Mr. Burke's Reading List

ANALOG PLUS 50: Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1973 Update the photo January went well, so let's do it again. A new serial (maybe I'll get to it) and a Spider Robinson story. The February 1973 issue of Analog has a new serial (maybe I'll get to it) and a Spider Robinson story. The usual explaination: For anyone finding these reviews, my purpose is two-fold: enjoying some "classic" sci-fi, and looking for stories that I think could be adapted for TV broadcast since so much of what shows up on anthology shows is rough to awful. Additional Note: I do NOT work in television. I just watch it. In this issue: Guest Editorial: "Beyond the Citizen" by R. G. Cleveland. I haven't read it yet. I'll get back to it. Serial: "The People of the Wind" (Part One of Three Parts), Poul Anderson, with an illustration by John Scoenherr showing a man with a tennis racket bending over to get something fr...

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (2022) (Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.) This was a book club selection. I read it a month before the meeting, so I may update this with group thoughts. TV Tropes, of all places, tells me that T. Kingfisher is a pen name of Ursula Vernon. This was the thinnest of the nominees for the monthly selection and I don't remember if it was my first choice. It might not have been because I'm sure Good Reads would've told me that it was an update on "The Fall of the House of Usher". I wasn't aware of this when I started reading it, but as soon as we get to the decrepit mansion owned by the Ushers, I had an inkling. I'm sure that I read the original story, that is to say, it was read aloud in class, in 11th grade English class, but I couldn't remember any particular d...

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (2022) (Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.) This was a book club selection. Since it's a recent book, getting an ebook wasn't easy to do. I managed to get the audiobook, which I didn't have time to finish, and then picked up the hardcover to finish it. That was an interesting ride. I listened to the first two chapters twice each to make sure I'd heard everything. My mind can wander while listening and I can put myself to sleep. I put myself to sleep with print and electronic books, too, but with those, you don't miss anything. I was about 2/3 of the way through when I had to return it and couldn't renew it. So I took over with the hardcover where I started with Chapter 3 so I could reread a lot of what I'd heard. There were six readers, but they each took a POV, so it wasn...

ePulp Sampler, Vol 1 created by John Picha (2013) (Not a review, just some notes to help me remember the things I've read. But written this way because it's the Internet, and some people will stumble across this page.) This was a freebie online while I was searching for "dieselpunk". I didn't realize how old it was. It says "edited by Kilroy" but everything online credits it to John Picha. The splash page says created by John Picha, Matthew J. Davies and Russ Bopp, and N. R. Grabe. The copyright notice show those four wrote the five stories (Picha writing two). There are five stories contained of varying lengths, with may be launchpads for other series. I haven't gotten to the point of checking that out yet. "Rurik of the Demonwatch: Arena of Death", Russ Bopp. We never really find out what the demon watch do (other than watch and battle demons). Rurik is traveling through someone's realm when he's captured and pu...