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Another example of bad, bad continuity errors: more than a couple of times, Claudine's name has changed within a couple of paragraphs! To Claudette or Charlene or something and then back to Claudine. Wow. Just wow.

I have to say, I really like the many mentions of scent signatures in association with faerie magic: it's an ubiquitous and undeniable reminder that the entire fabric of these characters' lives is wholly different from mundane life. So it doesn't get tedious for me. (Further, I like figuring out what the scents say about the caster, if anything.)

Also, Luna isn't the only Japanese-derived faerie character in the novel as Lily is also Japanese. I didn't perceive the Japanese figures to be shoehorned in, but rather a reflection of San Francisco's immigration background.

My biggest issue with the first was, as interesting as it was, it was all mainly world-building and felt like prologue. Where was the real action, you know? A friend has warned me this trend continues in spots throughout, but I'm hoping it's not a main feature in the books to follow. I've got the next two borrowed so I'll find out relatively soon!

I haven't read the Percy Jackson novels, but I've seen where they're attempting to start a film franchise. Do you recommend them?

Re: Stardust, directed mostly at Rindis.

The movie was quite good, although you shouldn't look for a straight adaptation from the novel. The movie is a creature unto itself and grand for all that.

Also, I can't believe I forgot to suggest this in my first comment:

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin

I've heard good things about The Diamond Age, so that'll be the second one that I pick up.

Neverwhere has also been adapted into graphic novel format now, though Neil himself did not write the adaptation.

American Gods was indeed free for reading on his website for a month, but has been taken down now. His publishers did it as an experiment to see how it would affect sales-- and the sales on American Gods went up by something like 300%. It's likely they'll repeat the experiment in the future, then.

Thank you for posting this! I'll definitely move them up the to-read stack.

A funny thing: I bought this boxset used for my brother, in order to encourage him to read. For some reason, I never got around to giving it to him and so it's still in my library.

No Hitchhiker's Guide? Very well. I suggest:

The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Dune by Frank Herbert
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

I notice there are quite a few books listed that are the first in the series. In the interest of adding books that are stand-alones or largely independent, I offer the following:

The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (pretty sure this one's still in print)
The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne Valente (part of a duology, but that's not too far from my mission ;))

The only physical damage Raven had taken were the stab-and-slash wounds to his leg. Enzo set off the plank's sonic wave and shattered all Raven's glass knives so he'd be unable to use them anymore.

In RE: to Hiro getting a real job, I believe that was the whole point of the message he put in place of the SnowCrash bitmap. He's opening a Metaverse securities business because he and others have realized how vulnerable people can be in it.

LOL, have you been going through my shelves?! ;) I'll have to do the same!