Solicitation for book recommendations

[desfido]

So. I've got a day in January on which I get 10% off everything at Border's, plus a gift card, and some random other stuff, which basically means that some night prior to Thursday, I'm probably stopping by Borders and buying some books. While there are a few things I'm leaning towards probably purchasing, I would appreciate some recommendations as

Comments

[uilos]

I'd say you'd do fine with any of his stuff, but good luck finding it in a brick&mortar store that only sells new stuff.

[rbandrews]

Tucker gave me a copy of Heat of Fusion, and I think it is very good.

[jazzfish]

Depends on what you're looking for. Heat of Fusion is short stories, and has the advantage over nearly all JMF's other works of actually being in print. _The Last Hot Time_ is urban fantasy, and also in print, and thus readily available from Borders via special order.

_The Dragon Waiting_ is arguably his greatest work. It /may/ be in print.

Others that you can snag used off Amazon for a pittance include: _Web of Angels_, a very early cyberpunk novel; _Growing Up Weightless_, a young adult SF novel set on the moon (with a plot that is practically guaranteed to confuse you in the last thirty pages); _The Scholars of Night_, which I've not read; and two Star Trek novels.

I'd recommend _Heat of Fusion_ over _Last Hot Time_ on the simple grounds that you get a wider range of stuff that way. But really, you can't go wrong with any of it.

Other than that, read more Gene Wolfe. Of course.