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Yes indeed! Iain messes with your head, so well worth reading. DON'T start with Feersum Endjin - it's far too odd. Eeeeease yourself in with The Business or A Steep Approach to Garbadale. Yes, alright, technically they aren't sci-fi, but they are still well written. They also don't involve gibbons, visible or otherwise. For a real kick, I sometimes read The Business followed immediately by Pattern Recognition (William Gibson).
GraceKrispy (do you have a donut problem? I used to live next door to a krispy kreme, and I'm sure I got fatter just inhaling the smell walking past) : I think you've hit on something interesting: There is a weight, a pleasurable pressureI think in having this amazing collection of books to read anytime, anywhere. One of the things I love is choosing the next book to read from my collection.
At the same time, it's easy to read junk all the time: I ripped through Charlie Hustons stuff (cos it's free everywhere , innit?), and it's fun, but empty. So, need to balance this with solid, weighty fare. (Its like fruit: you need enough, but not too much).
DG: I'd love to hear more of your story - I used to live in the desert southwest, and loved the heat and the starkness. I have a vision of you (completely wrong, I'm sure), wafting around in a kaftan, kindle firmly in one hand.
Now, I hope you'll excuse me, the gibbons are waiting.
M
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