of Subordinates in Ancient Greece by Samuel Gartland and David Tandy (https://antigonejournal.com/2024/04/subordinate-labour-ancient-greece/?linkId=300000011930863)

Poetry:

“End of Summer” by Stanley Kunitz (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54898/end-of-summer-56d235ce0824f)
“Musée des Prole Arts” by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/mus%C3%A9e-des-prole-arts-fea2a296474d)

Visited:

Bromyard (for the Folk Festival)
Anglesey Abbey (for the Dahlias)
Addenbrookes (for the usual)

Current Mood: wot! no novels

August 2024

Read:

Fiction:

The Inner Darkness by Jørn Lier Horst (K)
A Question of Guilt by Jørn Lier Horst (K)
The Night Man by Jørn Lier Horst (K)

Non-fiction:

The cybersecurity QA trifecta of fail that may burn down the world by Rupert Goodwins (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/05/opinion_ml_social_media_cybersecurity/)
Two Boxers Walk Into the Ring… by joannechocolat (https://www.tumblr.com/joannechocolat/757699826923208704/two-boxers-walk-into-the-ring?source=share)

Visited:

Denny Abbey
Ickworth Estate

July 2024

Read:

Fiction:

Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley (K)
Snow Fall by Jørn Lier Horst (K)

Shorts:

In the Moon’s House by MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL (https://reactormag.com/in-the-moons-house-mary-robinette-kowal/)

Non-fiction:

Painting and Sculpture: a Speculative Cultural History by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/painting-and-sculpture-a-speculative-cultural-history-b8cb8258bd7c)
‘It comes for your very soul’: how Alzheimer’s undid my dazzling, creative wife in her 40s by Michael Aylwin (https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jul/09/how-alzheimers-undid-my-dazzling-creative-wife-in-her-40s)
Revolution in the air: how laughing gas changed the world by Mark Miodownik (https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/04/revolution-in-the-air-how-laughing-gas-changed-the-world)
The Dead-Eyed Rich by George Monbiot (https://www.monbiot.com/2024/07/25/the-dead-eyed-rich/)
My family and other Nazis by Martin Pollack (https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/23/my-family-and-other-nazis)
Simple Weave: Weave without a large loom by Kerstin Neumuller
Agile Manifesto co-author blasts failure rates report, talks up 'reimagining' project by Richard Speed (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/16/jon_kern/)

Poetry:

“Fixed Shadow, Moving Water by Carl Phillips” (https://readalittlepoetry.com/2024/07/05/fixed-shadow-moving-water-by-carl-phillips/)
“Against Entropy” by John M. Ford (https://reactormag.com/sonnet-against-entropy/) reread of a favourite

Visited:

Addenbrookes (chemo 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Audley End

June 2024
Read:
Fiction:
- Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham (K)
- The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham (K)
- Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham (K)
- The Girl by the Bridge by Arnaldur Indridason (K)

Shorts:
- Median by KELLY ROBSON (https://reactormag.com/median-kelly-robson/)

Non-fiction:
- Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. by Kevin Beaumont (https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e)
- Pervigilium Finneganis by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/pervigilium-finneganis-44eb75623c9e)
- Physicists decode mechanics of knitted materials for engineering applications by Catherine Barzler (https://phys.org/news/2024-06-physicists-decode-mechanics-materials-applications.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=rasa_io&utm_campaign=newsletter)
- How one physicist is unraveling the mathematics of knitting by Lakshmi Chandrasekaran (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-one-physicist-unraveling-mathematics-knitting)
- Knotty Knits are Tangles in Tori by Shashank G Markande and Elisabetta Matsumoto (https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2020/bridges2020-103.html#gsc.tab=0)
- Heathens, we have a Nazi problem by John Farrell (https://www.spiralnature.com/culture/heathens-nazi-problem/)
- ‘If I lost this flute, it would be pretty tragic’: Shabaka, Corinne Bailey Rae and Nilüfer Yanya on their favourite instruments (https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/02/instrument-love-most-by-musicians-shabaka-corinne-bailey-rae-nilufer-yanya)
- Rooted in the future: A cultural ecology of the Sycamore Gap tree by Dr Emily Hanscam and Professor Cornelius Holtorf (https://the-past.com/feature/rooted-in-the-future-a-cultural-ecology-of-the-sycamore-gap-tree/)
- How gamification took over the world by Bryan Gardiner (https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/06/13/1093375/gamification-behaviorism-npcs-video-games/)
- CAHOKIA JAZZ BY FRANCIS SPUFFORD reviewed by DAN HARTLAND (http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/cahokia-jazz-by-francis-spufford/)
- LINDA TIRADO THE INJUSTICE OF SUING THE POLICE by LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE (https://rubberbullets.longlead.com/chapter/minneapolis-police-shooting-journalist-linda-tirado)
- I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again (https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/)
- 40 Years Of Summer Solstice At Stonehenge: From Anarchy To State Repression To ‘Managed Open Access’ by Andy Worthington (https://www.eurasiareview.com/22062024-40-years-of-tsummer-solstice-at-stonehenge-from-anarchy-to-state-repression-to-managed-open-access-oped/)

Poetry:
- “Not my Best Side” by U. A. Fanthorpe (https://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/uccello.html)

Visited:
- Addenbrookes (chemo 1 & 2)
- Angelesey Abbey
- Wimpole Hall

May 2024

Read:

Fiction:

Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham (K)
Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham (K)
Traitor’s Purse by Margery Allingham (K)
Coroner’s Pidgin by Margery Allingham (K)

Shorts:

A SKELETON OUT OF THE CLOSET BY J.B.POLK (https://everydayfiction.com/a-skeleton-out-of-the-closet-by-jbpolk/)
Alone Alarm by Jonathan Carroll (https://jonathancarroll.com/alone-alarm-d9d2d6408c67)
Smartening Up by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Polly Barton (https://granta.com/smartening-up/)
We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read by CAROLINE M. YOACHIM (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-will-teach-you-how-to-read-we-will-teach-you-how-to-read/)
Honeysuckle Cottgae by P G Wodehouse

Non-fiction:

“Dune” and the Delicate Art of Making Fictional Languages by Manvir Singh (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/dune-and-the-delicate-art-of-making-fictional-languages)
Scalzi on Film: The Aesthetics of Spectacle: A Look at Dune in 1984 and 2024 BY JOHN SCALZI (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/scalzi-on-film-the-aesthetics-of-spectacle-a-look-at-dune-in-1984-and-2024/)
Lucy Clifford, ‘The New Mother’ (1882) by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/lucy-clifford-the-new-mother-1882-cd2b8771129d)
Revealed: face of 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave where species buried their dead (https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/shanidar-z-face-revealed)
The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’ by Simon Hattenstone (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/29/the-radical-ravishing-rebirth-of-tracey-emin-i-didnt-want-to-die-as-some-mediocre-yba)
How it feels to get an AI email from a friend by Neven Mrgan (https://mrgan.com/ai-email-from-a-friend/)
Something Strange Happens to Wolves Infected by an Infamous Mind-Altering Parasite by MICHELLE STARR (https://www.sciencealert.com/something-strange-happens-to-wolves-infected-by-an-infamous-mind-altering-parasite)
Yo, Rapunzel! by Kyle Kirrin (https://podcastle.org/2020/01/28/podcastle-611-yo-rapunzel/)
The North Pole Workshops by MARI NESS (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-north-pole-workshops/)

Poetry:

The Night Hunt by Thomas MacDonagh (https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/06/poem-of-the-week-the-night-hunt-by-thomas-macdonagh)

Read:

Fiction:

Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham (K)
Shadow of a Dead God by Patrick Samphire (K)

Shorts:

Excerpts from a Scientist’s Notebook: Ancestral Memory in Europan Pseudocephalopods by DAVID DEGRAFF (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/excerpts-from-a-scientists-notebook-ancestral-memory-in-europan-pseudocephalopods/)
A Review: The Reunion of the Survivors of Sigrún 7 by LARS AHN (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-review-the-reunion-of-the-survivors-of-sigrun-7/)
Companion Animals in Mahō Shōjo Kira Kira Sunlight by STEWART C BAKER (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/companion-animals-in-maho-shojo-kira-kira-sunlight/)
Some Assembly Required by ANNE E.G. NYDAM (https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/some-assembly-required/)
Search History for Elspeth Adair, Age 11 by Aimee Picchi (https://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/magic-and-wizardry/aimee-picchi/search-history-for-elspeth-adair-age-11)
Rising Star by STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/rising-star/)
IN THE CITY OF FAILING KNIVES BY TARA CAMPBELL (https://archiveoftheodd.com/2022/01/08/between-the-shelves-in-the-city-of-failing-knives/)
50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know by KEN LIU (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/50-things-every-ai-working-with-humans-should-know/)
A Tale of Two Tarōs by Marie Brennan (https://dreamforge.mywebportal.app/dreamforge/stories/show/a-tale-of-two-taros-marie-brennan)
Four Words Written on My Skin by JENN REESE (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/four-words-written-on-my-skin/)
Please Stop Murdering Grandma by Christine Amsden (https://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/clones/christine-amsden/please-stop-murdering-grandma)
Marginalia by MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/marginalia/)

Non-fiction:

ChatGPT “contamination”: estimating the prevalence of LLMs in the scholarly literature by Andrew Gray (https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16887)
Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter by Tim Berners-Lee (https://medium.com/@timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42)
On the matter of the British Library cyber incident by Ciaran Martin (https://ciaranmartin.substack.com/p/on-the-matter-of-the-british-library)
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ by Alex Blasdel (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/02/new-science-of-death-brain-activity-consciousness-near-death-experience)
Bryan Talbot: The comics legend lurking in a Sunderland basement (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wear-68712698)
So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you by James Bridle (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon-ai-cashier-less-shops-humans-technology?CMP=fb_cif)
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF DISORIENTING MAPS? by NICK DANFORTH (https://warontherocks.com/2024/04/do-androids-dream-of-disorienting-maps/)
Who is qualified to make a world? In search of the magic of maps by Robert Purchese (https://www.eurogamer.net/who-is-qualified-to-make-a-world-in-search-of-the-magic-of-maps)
A Series of Emails From Your Kid’s Elementary School in 2024 by Liz Lydic (https://medium.com/frazzled/a-series-of-emails-from-your-kids-elementary-school-in-2024-58820528b9cc)
Tantalus Key by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/tantalus-key-a308f5c2c97d)

Poetry:

Ars Poetica, XI by Mary Jean Chan (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/22/poem-of-the-week-ars-poetica-xi-by-mary-jean-chan)

Visited:

Addenbrookes

March 2024

Read:

Fiction:

The Missing Mummies by Lisa Tuttle (K)
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis (K)

Shorts:

“Amoxicillin” by Liz Kerin (https://reactormag.com/amoxicillin-by-liz-kerin/)
Also, the Cat by RACHEL SWIRSKY (https://reactormag.com/also-the-cat-rachel-swirsky/)
The Year Without Sunshine by NAOMI KRITZER (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-year-without-sunshine/)
Enmity by K. Tempest Bradford (https://ktempestbradford.com/bibliography/enmity-by-k-tempest-bradford/)

Non-fiction:

Poor Things and Buffy Feminism by Robert K Starr (https://medium.com/@robert.k.starr/poor-things-and-buffy-feminism-6a38e5048bb7)
Behind F1's Velvet Curtain by KATE WAGNER (https://web.archive.org/web/20240301170542/https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a46975496/behind-f1-velvet-curtain/)
WHAT THE BIRTH OF THE SPREADSHEET TEACHES US ABOUT GENERATIVE AI by tim_harford_feed (https://timharford.com/2024/03/what-the-birth-of-the-spreadsheet-teaches-us-about-generative-ai/)
Chengdu Revisited by Cheryl Morgan (https://www.salonfutura.net/2024/02/chengdu-revisited/)
Pluralistic: How I got scammed (05 Feb 2024) by Cory Doctorow (https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/#swiss-cheese-security)
Yes, we should care about Julian Assange by Jeremy Wagstaff (https://loosewire.medium.com/yes-we-should-care-about-julian-assange-b2315d8d074c)
Imaginary Review: Muntcrow’s “Ooegenesis” by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/imaginary-review-muntcrows-ooegenesis-2fe73bb8c698)
Lucifer Antevolat by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/lucifer-antevolat-49e0ebef54c4)
Ofsted try to 'do' literature and end up with pap by Michael Rosen (https://michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/ofsted-try-to-do-literatureand-end-up.html?spref=tw)
What Is Fantasy Anyway? by Cheryl Morgan (https://www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/what-is-fantasy-anyway)
In the dog house: why are so many of Britain’s dogs behaving badly? by Gaby Hinsliff (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/25/in-the-dog-house-why-are-so-many-of-britains-dogs-behaving-badly)
Are We OK? by Eva Wiseman (https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a46390035/are-we-ok-covid-pandemic/)
Are We Watching The Internet Die? by EDWARD ZITRON (https://www.wheresyoured.at/are-we-watching-the-internet-die/)
‘There’s joy I haven’t felt for years!’ How I got hooked on the piano craze by Simon Usborne (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/14/theres-joy-i-havent-felt-for-years-how-i-got-hooked-on-the-piano-craze)
A glorious lineage, or an expensive disaster? Paris is at war over 300 wild rabbits by Agnès Poirier (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/08/paris-wild-rabbits-animals-rodin-les-invalides)
THE LAST DAYS OF JULIAN ASSANGE IN THE UNITED STATES by MATT KENNARD (https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-last-days-of-julian-assange-in-the-united-states/)
Under Mirk Wood by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/under-mirk-wood-25eff4b0e3a1)
‘I know someone who played noughts and crosses on one’: meet the top surgeon who burnt his initials on a patient’s liver by Jenny Kleeman (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/16/surgeon-who-signed-patients-livers)
When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope (K)
A Folklorist Looks at Ice Cream Vans by Owen Davies (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0015587X.2023.2282808)
The Thing About The Thing (1982) by The Tax Collector Man (https://thetaxcollectorman.medium.com/the-thing-about-the-thing-1982-4022a159598b)
Cambridge academic escapes toilet using eyeliner and cotton by Harriet Heywood (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-68446843)
‘I don’t think I developed emotionally’: Earl Spencer on the pain of boarding-school abuse by Tim Adam (https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/17/earl-charles-spencer-a-very-private-school-interview)
Some Thoughts on Kramnick’s ‘Criticism & Truth’ (2023) by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/some-thoughts-on-kramnicks-criticism-and-truth-2023-c1b5beea129a)
Britain’s bitter bread battle: what a £5 sourdough loaf tells us about health, wealth and class by Rachel Dixon (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/mar/20/britains-bitter-bread-battle-what-a-5-sourdough-loaf-tells-us-about-health-wealth-and-class)
Tanya Bentham: A modern twist on medieval embroidery (https://www.textileartist.org/tanya-bentham-a-modern-twist-on-medieval-embroidery/)

Poetry

The Book of Taliesin, Rowan Williams and Gwyneth Lewis (K)

Attended

Levitation (virtually)
Addenbrookes (CAT scan)

Current Mood: calm

February 2024

Read:

Shorts:

CROSSWORDS by ETHAN J. STONE (https://everydayfiction.com/crosswords-by-ethan-j-stone/)
EXCISION by MICHAEL GARDNER (https://everydayfiction.com/excision-by-michael-gardner/)
RE: Thesis defense issue by kalirush (https://archiveofourown.org/works/28299630)
GHOST WALKERS by CATHERINE GRIFFIN (https://everydayfiction.com/ghost-walkers-by-catherine-griffin/)
Guidelines for First Contact in Simplified Technical English by JETSE DE VRIES (https://jetse.substack.com/p/guidelines-for-first-contact-in-simplified)
The Pandemonium Waltz by JEFFREY FORD (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-pandemonium-waltz/)
Howard and the Golem by Lisa Goldstein (https://interzone.digital/howard-and-the-golem/)
Windwalkers by K. Thompson (https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/108931782/posts/5131944457)

Non-fiction:

Mapped: The deadly geography of Mount Everest by Frank Jacobs (https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/everest-deaths/)
The Tyranny of the Marginal User by IVAN VENDROV (https://nothinghuman.substack.com/p/the-tyranny-of-the-marginal-user)
Palimpsestual Profanity by Michael Admas (https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/26929184/posts/5113664839)
‘God forbid that a dog should die’: when Goodreads reviews go bad by Lauren Oyler (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/17/god-forbid-that-a-dog-should-die-when-goodreads-reviews-go-bad)
Take My Life, Please: The Media's Will They/Won't They Love Affair with American Fascism Prepares For Its Terrible Wedding Night by Catherynne M. Valente (https://www.patreon.com/posts/98670371)
Fake: It’s only a matter of time until disinformation leads to calamity by Tim Harford (https://timharford.com/2024/02/fake-its-only-a-matter-of-time-until-disinformation-leads-to-calamity/)
I Stopped Using Passwords. It’s Great—and a Total Mess by Matt Burgess (https://www.wired.com/story/stopped-using-passwords-passkeys/)
“The Roaring Twenties” Rudy & John Walker on LLM and the New AI by Rudy Rucker (https://medium.com/@rudyrucker/the-roaring-twenties-rudy-john-walker-on-llm-and-the-new-ai-cd309703c1cf)
‘This might be the last thing I ever write’: Paul Auster on cancer, connection and the fallacy of closure by Nicholas Wroe (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/18/paul-auster-on-cancer-connection-and-the-fallacy-of-closure)
Folklore in Penelope Lively’s The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy by Francis Young (https://drfrancisyoung.com/2023/11/24/folklore-in-penelope-livelys-the-wild-hunt-of-hagworthy/)
Wilson’s Iliad and Le Guin’s Battle Between Good and Evil, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sword BY KRISTEN PATTERSON (https://reactormag.com/wilsons-iliad-and-le-guins-battle-between-good-and-evil-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-sword/)

Attended:

Vanya (NTLive) with Andrew Scott
Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh @ The Fulbourn Centre
Endangered Alphabets Bookclub

January 2024
Read:
Fiction:

- The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch Melinda Taub (K)

Shorts:

- A Saint between the Teeth by SLOANE LEONG (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-saint-between-the-teeth/)

Non-fiction:

- I Miscarried in Texas. My Doctors Put Abortion Law First by Erin A. Snider (https://www.newsweek.com/i-miscarried-texas-doctors-abortion-law-1861677)

Attended:

- One Man Conference: Understanding Ancient Buildings w/ Dr James Wright (online)
- World Endangered Writing Day (https://wewday.webflow.io) (online)
- The Secrets of Ancient Fireplaces w/ Dr James Wright (online)

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