A Crash Course through John Brunner

James Davis Nicoll on one of the greats. Leads off with Jad Smith’s essential study and one of my all-time faves (The Stone That Never Came Down). Includes The Traveller in Black and leaves out The Whole Man, but nobody’s perfect.

Health

So I’ve been through another asthma siege, this one with extra added pneumonia. After much allopathic Western medicine I am breathing clearly again. There is a new wonder drug, and if I lived in a First World country that knew how to do public health, I would be getting my first shot today. My doctor is good at dealing with this sort of thing, and he says my prognosis is good.