mieville, thorpe, womack
by uzwi
Barbaric Document has China M, determinedly not spoiling The City & The City for anyone. Read that book whatever else you do. I’m reviewing Hodd, by Adam Thorpe. Listening to: every accoustic guitar track I’ve got, through my shiny new Fat Man valve amp, very boomy. Re-reading: Womack, Let’s Put the Future Behind Us. Doing my ironing for: three days walking on the South Downs. Back on Wednesday, shan’t blog again ’til then.
the m john harrison blog 
That particular Womack is so good I take its neglect as a personal and painful affront. It’s among those books that cross my mind every day or so, jogged into memory by I don’t know what, nothing as mundane as scanning the news, but just the mental phantasia version of that.
Mike: that you do any ironing at all is weird enough. That you do it to go walking is even weirder. Is it code for something? Do you just mean packing?
Ah. My old stamping ground. Hope you made acquaintance with at least one Harvey’s.
Hi Marc. That & Heathern are my favourites of his.
Nick: it is weird, isn’t it ?
I did, Graeme. I also had something called “Iron Road” or similar. But I have to say I mainly had Makers Mark. Sorry.
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