I have a question for the SF readers...
Nov. 21st, 2007 06:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunrabOK, I read a short story maybe 2 decades ago, in one of the SF magazines, I don't remember which one. It was a holiday story, lightweight and humorous. The basic plot was, some group plans to feed a turkey dinner to every homeless person - but then they get into all kind of bureaucratic wrangling, first it's gotta be evenly split between light and dark meat so there's no color bias, then there has to be something for the vegetarians - gets way complex and tangled. Does ANYONE else out there remember that story and could help me track it down? I thought maybe, from the style I remember of it, it might be Connie Willis, but I am not finding anything by her that matches that plot. Surely I wasn't imagining the whole thing - I don't have that good an imagination.
Recent reading:
Blood is the New Black - vampire chick lit, light and fluffy, better than I expected. Read my review here at Amazon.com. (As ever, clicking the little Yes button under my review would be much appreciated.
Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge by Don Lattin. Basically true crime with cult religion thrown in.
Justice Denied - J.A. Jance's latest in her JP Beaumont series, murder mysteries set in the Seattle area. Not bad, but they're getting a bit predictable and a bit stretched out at the same time. JP is an interesting character, his current love interest is also interesting, but the victims and the criminals in this particular volume aren't so interesting.
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 -![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
urbpan, you have GOT to read this one if you haven't already. Articles from the usual magazines such as Natural History and The New Yorker, but also from some unexpected sources, such as Men's Health. Autopsies to birds, weasels to lemurs, and lots in between.
Howard Who? - collection of short stories by Howard Waldrop. Of course it includes "Ugly Chickens" but also some newer stuff. I don't need to say much more than that for the SF fans.
Best American Mystery Stories edited by Scott Turow. Some good ones in here, although I don't think I'll ever really like Joyce Carol Oates as a mystery writer.
I love lemurs.
Recent reading:
Blood is the New Black - vampire chick lit, light and fluffy, better than I expected. Read my review here at Amazon.com. (As ever, clicking the little Yes button under my review would be much appreciated.
Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge by Don Lattin. Basically true crime with cult religion thrown in.
Justice Denied - J.A. Jance's latest in her JP Beaumont series, murder mysteries set in the Seattle area. Not bad, but they're getting a bit predictable and a bit stretched out at the same time. JP is an interesting character, his current love interest is also interesting, but the victims and the criminals in this particular volume aren't so interesting.
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 -
urbpan, you have GOT to read this one if you haven't already. Articles from the usual magazines such as Natural History and The New Yorker, but also from some unexpected sources, such as Men's Health. Autopsies to birds, weasels to lemurs, and lots in between.Howard Who? - collection of short stories by Howard Waldrop. Of course it includes "Ugly Chickens" but also some newer stuff. I don't need to say much more than that for the SF fans.
Best American Mystery Stories edited by Scott Turow. Some good ones in here, although I don't think I'll ever really like Joyce Carol Oates as a mystery writer.
I love lemurs.
