David Currie

Full of cold, achey all over with a blocked up nose

I've put the excellent Habsburg Encounters with Native America to one side to read the new Dan Brown, my guilty pleasure.Theres a connection though as its set in Prague! Its a lot of fun

Just finished Blitzers by Alistair Chisholm, it was a lot of fun. Although its a kids book there's a satirical swipe at the manosphere, Danny gets into online influencers when he's trying to train his Blitzer or electronic creature, to be more aggressive and it makes him aggressive.

Two new books I was pleased to take out of the library recently, both eagerly anticipated

My @tolkiensociety.org membership card came yesterday!

The story is The Withered Heart by G.G Pendarves

Reading the second story in this, a collection of stories from Weird Tales by women writers. A hard-up aristocrat discovers his ancestors heart and a message promising rewards if he bring him back to life.He and his best friend the narrator are reluctant but his beautiful wife is willing

@larichierouge.bsky.social French Rich?!

Yay discovered @dicknixon.bsky.social is on here!

Just finished it, such a great life-affirming ending while also setting us up for a sequel.Can't wait!

I'm watching Dune:Prophecy, just seen the first two episodes.I was surprised by how much I'm enjoying it! As it used to say on Ray Feist's books 'file under guilty.pleasure'.

Some glimpses into Westmoot 2025 Some glimpses into Westmoot 2025 including a summary of my keynote and links to other talks that have been since uploaded.

Some glimpses into Westmoot 2025 including a summary of my keynote on Eärendil and myth-making as well as links to a few other talks. #westmoot25. annasmol.net/2025/05/28/s...

Hirilorn...Tuesday tree pic

At first I thought it was a bit too tropey but as I've got into it it gets deeper, with lots in it about family and belonging as well as the usual good and evil.And of course *dragons* 🐉 are very cool, even if they do breathe fire!

I'm really enjoying Dragonborn by Struan Murray. Alex finds out she is actually a dragon like her much missed late father and her overprotective mum has been trying to protect her from her heritage.The wise and kind dragon/man Oliphos takes her to the island of Skralla to train her.

So I've just found that HarperCollins have just republished Christopher Tolkien's The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise...#excited @tolkiensociety.org

The emperor in the original Dune is shadowy and mysterious, even though Paul humbles him at the end its still a shock when it happens,but in this story we know Shaddam all too well, every dumb scheme and cruelty

Just read the last three comics in Dune:House Corrino and...well it would be wrong to say I didn't enjoy it, even though it was as dumb as a box of frogs.

I will never turn the opportunity throw shade at the fash, Christo- or otherwise.

“Nothing is inevitable. Do not be alone and do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire and join them.”

*Terrance

Terrace Dicks would have been 90 today.Hes responsible for getting me and millions of other kids to love reading

A memorable invention is the 'peeper' which look as harmless as a pair of binoculars with knobs on but tune into the viewers brains to create super vivid and realistic fantasy worlds that are so addictive that they are outlawed.

Just read Shadow World, a 1957 Galaxy Cliff Simak story about strange creatures-'Shadows'-who follow each man in a survey team around all the time.This story has several weird twists.The politics of the all male colonists is well evoked

A few creatures came and looked at them when the fire had died away.A fox passing through the wood on business of his own stopped several minutes and sniffed.
'Hobbits!' he thought. 'Well, what next...?
#TolkienReadingDay #ThreeIsCompany

I'll be marking #TolkienReadingDay today by reading Lotr,Chater III, Three is Company, when the friends start the quest and sing walking songs

🌳❤️🌳 #WorldRewildingDay #Rewild #RewildingTogether