Finished 2061 Odyssey Three

This seemed really out there and strange.  But everything bizarre was verified with research done before Arthur C. Clarke started writing it.  Which made it weirdly believable every step of the way.  I love that he can make the most complicated concepts understandable.  The man is superb.



I have now started Strange Brew, a book of short stories about witches (and wizards) edited by P. N. Elrod.  So far I've read "Seeing Eye" by Patricia Briggs about a blind witch who goes up against a scary rival coven, "Last Call" by Jim Butcher about Harry Dresden coming up against a demon witch who has bespelled his favorite beer, "Death Warmed Over" by Rachel Caine, about a "resurrectionist witch" who raises a corpse to help her solve several murders, "Vegas Odds", by Karen Chance, about a war mage attacked by bespelled people she knows, "Hecate's Golden Eye" by P. N. Elrod in which Jack Flemming must recover a purloined cursed diamond.  I have just started "Bacon" by Charlaine Harris, in which a vampire contacts a witch for what purpose I have not yet discovered.  So far all of the stories have been very entertaining and there are none I'd pan.