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David H.
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The Hemingway Hoax - Haldeman: I don't normally care about Hemingway but I was really intrigued by how strange this story got. Fantastic.
— May 16, 2026 01:31AM
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David H.
is 87% done
Rainmaker Cometh - McDonald: Very atmospheric, pun intended.
Hot Sky - Silverberg: It could've been interesting except for the plotholes.
White City - Shiner: Hilarious. Nikola Tesla has one more trick up his sleeve.
Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates - Murphy: Sad but lovely.
— May 15, 2026 11:10PM
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Hot Sky - Silverberg: It could've been interesting except for the plotholes.
White City - Shiner: Hilarious. Nikola Tesla has one more trick up his sleeve.
Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates - Murphy: Sad but lovely.
David H.
is 79% done
Inertia - Kress: Very nicely written, though I had trouble with some of the central premise.
Learning to Be Me - Egan: Creepy creepy mind stuff. Oh boy.
Cibola - Willis: Reread. I'm not convinced this is even SF/F.
Walking the Moons - Lethem: Very brief piece, I guess it's satire.
— May 15, 2026 01:59AM
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Learning to Be Me - Egan: Creepy creepy mind stuff. Oh boy.
Cibola - Willis: Reread. I'm not convinced this is even SF/F.
Walking the Moons - Lethem: Very brief piece, I guess it's satire.
David H.
is 70% done
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk - ab Hugh: Too graphic for me in a couple scenes, but otherwise quite fun! Animals can talk due to a plague.
Tower of Babylon - Chiang: Reread. A retelling of the Tower of Babel. Fantastic.
The Death Artist - Jablokov: Decadent art in the FUTURE!
The First Since Ancient Persia - Brunner: Special virus. Almost horror, silly ending.
— May 15, 2026 12:04AM
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Tower of Babylon - Chiang: Reread. A retelling of the Tower of Babel. Fantastic.
The Death Artist - Jablokov: Decadent art in the FUTURE!
The First Since Ancient Persia - Brunner: Special virus. Almost horror, silly ending.
David H.
is 53% done
The All-Consuming - Shepard & Frazier: A man obsessed with eating everything comes to an understanding.
Personal Silence - Gloss: A peace activist meets an unusual girl.
Invaders - Kessel: A meta-story about invasions & SF escapism.
The Cairene Purse - Moorcock: In a reduced future, a man looks for his sister in Aswan, who bears a tale of her own.
— May 13, 2026 11:24PM
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Personal Silence - Gloss: A peace activist meets an unusual girl.
Invaders - Kessel: A meta-story about invasions & SF escapism.
The Cairene Purse - Moorcock: In a reduced future, a man looks for his sister in Aswan, who bears a tale of her own.
David H.
is 34% done
We See Things Differently - Sterling: Felt like a rehash of other stories I've read.
And the Angels Sing - Wilhelm: Eddie encounters some weirdness and beauty in his life, which leaves him behind.
Past Magic - MacLeod: Weird clone thing, some weird implications.
Bears Discover Fire - Bisson: Fantastic story, everyone should read.
— May 13, 2026 01:13AM
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And the Angels Sing - Wilhelm: Eddie encounters some weirdness and beauty in his life, which leaves him behind.
Past Magic - MacLeod: Weird clone thing, some weird implications.
Bears Discover Fire - Bisson: Fantastic story, everyone should read.
David H.
is 25% done
Mr. Boy - Kelly: An absolutely gonzo story about a boy's relationship with his mother, in a way.
The Shobies' Story - Le Guin: The power of a story to ground you when all seems lost.
The Caress - Egan: Well, that's a freakin' creepy thing to do, good lord. Art for art's sake.
A Braver Thing - Sheffield: I was remarkably engaged with this story of a boy and his friend who have very different outlooks in the end.
— May 12, 2026 11:23PM
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The Shobies' Story - Le Guin: The power of a story to ground you when all seems lost.
The Caress - Egan: Well, that's a freakin' creepy thing to do, good lord. Art for art's sake.
A Braver Thing - Sheffield: I was remarkably engaged with this story of a boy and his friend who have very different outlooks in the end.
