Fannish Books

I admit it, some of my favourite fandoms are from books, and from time to time I buy books about my favourite fandoms.

My latest fannish acquisition is the second edition of the Codex Derynianus, by Katherine Kurtz and Robert Reginald. The first edition came and went so far it was out of print before I even knew it was available, and since used copies cost hundreds of dollars, I'd never even tried to get a copy.

But now there's an updated edition - to include the events of Kurtz's recent books - and I have it.

I have not, of course, read it from cover to cover, although I have browsed it and geeked happily while comparing my personally complied genealogical charts of the lineage of the Haldanes and the Dukes of Cassan and so on with the Codex entries, and you may rest assured that I will be reading my copy of Childe Morgan with the Codex at my side once it's out in paperback.

Until then, the Codex is sitting happily beside Michael Okuda's Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual on the fannish reference books shelf.