Max Cairnduff
@maxcairnduff.bsky.social
Repairer of Reputations.
I used to ski in Banff. Oddly enough, people dressed for skiing in the day and for the cold in the evening.
I can totally imagine the Halloween thing!
I can totally imagine the Halloween thing!
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I used to ski in Banff. Oddly enough, people dressed for skiing in the day and for the cold in the evening.
I can totally imagine the Halloween thing!
I can totally imagine the Halloween thing!
It is a form of art. I mean that sounds an incredibly dull article and I wouldn’t read it, but fashion for me is a marriage of art and craft.
They’ll wear puffa jackets and skiwear btw because it’ll be cold…
They’ll wear puffa jackets and skiwear btw because it’ll be cold…
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
It is a form of art. I mean that sounds an incredibly dull article and I wouldn’t read it, but fashion for me is a marriage of art and craft.
They’ll wear puffa jackets and skiwear btw because it’ll be cold…
They’ll wear puffa jackets and skiwear btw because it’ll be cold…
Sometimes ignorance really is bliss. Glad I missed it. Ugh.
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Sometimes ignorance really is bliss. Glad I missed it. Ugh.
That all sounds fairly mad.
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
That all sounds fairly mad.
I do the same! Amazon wish list then buy from my local indie
February 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I do the same! Amazon wish list then buy from my local indie
I don’t buy new books for it but I have a legacy ebookshelf so don’t really need to.
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I don’t buy new books for it but I have a legacy ebookshelf so don’t really need to.
Spot on. I have an old kindle and use it for travel for precisely that reason. Plus I sometimes get insomnia and I can read it without turning a light on and waking my wife.
February 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Spot on. I have an old kindle and use it for travel for precisely that reason. Plus I sometimes get insomnia and I can read it without turning a light on and waking my wife.
I’ve read all his but the latest. I liked Zone a fair bit, it was my first, but it is a chunkster. Street of Thieves is less typically him but it’s slim and I thought still very good. Tell them of Battles could be a good into too.
February 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I’ve read all his but the latest. I liked Zone a fair bit, it was my first, but it is a chunkster. Street of Thieves is less typically him but it’s slim and I thought still very good. Tell them of Battles could be a good into too.
Genuinely funny and clever selfie
February 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Genuinely funny and clever selfie
I thought it was tomorrow!
February 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I thought it was tomorrow!
2026 reading 🧵
Astronomy and faith and love in various forms, requited and unrequited. Shades of Melmoth and shout-outs to Essex Serpent. Rich chewy prose. A tendency though to coincidence (or god or unfolding natural laws) as driver of plot. I liked it but perhaps didn’t love it.
Astronomy and faith and love in various forms, requited and unrequited. Shades of Melmoth and shout-outs to Essex Serpent. Rich chewy prose. A tendency though to coincidence (or god or unfolding natural laws) as driver of plot. I liked it but perhaps didn’t love it.
February 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
2026 reading 🧵
Astronomy and faith and love in various forms, requited and unrequited. Shades of Melmoth and shout-outs to Essex Serpent. Rich chewy prose. A tendency though to coincidence (or god or unfolding natural laws) as driver of plot. I liked it but perhaps didn’t love it.
Astronomy and faith and love in various forms, requited and unrequited. Shades of Melmoth and shout-outs to Essex Serpent. Rich chewy prose. A tendency though to coincidence (or god or unfolding natural laws) as driver of plot. I liked it but perhaps didn’t love it.
Many if not most of those commenting hadn’t I think actually read the novel.
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Many if not most of those commenting hadn’t I think actually read the novel.
I’d heard Tidal was good. If I left Apple ID probably go Presto as I mostly listen to classical and jazz these days.
January 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I’d heard Tidal was good. If I left Apple ID probably go Presto as I mostly listen to classical and jazz these days.
I buy CDs but mostly listen via Apple Music/Classical. The CD is so I have a backup if I ever lose my Apple Music subscription and to support the artists.
January 31, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I buy CDs but mostly listen via Apple Music/Classical. The CD is so I have a backup if I ever lose my Apple Music subscription and to support the artists.
I did wonder tbh how this wasn’t a sensible improvement that I wish my generation had introduced.
January 31, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I did wonder tbh how this wasn’t a sensible improvement that I wish my generation had introduced.
I mean Spotify are a terrible company so well done, but you may be there some time…
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I mean Spotify are a terrible company so well done, but you may be there some time…
I do like the covers on this series. Nicely done.
January 31, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I do like the covers on this series. Nicely done.
2026 reading 🧵
A bout of insomnia last night means I’ve finished my nighttime book sooner than expected. An enjoyable Miss Marple adventure. Miss Marple goes on holiday, but murderers do not and so she finds her beach-relaxation interrupted by an unexpected death. Fun as ever.
A bout of insomnia last night means I’ve finished my nighttime book sooner than expected. An enjoyable Miss Marple adventure. Miss Marple goes on holiday, but murderers do not and so she finds her beach-relaxation interrupted by an unexpected death. Fun as ever.
January 31, 2026 at 5:06 PM
2026 reading 🧵
A bout of insomnia last night means I’ve finished my nighttime book sooner than expected. An enjoyable Miss Marple adventure. Miss Marple goes on holiday, but murderers do not and so she finds her beach-relaxation interrupted by an unexpected death. Fun as ever.
A bout of insomnia last night means I’ve finished my nighttime book sooner than expected. An enjoyable Miss Marple adventure. Miss Marple goes on holiday, but murderers do not and so she finds her beach-relaxation interrupted by an unexpected death. Fun as ever.
That makes a great deal of sense.
January 31, 2026 at 12:57 PM
That makes a great deal of sense.
I didn’t know they did that. Aren’t they part of Waterstones?
I don’t much care if my lists are public or not but I admit it is weird how much of the trivia (to others) of our lives is now public.
I don’t much care if my lists are public or not but I admit it is weird how much of the trivia (to others) of our lives is now public.
January 31, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I didn’t know they did that. Aren’t they part of Waterstones?
I don’t much care if my lists are public or not but I admit it is weird how much of the trivia (to others) of our lives is now public.
I don’t much care if my lists are public or not but I admit it is weird how much of the trivia (to others) of our lives is now public.
Am now back on Enlightenment after a longer break than ideal, with Christie’s Caribbean Mystery for when I’m tired. Shame to have broken Enlightenment so but there wasn’t any choice.
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Am now back on Enlightenment after a longer break than ideal, with Christie’s Caribbean Mystery for when I’m tired. Shame to have broken Enlightenment so but there wasn’t any choice.
2026 reading 🧵
I hadn’t planned to read this yet but it worked well while I was still recovering. Another excellent and rightly lauded slice of xenoecological SF with good characterisation and amazing worldbuilding. Echoes of Shroud and Cage of Souls.
I hadn’t planned to read this yet but it worked well while I was still recovering. Another excellent and rightly lauded slice of xenoecological SF with good characterisation and amazing worldbuilding. Echoes of Shroud and Cage of Souls.
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 PM
2026 reading 🧵
I hadn’t planned to read this yet but it worked well while I was still recovering. Another excellent and rightly lauded slice of xenoecological SF with good characterisation and amazing worldbuilding. Echoes of Shroud and Cage of Souls.
I hadn’t planned to read this yet but it worked well while I was still recovering. Another excellent and rightly lauded slice of xenoecological SF with good characterisation and amazing worldbuilding. Echoes of Shroud and Cage of Souls.