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<li><p><em>The Empire of Fear</em>, by Brian Stableford, copyright 1988; Carroll &
Graf, 1991. A rather more cerebral approach to the alternate history
vampire novel than Kim Newman's <em>Anno Dracula</em>.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Lord of the Silent Kingdom</em>, <em>A Novel of the Instrumentalities of
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<li><p><em>Star Well</em>, <em>An Anthony Villers Adventure</em>, by Alexei Panshin,
copyright 1968; Ace Books/Charter Communications, Inc./Grosset &
Dunlap, Augusth 1978. I think this is the first of Panshin's
delightful Anthony Villiers novels; thank goodness for Internet
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<li><p><em>Iron Kissed</em>, <em>A Mercy Thompson Novel</em> by Patricia Brigs, copyright
2008 by Hurog, Inc.; Ace/The Berkley Publishing Group/Penguin Group
(USA) Inc., January 2008. Another entry in Briggs' series about her
shapeshifting coyote/auto mechanic, Mercy Thompson. It was interesting
to find out more about her version of the Fae. I'm going to have to
find those of her novels that I don't already have.</p></li>
<li><p><em>For a Few Demons More</em>, Kim Harrison, copyright 2007;
EOS/HaperCollinsPublishers, December 2007. This is the fifth in
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<p>We played part 3 of an adventure that returned to the setting of a
campaign I ran in the <a class="reference external" href="pages/alusia-campaign/">Frontiers of Alusia</a> from 1985 to 1994.</p>
<p>N.A.B. wasn't able to attend this time, either, but the kids and I had
fun.</p>
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<p>We played part 2 of an adventure that returned to the setting of a
campaign I ran in the <a class="reference external" href="pages/alusia-campaign/">Frontiers of Alusia</a> from 1985 to 1994.</p>
<p>N.A.B. wasn't able to attend this time, but the kids and I had fun.</p>
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<p>We played part 1 of an adventure that returned to the setting of a
campaign I ran in the
<a class="reference external" href="pages/alusia-campaign/">Frontiers of Alusia</a> from 1985 to 1994.</p>
<p>I had one of the original players, N.A.B., and my daughter and my
niece and nephews for players. It was fun to see N.A.B.'s face when
he figured out where the adventure was set, and that the old
characters were in the same city as the new characters, and how he
insisted the new characters get as far away from the old characters as
they could. (I hadn't planned on there being any interaction anyway.)
And the kids and I had fun.</p>
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<li><p><em>The Devil Wives of Li Fong</em>, by E. Hoffmann Price, copyright 1979;
Del Rey/Ballantine Books.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Jade Enchantress</em>, by E. Hoffmann
Price, copyright 1982; Del Rey/Ballantine Books.</p></li>
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<p>E. Hoffmann Price, according to the blurbs in these two books, sold
his first fiction in 1924 and was writing full time by 1932, wrote
fantasy and non-fantasy alike, and knew many of the greats of the Pulp
Era. It is interesting to see that he was still writing books into the
1980s. These two, the first things I remember reading by Price (thank
goodness for Internet bookstores!), are enjoyable Chinese
fantasies. Well worth reading.</p>
<p>I haven't been keeping track of the books I've been reading for some
time, alas. I hope to be able to get back to it soon. I may try to
list at least some of the books that I read during the interim, but
when that happens I'll probably list them in a page to themselves,
rather than as part of this log. Say, maybe, <a class="reference external" href="pages/books-2006-2007/">here</a>.</p>
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<p>It's been a while since I've looked at <a class="reference external" href="http://factorcode.org/">Factor</a>, and things are looking good.</p>
<p>When using emacs with Factor under Microsoft Windows, remember to make
sure before you start Factor that <code class="docutils literal">emacsclient</code> is in your path, and
then do:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">"editors.emacs" require</pre>
<p>to tell Factor your going to use emacs. After that, make sure that
you've started the server in emacs with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">server-start</span></code> and try
something like:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">\ . edit</pre>
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<li><p><em>After the Thin Man</em>. Again, the <em>Thin Man</em> movies are not the sort
of movies I ordinarily like, but for some reason I rather enjoy them,
and this was no exception.</p></li>
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