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Right now I'm reading: Stoner, by John Edward Williams: A novel about a farm boy who becomes a professor of literature in early 20th-century Missouri; simply, beautifully written, very moving. The Boilerplate Rhino, by David Quammen: Picked this up because I found the title intriguing, and very quickly got hooked. It's a collection of short essays, originally written for Outside magazine, that touch on a wide variety of natural-science topics, from suburban lawns to the evolution of fruit to the mating habits of jellyfish. Quammen's a brilliant writer, and I plan to track down his other stuff when I'm finished. Reaper's Gale, by Steven Erikson: Volume seven of Erikson's humongous fantasy epic, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, my escapist-reading addiction of the past year. My goal is to finish all nine published books before the tenth and final volume comes out in March. I might get there.
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