From Crime To - What

In a couple of weeks or so, Ill post the final round-up (months 11 and 12) of our year-long ploughing through the world of translated crime and thriller fiction. It has been a sinusoidal ride, and Im glad Im done. That is to say, there are still several tomes of grisly or humorous or exotic or quotidian murders remaining on our reading list, but We am ino hurry to get to them any more. A surfeit has been had. What should We tackleext We have been accumulating quite a store of science fiction and fantasy over the past year. Perhaps We should start reading these and deleting (They are all in PDF from the generous Tor Fiction website.)Ive also seen several possible candidates in - wait for it - translated science fiction Or even science fiction written in English byon-native-English-speakers And some of them are even women Who could have imagined anyone other than 80-year old male scions of the John W. Campbell days to attempt sci-fiNope. We shall be completely indisciplined. Ill grab whatever We get. Purely at random.And, randomly, ourame Is Aram is the first.
Okay, you're in the 14 Century and has taken a horse, and probably you've gone hunting, and a hare, and ask yourself how you could make a meal. Here's one possibility: Hew smalle ÞÝ rabbits in gobetus gode, Sethe hom in brothe, with all his blode; When taken soþun wondur wele, Draw Yogh h thurgh one streynour so þou have cele; unblanchid Take almonds, wasshe hom and Grynd; With mot hom brothe even temperament of kynde; Take onyons and perboyle hom þou And dresshe hom smalle, Kest hom in potWith all oþer thyngus and threw þér toWith venegur and salt, has þen þou doo.Whats that you say you dont speak Middle English Damn, what are you in the 14 Do-century England, then heres a modern translation: Hew your little rabbit in pieces well, they Seethe in broth with its blood, when it very well cooked, draw it through a sieve, then you have happiness, but wash Take unblanched almonds, and grind, with the same broth and mix them with friendly, Take onions and overheat, youeed them and dress them small, they threw in a pot with all other things and threw this with vinegar and salt, then you've done. (From the Liber Cure Cocorum.)

Of crime - what