Today’s links The Adventures of Mary Darling: A cracking read, a virtuoso act of gender jiu-jitsu, a Sherlock story like no other, a rough trip to fairyland, and the real, true story of Peter Pan. What a book! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Colophon: All the rest. The Adventures of Mary Darling (permalink) Science fiction great Pat Murphy has written some classics – including books that were viciously suppressed by the heirs of JRR Tolkien! – but with The Adventures of Mary Darling, she’s outdone even her own impressive self: https://tachyonpublications.com/product/the-adventures-of-mary-darling/ The titular Mary Darling here is the mother of Wendy, John and and Michael Darling, the three children who are taken by Peter Pan to Neverland in JM Barrie’s 1902 book The Little White Bird, which later became Peter Pan. If you recall your Barrie, you’ll remember that it ends with the revelation that Wendy, John and Michael weren’t the first Darlings to go to Neverland: when Mary Darling was a girl, she, too, made the journey. Murphy’s novel opens with Mary Darling and her husband George coming home from a dinner party to discover their three children missing, the window open, and their nanny, a dog called Nana, barking frantically in the yard. John is frightened, but Mary is practically…Pluralistic: The Adventures of Mary Darling (06 May 2025)