Half a percent

So. I've just finished An Evil Guest, which is the new Gene Wolfe novel described by a certain Mr Gaiman here. He's right about the need to read it again, but then I always feel that way about Wolfe stories. It mostly comes across as a crime or espionage thriller until fairly near the end, when it becomes quite obvious that it's something else entirely (although it wears its horror quite lightly, all things considered). Anyway, it's very good indeed and I'm rather enjoying reading Wolfe standalone novels as they come out. There's a lot to be said for not having to remember three volumes' worth of character and incident at a time.

I need to go back to The Tree Is My Hat as well, as it is indeed a chilling little number.

I was just looking through a box of old games (I'm sure I haven't played any of them in fifteen years, so I should probably get rid of them - any of you interested in some old games?) and I found the first three parts (which I think is as far as it ran) of the comic adaptation of The Book Of The New Sun. I thought that had probably been binned more than a decade ago, so it's stunningly good news.

This is probably the only time you'll find me being quite this enthusiastic about comics.