Book log

P D James -- A Dalgliesh Trilogy
- "Shroud for a Nightingale"
- "The Black Tower"
- "Death of an Expert Witness"
Three of the early Dalgliesh novels in an omnibus edition. Good detective novels with lovely, lyrical prose.

P D James -- Unnatural Causes
Dalgliesh visits his aunt in a remote hamlet, and finds that one of the local writers has been murdered -- or has he?

Tanith Lee -- Electric Forest
Short sf novel exploring identity and manipulation via consciousness transfer into android bodies, with the usual Lee sting in the tail.

Catching up

Has anyone received their contract from Greg Herren for Distant Horizons yet? I haven't, but I don't want to bug the guy unnecessarily -- especially when I'm too jet-lagged to compose a coherent email.


Stuff from the snailmail while I was away:

-- cheque from Clean Sheets, dated 30 September, for short story published 23 August.
-- invoice from Waveney Webs for webhosting (watervole, remind me to do something about it...)
-- note from Bywater Books saying that the f/f anthology Desire at Work is cancelled. I'd assumed that, given the delay, but it's nice to have a formal letter rather than having to prod them now I'm home.
-- signed renewal contracts for The Syndicate series and Promises To Keep, plus signed contract for Dolphin Dreams


I've added a draft details page and unedited excerpts for forthcoming novel Dolphin Dreams to my website. No cover art or publisher link yet. Expected publication date is early next year.