The next meeting is on Saturday January 18th in the Storyhouse meeting room. We will be discussing The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers.

This is an odd book and I find myself struggling for a good way to describe it. I think I’ll just quote Wikipedia, and leave to you to it!

The novel has similarities with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in the frequent occurrence of excerpts from Professor Abdullah Nightingale’s The Encyclopedia of Marvels, Life Forms and Other Phenomena of Zamonia and its Environs within the narrative. There are also similarities in the ironic sense of humor found in both works. It also has similarities to both The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen and The Phantom Tollbooth in its description of fantastical adventures and travels. It also owes a lot to the Moomintroll books.

In case you missed the meeting and you know I hate promoting my own books but the sequel to Suppose We was released (maybe as a distraction) on election night and I’ve blogged it here – links included. Feel free to comment, blow raspberries, etc.

Falling Up released

In other words this is a blog referencing another blog. Recursive?