[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Now a complete change - Alexander McCall Smith's The Girl Who Married a Lion

An interesting collection of traditional stories from Botswana and Zimbabwe. I think I liked best the Hare and the Lion stories. The others are varied, and are very different to modern western fairy tales.

Now onto one re-read, Inferno and a new book, Escape from Hell, both by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

Inferno was first published in 1976. I probably read it in the early eighties. I've started the re-read, and it's surprising how much of it has stayed with me.

Escape from Hell was published last year. I hope it is a worthy sequel. Inferno doesn't leave you hanging - it's complete in itself, so it'll be interesting to see how they continue the story.