One of the panels I’m on this year at Bubonicon (which comes up in a week) is about the differences in writing short fiction versus novels.  Coincidentally, my reading is mirroring that!

And now for the usual reminder…  The Friday Fragments is not a book review column; it’s a list of what I’m reading and maybe a bit about my opinions.  I always read the Comments section, because I enjoy learning what other people are reading.  Oh, and I don’t usually list shorter works unless in a collection or articles.  I also don’t usually list my scattered research reading.

Completed:

The Winds of Fate by S.M. Stirling.  Book Two following To Turn the Tide.  Big Plot Twist could use more explaining!  Tale is more military in orientation.  Fast read if you’ve just read the prior, as there is a lot of repetition.

Blandings Castle and Elsewhere by P.G. Wodehouse. Audiobook.  Read by Stephen Fry.  Short stories. 

In Progress:

Lord Emsworth and Others.  Audiobook.  Read by Stephen Fry.  I have now met several other Wodehouse characters and quite enjoyed. Wodehouse turns out to be good at the frame story, where someone (Mr. Mulliner in the pub; the Oldest Member of the golf club) tell a tale.

The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear.  Just started.

Also:

Finished the Author’s Guild’s magazine, also finished a Smithsonian which had gotten buried under other magazines.  Now starting an AARP double issue.