I continued reading the Gentleman Bastards sequence from last month. In this installment, Locke and Jean are employed by their worse enemies to rig a city election. To stir things up a little, their opponents' campaign is being run by a long-lost friend. A side-plot told in flashback is the story of the young Bastards' first forray - blagging their way in the company of actors.
A very enjoyable and fun read.
Another outing for the Thursday Murder Club, this time looking into a cold-case involving the disappearance of a reporter.
A tale about a young man venturing into Faerie to fulfill a quest for his Lady Love.
Everything a modern fairy story should be. Quite sublime.
Another issue of the annual(ish) journal for Cthulhu mythos roleplaying. It has all the features we've come to expect - high quality production, an over-veiw of publications (in this case for 2020), three scenarios, interviews (here including Mike Mason) and articles.
This I'd picked up on a whim because it was heading to the bin. It was much better than I expected - I thought it was going to be 1980s schlock-horror. One tale dragged on rather, but the title story was pretty good.
I couldn't resist this beautiful hardback edition by Everyman Press collecting the original Foundation books. It must be over 40 years since I last read them, but I thought they held up rather well.
I dipped into Trillion Year Spree, and Grumpy Old Brian Aldiss tells me not to bother with the very belated sequels, so I won't!
Some real favourites on your list. Asimov's trilogy and Stardust are classics. The Lynch is excellent, he just needs to get over himself and write more.
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