My copy finally arrived in the mail. However, I have such a huge stack of books ahead of it, I'll be lucky to be able to sneak a peek at the shorter pieces every once in a while. I have already started on my reading list for next year.

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Marc: I take my hat off to you for having a reading list and sticking to it. I wander as a reader, have more books than I can deal with at a time going at the same time, start stuff, put it down and then finish it weeks later. Some I never get back to or haven't yet. There's probably something to be said for making a plan and sticking with it. The anthology looks good, though.

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Did I say I stick to it? I don't. It's just an excuse to make a list to fool myself into thinking I have some kind of organized plan. Since I'm reading for the PKD awards this year, I keep coming across stuff I really shouldn't read just now, and I want to keep track of it somewhere... If I get a copy of the book, it goes on a stack somewhere; the list is to remind me about stuff I don't have but might want to buy or get from the library as soon as the PKD reading period ends. But I will then end up treating the books exactly as you describe above. I often lose interest in a book and put it aside for later and never get back to it...life's too short to read anything that is less than compelling.

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"...life's too short to read anything that is less than compelling."
Precisely. How was the reading for the PKD Award? I remember doing the World Fantasy Award judging a few years back and that was just a load and a half. In a way it was very illuminating, though, seeing things I'd not known even existed, discovering cool stories I'd never have encountered otherwise.

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