[DrNefario]

I can't quite remember when I last updated this thread, but lately I have read:

Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord. Folklore fantasy that reminded me a bit of Neil Gaiman, particularly Stardust, albeit based on Senegalese folklore. Quite short, and with a strong "storyteller" narrative voice. I enjoyed it at the time, but it hasn't really stayed with me.

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm. A Hugo winner about a relatively unusual variant of the eco-catastrophe, where everyone and everything simply becomes sterile. It's a three-part story about the attempt to survive this through cloning, and I liked it a lot. The first part was the weakest.

The Man Who Went up in Smoke by Sjöwall and Wahlöö. The second Martin Beck novel. I read the first one last year, and wasn't hugely impressed, but the series has kind of grown on me. Beck is quite an unusual character, seemingly never surprised, and with a deadpan sense of humour. I think I might continue with them. There are ten in all, and the fourth one won an Edgar.

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. A wonderful piece of work. SF semi-disguised as Hindu mythology. Technology that is deliberately kept indistinguishable from magic. Another Hugo winner, and in my case, the very last one. I've now read all 65 of them (including the retro Hugos and counting Blackout/All Clear as two.) I'm glad I left myself a good one to end on. There's even a 1 in 5 chance I'll have read this year's winner, although I'll be slightly disappointed if that one wins. I'm not voting this time, or I'd be in the middle of the short list now.

Almost forgot to say: only one of those (the Karen Lord) was an ebook. The other three were all paperbacks.