Good weekend

We spent the weekend in Canterbury with Andrew Butler, British fan and academic and all-round good egg. Andrew is someone that we were very close to a few years ago and in recent times had lost touch a bit. So we spent the weekend mainly chatting (and playing very bad pool, which is always fun) and had a thoroughly enjoyable time.

What else? Finally finished Iain M. Banks The Algebraist. Very disappointing. There was a good background idea and some fun bits but overall it just didn't come together for me. The book I have found hardest to finish recently that I actually did finish (if that makes sense!).

I've now finished downloading cover images for the books I can find for my new book database. Still some other maintenance needed before it is completely up to scratch though (obsessive, me?).

I have also finished what I hope is the fourth and final draft of my short story. Hopefully should just need some grammatical & spelling tidying up now. Then I shall be girding up my loins and trying to submit it somewhere. Gulp!

Oh yes, and today is a bank holiday so I don't have to be at work!