I just finished the first trade of Fatale, and it's brilliant. I'm really looking forward to the continuing series.

I've really got to get back to Vonnegut. I've loved everything I've ever read by him, but for some reason I just sort of stopped reading him years ago.

I'm a huge fan of American Gods, but couldn't get into Good Omens; I've tried three times and I've never been able to stick with it.

I'm looking forward to reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane, but am in no particular hurry; honestly, what I really want is to read How the Marquis Got His Coat Back, which I've been waiting for him to finish for a very long time.

Last month was the first time I ever chimed in on one of these, and it was great fun; I'm hoping this month proves to be the same.

Mary Doria Russell's Children of God was a solid ending to the story she began in The Sparrow, but then, that's a series of 2.

Aww, doesn't anybody actually LIKE Dr. Drew? Even a little? I used to love Loveline, and I still like some of the stuff he does. I guess I just don't think it's awful that if you're in the entertainment business long enough trying to actually make a difference, you eventually get to a point where you can try to…

Zodi Aykroyd?

Probably part of why Gaiman loves him so much; despite his larger works, Neil Gaiman is a short story author at heart.

It was a pretty decent quick read. Short and classic in a way fantasy never is today.

Noted. I'm excited to jump into it.

Solid point. I suppose I'll have to add that to the list, since I was already on that track. And come to think of it, I have read Zelazny; I read Jack of Shadows a few years ago.

I don't doubt it; "Forever Bound" was a goddamn revelation when I read it. I'd never read any Haldeman before, and that story hit me like a hammer in the chest. I promised my fiancee I'd read Scalzi next on my "Hugo & Nebula Tour" (I'm making a point of reading more of the winners and nominees because I've found I…

I should note, btw, that when I say "idea men", it's not just a casually sexist assumption that they're all men; I tend to find that this problem is less pronounced in female sci-fi authors. Margaret Atwood and Mary Doria Russell certainly don't have it, for example, nor do Ursula K. LeGuin nor Madeleine L'Engle.…

Yeah, I've heard nothing but good things about it, but what you've said works with what I've gleaned. There's a lot of that in sci-fi, sadly; Larry Niven is my all-time favorite science fiction author, but as a writer his work leaves a lot to be desired (from the tiny fact that I hate it that he spells the word "yeah"…

I get asked that a lot. I own the first 2 Amber books and have never read them because they were the last gift of a cheating ex. I'll get around to it; I can't hold that shit against the books themselves.

There are more than a few tales in Warriors that a casual reader can choke on; when I read it, I was moving and had all of 3 books out of boxes I could read, so I was stuck with it. I'm glad I was, as I read them all (with the exception of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander tale, as I don't read series out of order and I've…

Well, the series certainly isn't going anywhere, so you've got time. I'm just making sure I toss in my recommendation for one of fantasy's oft-overlooked gems, as I know it's tough for a lot of modern fantasy readers to dip back much further than 1990 when looking for something to read.

Yeah, I picked up Legends for Jordan's "New Spring" and ended up reading most of the stories in it, including "The Hedge Knight"; when Legends II came out, I picked it up for "The Sworn Sword" and ended up reading most of the stories in it, as well. "Homecoming" was Hobb's story from that anthology; the only new Hobb…

Covenant is an unlikeable crybaby and I didn't find the setting interesting. If those aren't concerns, then great.