Re: Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Friday, 27 June 2025

I have just finished Poul Anderson's _Agent of the Terran
Empire_, which replaced Bulldog in my go bag.  I think the
two are the same sub-sub genre, save that Bulldog doesn't
know that his empire is doomed (And no Long Night ensued,
albeit Vai Victus, as always, has been abundant.)  (Vae
Victor hasn't been all that rare.)

And that Flandry studiously avoids long-term relationships.

_The Book of Ash_ is next in line.  It's too thick for the
usual pocket of my go bag (I have left-over space in the
main compartment, having stopped carrying a light jacket),
and I suspect that nothing by Mary Gentle will be
appropriate distraction, but there aren't a lot of unread
books in the house.  I don't think Ethics for Nurses (1916)
could hold my attention long at a time.

But I get Dave back this coming Wednesday.  Then I can read
Usenet while he reads Analog and Hitchcock.

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Joy Beeson
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