Not done one of these in a while; acquired a few new titles in the interim, but workload throughout the institution has necessitated the, ah, temporary shelving of outreach activities in the accessions division*. Rather than go back and catch up, we’re just picking up from the present moment. So: I’ve never actually read The…

Seem to have done fairly well on the buy-fewer-books goal; more than two months since my last purchase. (This may be closely related to my being way behind on my reading rate compared to this time last year.) But I was passing the Science Fiction Bookstore with L____ yesterday and, well… I think she enabled…

Bonus weekend shift for the accessions department, here. The Giles because it sounds like the most interesting Clarke winner in a long long time, and lots of people whose opinions I value are speaking highly of it. Plus, y’know, sf poetry? Rare it even gets published, let alone wins awards. Gotta be worth a punt.…

Courtesy of the publishers, this one. Good cover; I’m sure the contents will be just as good.