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**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · 6m

The Weekly Challenge 331: Stringing Up Your Last Buddy #Perl #RakuLang #RustLang #Postscript #CrystalLang #Typst #PerlWeeklyChallenge #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/The_Weekly_Challenge_331__Stringing_Up_Your_Last_Buddy.html

RogerBW's BlogThe Weekly Challenge 331: Stringing Up Your Last BuddyI’ve been doing the <a href="http://theweeklychallenge.org/">Weekly Challenges</a>. <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-331/">The latest</a> involved string splitting and testing. (Note that this ends today.)

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · 1d

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Lora Selezh, Katherine Addison #Books #Fantasy #Mystery #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Lora_Selezh__Katherine_Addison.html

RogerBW's BlogLora Selezh, Katherine Addison2021 short story, fantasy in the Cemeteries of Amalo series, set before The Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar is contacted by a woman who's lost her business partner, but inherited the baby…

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · 2d

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Notes on Mongoose's Bayern 7: Disaster #TTRPG #2300AD #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Notes_on_Mongoose_s_Bayern_7__Disaster.html

RogerBW's BlogNotes on Mongoose's Bayern 7: DisasterThis is part of an ongoing series about the preparations I've made to run Mongoose's revised edition of the Bayern campaign for 2300AD. Spoilers for Adventure Seed 2.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · 3d

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Dreamships, Melissa Scott #Books #ScienceFiction #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Dreamships__Melissa_Scott.html

RogerBW's BlogDreamships, Melissa Scott1992 sf. Reverdy Jian is hired to test-fly an old, but still advanced, starship. But everyone has a different desired outcome, and a plan for achieving it.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · 4d

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Notes on Mongoose's Bayern 6: Derelict #TTRPG #2300AD #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Notes_on_Mongoose_s_Bayern_6__Derelict.html

RogerBW's BlogNotes on Mongoose's Bayern 6: DerelictThis is part of an ongoing series about the preparations I've made to run Mongoose's revised edition of the Bayern campaign for 2300AD. Spoilers for Adventure Seed 1.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · 5d

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

The Armourer's House, Rosemary Sutcliff #Books #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/The_Armourer_s_House__Rosemary_Sutcliff.html

RogerBW's BlogThe Armourer's House, Rosemary Sutcliff1951 historical fiction for young people. Some time in the 1530s, Tamsyn, an orphan, is sent from Devon to live with her cousins in London after her grandmother dies.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · 6d

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Dead Last, Annabel Chase #Books #Fantasy #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Dead_Last__Annabel_Chase.html

RogerBW's BlogDead Last, Annabel Chase2023 paranormal fantasy, third of a nine-book series. Lorelei Clay's efforts to keep a low profile are going to be in vain.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 20

Jul 20

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

The Weekly Challenge 330: Clear Title #Perl #RakuLang #RustLang #Postscript #CrystalLang #Typst #PerlWeeklyChallenge #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/The_Weekly_Challenge_330__Clear_Title.html

RogerBW's BlogThe Weekly Challenge 330: Clear TitleI’ve been doing the <a href="http://theweeklychallenge.org/">Weekly Challenges</a>. <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-330/">The latest</a> involved string manipulation. (Note that this ends today.)

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 19

Jul 19

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Cajole, Jenny Schwartz #Books #ScienceFiction #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Cajole__Jenny_Schwartz.html

RogerBW's BlogCajole, Jenny Schwartz2022 SF, fourth in a five-book series. Nora's new status leaves her learning to play politics in a hurry.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 18

Jul 18

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

The Rest Is Death, James Oswald #Books #Mystery #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/The_Rest_Is_Death__James_Oswald.html

RogerBW's BlogThe Rest Is Death, James Oswald2025 supernatural mystery in modern Edinburgh, fourteenth in Oswald's Inspector McLean series. DCI McLean is tapped to keep the billionaire happy by adding some rank to the investigation of a trivial break-in at a research lab under construction. Meanwhile DI Harrison chases down a casual labourer who's gone missing…

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 17

Jul 17

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Neighbourly Games 14 July #BoardGames #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Neighbourly_Games_14_July.html

RogerBW's BlogNeighbourly Games 14 JulyMore gaming with nearby friends.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 16

Jul 16

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Chimera's Star, Glynn Stewart #Books #ScienceFiction #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Chimera_s_Star__Glynn_Stewart.html

RogerBW's BlogChimera's Star, Glynn Stewart2024 SF, fourteenth of its series. Roslyn Chambers takes one of the experimental scout cruisers out in pursuit of the other, which was stolen at the end of the previous book.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 15

Jul 15

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Paladin's Hope, T Kingfisher #Books #Fantasy #Romance #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Paladin_s_Hope__T_Kingfisher.html

RogerBW's BlogPaladin's Hope, T Kingfisher2021 romantic fantasy. Piper is a lich-doctor, a medical examiner who also has the magical ability to feel what a corpse felt when it died. Galen is another of the dead Saint of Steel's former paladins, now working as a general troubleshooter and bodyguard for the Church of the White Rat.. Both of them are involved in the investigation of bizarrely-injured corpses floating down the river…

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 14

Jul 14

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

The Shortest Journey, Hazel Holt #Books #Mystery #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/The_Shortest_Journey__Hazel_Holt.html

RogerBW's BlogThe Shortest Journey, Hazel Holt1994 mystery. Sheila Malory regularly visits some of the residents at the local nursing home, and one of them has a daughter who's rather too keen on getting a power of attorney. Then the mother disappears…

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 13

Jul 13

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

The Weekly Challenge 329: Nice Counter #Perl #RustLang #PerlWeeklyChallenge #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/The_Weekly_Challenge_329__Nice_Counter.html

RogerBW's BlogThe Weekly Challenge 329: Nice CounterI’ve been doing the <a href="http://theweeklychallenge.org/">Weekly Challenges</a>. <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-329/">The latest</a> involved various string splitting and analysis. (Note that this ends today.)

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 12

Jul 12

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Echoes of the Imperium, Nicholas and Olivia Atwater #Books #Fantasy #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Echoes_of_the_Imperium__Nicholas_and_Olivia_Atwater.html

RogerBW's BlogEchoes of the Imperium, Nicholas and Olivia Atwater2024 steampunk fantasy. The Imperium was created by the Seelie Gods, but fell apart in civil war twenty years ago. Now, Captain William Blair uses his rackety old ship to run cargo between various unfriendly successor states. Because what a ship really is… is freedom.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 11

Jul 11

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Three Tales of Gabe and Rathna, Celia Lake #Books #Fantasy #Romance #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Three_Tales_of_Gabe_and_Rathna__Celia_Lake.html

RogerBW's BlogThree Tales of Gabe and Rathna, Celia Lake2021 romantic fantasy, side stories surrounding The Fossil Door.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 10

Jul 10

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Summer Stabcon 2025 #BoardGames #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Summer_Stabcon_2025.html

RogerBW's BlogSummer Stabcon 2025Back to the Masonic Hall for a damp and muggy weekend.

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 9

Jul 9

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Wooing the Witch Queen, Stephanie Burgis #Books #Fantasy #Romance #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Wooing_the_Witch_Queen__Stephanie_Burgis.html

RogerBW's BlogWooing the Witch Queen, Stephanie Burgis2025 romantic fantasy, first of a new series. Felix is the young, widowed Archduke, cowed by his family and waiting to be murdered in the pursuit of power, until he suddenly realises that there's nobody left that he cares about to be hurt if he runs away. Meanwhile, the villainous Queen Saskia seems to have the one kingdom where his family can't reach him…

**Roger BW** @RogerBW@discordian.social · Jul 8

Jul 8

Roger BW @RogerBW@discordian.social

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T. S. Eliot #Books #BlogFiredrakeOrg https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2025/07/Old_Possum_s_Book_of_Practical_Cats__T__S__Eliot.html

RogerBW's BlogOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T. S. Eliot1939 poetry, descriptions of various cats-about-town.

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