Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist

  Robert Harris, Munich Unusually for Harris, no so much a thriller as a straight historical novel.  Possibly because the events around the ...

Suffering another bout of insomnia, I've decided on a whim to re-read CS Lewis' The Magician's Nephew. I've only got to the ...

  Ken Liu (ed & trans),  Broken Stars I finished this anthology of Chinese science fiction from last month. Mike Ashley, Moonrise: The G...

16 Oct - The Beast of Errinsford (OSE) - face-to-face 21 Oct - Trafalgar Day game - Blood, Bilge and Iron Balls - solo wargaming The Beast o...

'HMS Royal Sovereign First Through The Line' by Richard Grenville  As part of my on-going attempts at solo naval wargaming, I had t...

  4 Sep - The Beast of Errinsford (OSE) - face-to-face 7 Sep - Traveller 18 Sep - The Beast of Errinsford (OSE) - face-to-face 27 Sep - Bloo...

Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country Another book that has been made into a tv series that I haven't seen.   This set of connected stories conce...

  Gene Kranz, Failure is Not an Option Kranz's autobiographical account as his time as flight director at NASA Mission Control Center du...

 After a few month's break, I plunged back into gaming. 1 Aug - Classic Traveller - face-to-face RPG 3 Aug - Blood, Bilge and Iron Balls...

 Almost week late, but I finally got my big game in for International Naval Wargaming Day (INWarD '22).   It was a solo game over four h...