April 2022

April 2022

Read:

Fiction:

• Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch (K)
• Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris (K)
• Aspects by John M. Ford (K)
• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (K)
• White Corridor by Christopher Fowler (K)

 

Shorts:

•  The Apples by Mari Ness (DSF)
•  The Ghastly Tale of Princess Lamia by Liam Hogan (DSF)
• NPC by James Van Pelt (DSF)
• WE TOOK HER OUT by VALMIC SHRIDHAR MUKUND (https://everydayfiction.com/we-took-her-out-by-valmic-shridhar-mukund/)
• Gold and Memory by Peter Sartucci (DSF)
• 100 Ways to Pass as Human by Nicole Sbitani (DSF)
•  How to Make a Man Love You by HANNAH YANG (https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/how-to-make-a-man-love-you/)
• Imaginary Friends by Melissa Mead (DSF)
• Paw and Prejudice by Mary Soon Lee (DSF)
• WE’VE UPGRADED YOUR TOILET TO A SUBSCRIPTION-BASED MODEL by BRETT SHOLLENBERGER (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/weve-upgraded-your-toilet-to-a-subscription-based-model)
• On the Disappearance of Dragons by Mary Soon Lee (DSF)

 

Poetry:

•  WHY ARE YOUR POEMS SO DARK? BY LINDA PASTAN (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/41918/why-are-your-poems-so-dark) with thanks to https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/

 

Non-Fiction:

• The (edited) Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto by Kevin Roose (originally published in The New York Times on March 20, 2022) with annotations by Molly White, Matt Binder, Grady Booch, Amy Castor, Stephen Diehl, Dirty Bubble Media, Dr. Catherine Flick, David Gerard, Geoffrey Huntley, Bennett Tomlin, Neil Turkewitz, Ed Zitron, and some anonymous contributors. Published March 25, 2022. (https://www.mollywhite.net/annotations/latecomers-guide-to-crypto)
• Contemplating the Ruins of London: Macaulay's New Zealander and Others by David Skilton (http://literarylondon.org/london-journal/march2004/skilton.html)
• Shrinking the Gap: how the clothing brand lost its way by Eliza Brooke (https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/apr/05/gap-how-the-clothing-brand-lost-its-way-fashion-retail)
• Country diary: The field is alive with hares, and it’s breathtaking by Jim Perrin (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/09/country-diary-the-field-is-alive-with-hares-and-its-breathtaking)
• NFTS ARE HERE TO RUIN D&D by Linda Codega (https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-nft-gripnr-blockchain-dnd-ttrpg-1848686984)

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• Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green (K)
• ‘A nursery of the Commons’: how the Oxford Union created today’s ruling political class by Simon Kuper (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/apr/19/oxford-union-created-ruling-political-class-boris-johnson-michael-gove-theresa-may-rees-mogg)
• Apprenticeships in Britain c. 1890 – 1920 An overview based on contemporary evidence by Professor Krista Cowman (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/402423/Apprenticeships_1914.pdf)

• Court rulings show the delineation of employers’ rights over their apprentices in the early 20th century. Mr W. Alfred Keep, a Battersea barge builder was told that he ‘could not force his employees to undergo vaccination’ when one refused his wish to see his entire workforce vaccinated.

• SARS-CoV-2 transmission on planes by Katelyn Jetelina (https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/sars-cov-2-transmission-on-planes?r=10j3rh&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=direct)

 

Watched/Listened/”Attended”:

• Fantasy and Puppetry: Animating the Fantastic from the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow (online)
• Televising the future: Nineteen Eighty-Four and the imagination of Nigel Kneale (Cambridge Festival) (online)

Didn't go to Eastercon. Think this was the right decision. Did start going into the office for work. Think this, too, is the right decision.