Reading: We have met the enemy, by Daniel Akst; The Authenticity Hoax, by Andrew Potter; Man Alone With Himself, by Friedrich Nietzsche. Just finished: Surface Detail, by Mr Banks; Super Freakonomics, by the guys who wrote it, Century Rain, by Alistair Reynolds, Transition, by Mr Banks, The Metatemporal Detective, by Michael Moorcock, Use of Weapons, by Iain M. Banks (love it... something new every time I read it), House of Suns, by Alistair Reynolds (vastly better than Pushing Ice), Firstborn, by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter (give me back my time, you hack... this book is hard SF pulp), Pushing Ice, by Alistair Reynolds, Elephantasm, by Tanith Lee, Matter, by Iain M. Banks (had to get it!), The Prefect, by Alistair Reynolds, assorted books about teenagers / growing up etc., Sunstorm, by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Time's Eye, by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows (ooh how exciting), Raising Real People by Andrew Fuller, The Big Bang by Simon Singh, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Watching: Game of Thrones, True Blood, otherwise have been TV phobes for yages. Procrastinating watching the end of BSG. Hanging out for: George RR Martin's next novel, before he dies on us... only a couple of weeks to go!