• Schismatrix Plus, Bruce Sterling

  I figured out part way through this that I actually read this before. (Or rather, the Schismatrix part of it, since it's a collection of a novel and some related short stories.) Looking back at my log, I'd actually read it recently, just 3½ years ago. Worth rereading, though. I found them thought provoking.

• Powers of Two, copyright 2004 by Tim Powers, NESFA Press, 2004; ISBN: 1-886778-51-5.

  • The Skies Discrowned, copyright 1976 by Tim Powers, published by Laser Books; republished in slightly different form as Forsake the Sky by Tor Books, 1986.

  • Epitaph in Rust, copyright 1976 by Tim Powers, published by

    Laser Books; republished in corrected form as An Epitaph in Rust by NESFA Press, 1989.

These early novels by Tim Powers show little of the reality twisting genius of his later novels, but were still enjoyable.

• Planetary: Archaeologists of the Impossible, Book 1: All over the World and Other Stories; writer: Warren Ellis, Artist: John Cassaday, Colorist: Laura Depuy with David Baron and WildStorm FX; copyright 2000 Wildstorm Productions; originally published in magazine format as Planetary #1–6 and Planetary Preview, copyright 1998, 1999 Wildstorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics; ISBN 1-56389-648-6.

  It's been quite a while since I've read anything approaching a superhero comic with any regularity. This is probably as close as I've come. Very good. I'll probably have to find and read the rest of the compilations.

• The Bible Repairman, copyright 2005 by Tim Powers; Subterranean Press, 2nd printing; ISBN 1-59606-046-8.

  A slim pamphlet, containing one of Tim Powers' typically weird stories.

• A Soul in a Bottle, copyright 2006 by Tim Powers; Subterranean Press, 1st edition, 2006; ISBN 987-1-59606-075-3.

  A slim book with another of Tim Powers' typically weird stories.

• The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club, copyright 2007 by Kim Newman; MonkeyBrains Books; ISBN 1-932265-27-9.

  A delightful collection of alternative reality tales from Kim Newman. I wish the predecessor was available for a reasonable price.

• Jerico Moon, copyright 1998 by Matthew Woodring Stover; ROC/The Penguin Group, April 1998; ISBN 0-451-45678-5.

  An excellent historical fantasy.

• Strange Itineraries, copyright 2005 by Tim Powers; Tachyon Publications, 1st edition 2005, 3rd printing; ISBN 1-892391-23-6.

  The back proclaims “The Complete Short Stories of Tim Powers”; I rather hope they're wrong, as I'd love to read more short stories by Powers.

• Iron Dawn, copyright 1997 by Matthew Woodring Stover; ROC/The

  Penguin Group/, May 1997; ISBN 0-451-45590-8.

  There isn't nearly enough fantasy set in the history of the real world being written in the current era. I actually like this better than his more recent SF.