Resolutions Revisited: February
Not a good month for watching films or reading books on the list, or indeed working on the To Do List. But it was dominated by marking and second marking and external marking. Some great comedy - Dave Gorman, Chris Addison, some fine comedy - Pappy’s, Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter to Richard Branson - and one okay - Jason Byrne. More booked and more on the way - Russell Howard and Punt and Dennis next January, John Bishop again.
To do list:
- Probably write another chapter on The Man Who Fell to Earth
- Write a section for another guide to sf
- Write an article on slipstream
- Write a chapter based on the proposal on narratives
- A 100,000 word book on seventies sf
18800 / 100000 words. 19% done!
- John Brunner, The Jagged Orbit
- Robert Silverberg, A Time of Changes
- Robert Merle, Malevil
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
- Frederik Pohl, Man Plus
- Wilson Tucker (special retroactive award for a novel from 1970), The Year of the Quiet Sun (1976)
- Michael G. Coney, Brontomek!
- Kingsley Amis,The Alteration
- Frederik Pohl, Gateway
- Vonda McIntyre, Dreamsnake
- Ian Watson, The Jonah Kit
- Michael Moorcock, Gloriana
- Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
- Gregory Benford, Timescape
- J. G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company
- Joan D. Vinge, The Snow Queen
- Wed 10 Mar 7.45pm Jo Caulfield
- Thur 25 March 7.45pm John Bishop
- Sat 27 Mar 7.45pm John Hegley
- Mon 29 Mar 7.45pm Zoe Lyons