From: tnusenet17@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/18/25 9:29 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   > On 30/09/2025 15.11, Tony Nance wrote:   
   >> Highlights and Lowlights - August-September 2025   
   >   
   >> Now Reading:   
   >> Long work - I don’t know   
   >> Collection - A Logic Named Joe - Leinster   
   >   
   > I never knew that there was a collection with this title. What do you have   
   > to say about the other works in it?   
   >   
      
   I've been in a reading slump for 2-3 months now, and haven't made much   
   progress. What I have read is very good. I simply like how Leinster   
   (Jenkins) writes, and most of his stuff doesn't feel dated to me - which   
   is kind of amazing considering how old it is.   
      
   You're very likely familiar with the title story. It's 24 pages long, as   
   is the second story, Dear Charles.   
      
   As Titus mentioned, Dear Charles is a comedy, in which a descendant from   
   nearly 1500 years in the future is writing to his ancestor, explaining   
   (amongst other things) why it's fine that he is stealing his girl.   
   Pretty good.   
      
   I am currently enjoying Gateway to Elsewhere (156 pages). It's kind of a   
   romp/adventure in which a young contemporary man (contemporary to 1952)   
   uses a coin from a parallel earth to guide him to that other place. Once   
   there he finds himself caught between the humans and the djinn who are   
   in conflict. It's very enjoyable so far.   
      
   I have not yet read the final three stories[1], but I'm looking forward   
   to them.   
      
   Tony   
   [1] The Duplicators(162 pages), The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator 20   
   pages), The Pirates of Zan (207 pages; aka The Pirates of Ersatz)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)