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Sunday morning...
A book, Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (2022), with a bookmark showing a 20-sided die, on a table next to a cup of coffee in a Franz Kafka mug
March 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Written by an sff author but historical (though 1,238 pages combined)
The spines of historical novels Hild (2013) and Menewood (2023) by Nicola Griffith
March 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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20/20
Cover of Following On, A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket by Emma John (2016)
December 4, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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19/20
Cover of The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser (1983)
December 2, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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18/20
Cover of Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays by Christopher Hitchens (2004)
December 1, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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17/20
Cover of Blue Belle by Andrew Vachss (1988), Burke series volume 3.
November 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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16/20
Front cover of An Atlas of Fantasy by J. B. Post (revised edition, 1979) Back cover of An Atlas of Fantasy by J. B. Post (revised edition, 1979)
November 29, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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15/20
Cover of Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories (2005) by Leigh Brackett. Collection of stories originally published 1942 - 1963, Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks number 46
November 28, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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14/20
Cover of The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay (1984) The Fionavar Tapestry Book One. UK Unwin paperback with Martin Springett cover
November 27, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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13/20
Cover of The Cornelius Quartet by Michael Moorcock (2013). Revised compilation of: The Final Programme (1968); A Cure for Cancer (1971); The English Assassin (1972); and The Condition of Muzak (1977)
November 26, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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12/20
Cover of The New St. George by Michael Basman (1993)
November 25, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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11/20

(Cheat - two for the price of one)
Cover of Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein (1963), NEL paperback with Tim White cover Kindle edition of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein by Farah Mendlesohn (2019), photograph of Heinlein on the cover
November 24, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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10/20
Cover of Ritual by Mo Hayder (2008)
November 23, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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9/20
Cover of Dr. No by Ian Fleming (1958). The cover is the spider-web on a blue background of the Pan edition, price three shillings and sixpence
November 22, 2024 at 6:52 AM
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8/20
Cover of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré (1963)
November 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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7/20
Covers of a A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912). On the left is the 1970s NEL paperback with cover painting by Bruce Pennington, on the right is the 1920 Methuen hardback
November 20, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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6/20
Cover of Faction Paradox: The Book of the War edited by Lawrence Miles (2002)
November 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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5/20
Cover of Joan of Arc: A History by Helen Castor (2014)
November 18, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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4/20
Cover of Jirel of Joiry by C. L. Moore (1969) [collection of stories first published in Weird Tales between 1934 and 1939] Next to the book is a Tolkien themed bookmark
November 17, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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3/20
Cover of Traveller Book 4: Mercenary by Frank Chadwick (1978) next to a cup of coffee
November 16, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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2/20
Cover of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (2018), next to a die showing the number two
November 15, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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1/20
Cover of The Wrestling by Simon Garfield (1996), featuring a photograph of Kendo Nagasaki. Next to the book is a twenty sided die with the number one uppermost
November 14, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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Early birthday presents ☕
Box of Twin Peaks top trump cards, with the cards for Agent Cooper, Gordon Cole, and the Giant laid out in front of them. Behind the cards is a set of Eraserhead badges
September 14, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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2020s...
Photo of a man in his fifties, wearing a grey jumper and black trousers standing in front of a door
April 21, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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1990s...
Picture of a man in his twenties, buffoonishly attired in a beige waistcoat and a tie with a lion on it, posing next to a bird bath
April 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM