Why don't I have a reading icon? Still?

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I just found out that Iain M. Banks's Consider Phlebas is available for both the Nook and Amazon Kindle for 99 cents. I haven't read it yet, but it's one of those books people periodically throttle me for not having read yet, so it's probably worth checking out.

Also, Barnes & Noble's Free Friday book, God's War, is still available for free. There

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I think it's less a general 'all well-read people must have read this' at more the fact that I a) like space opera that b) deals with socio-cultural issues and intense worldbuilding and c) have a high tolerance for impenetrable/wandering plot.

Apparently this is the book for me? And I assume you all have the exact same taste in books as I do.

But yeah, all of my more cultured sci-fi friends look down upon me for not having read it yet. It's like I haven't seen Buffy or something. :D

And man, it really was a fascinating set of lectures-neither of them were all that long (maybe 45 minutes each), so they couldn't go very far in depth, but it was interesting to hear about. The munsingwear lecture was a little more interesting, but that might have also just been the strength of the presenter. And the Gil Elvgren lecture was still interesting: one of the points the presenter made was that in the 1920-30's, most pinup art was of exotic beauties lounging around, while the 'classic' pinup of the 40's and 50's is all of girls-next-door going about their day and accidentally hiking up their skirt. It's more cute and fun rather than sexy.

And haha-yeah, fancy's a word I'm always tempted to overuse. :D