Franklyn de Gashe – a walk in the park
He’s a time-travelling, serial-killing poet and gentleman. In this charming tale of elephantine-auto-mobile development he finds himself in need of a tonic. A gentle stroll through the parklands of London will surely suffice to relax the skull after a night of severe indulgence.
A wondrous expanse of baise green beneath the smoggy sky. My mount picked up speed as it relished the grass between its skeletal toes. With my peasant-beating spear I directed my chair towards a certain copse in whose leafy shade I was confident of finding gentlemanly diversion.
The rest of the story is here and you can listen to it below at either Soundcloud or Reverbnation, as the fancy takes you.
Soundcloudery
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Reverbnation
http://www.reverbnation.com/captainpigheart/song/18758354-the-recreational-entertainment
2 thoughts on “Last Week: The Obelisk Gate by N K Jemisin, Agents of SHIELD, LEGO Hagrid’s Hut”
The Broken Earth Trilogy is phenomenal isn’t it? Jemisin is the kind of writer that makes me want to throw my computer across the room and shout ‘Oh what’s the point in trying!?!’
It’s hugely impressive. I’m very curious about how the final volume will play out, though I’m probably not gonna get to it for a while… I wonder how much of its seeming brilliance is down to the very unusual choice of second-person, which I’ve rarely encountered outside of Choose Your Own Adventure. Gives it a striking immediacy and intensity.
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