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If it's children's fantasy ... ... the various Redwall novels of Brian Jacques are excellent reads for adults and children. It was very satisfying to discover them and my sons were happy to have Dad find interest in something they read first (rather than the other way around). Dave Duncan...

What qualifies? Two that might fit that description: The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. I think of it as their take on what Star Trek could have been. For one thing, The Book, as the military calls it, would not have been thrown out. Example: ensigns do the dirty work...

Wish fulfillment ... When that book first came out, a friend of mine loved it so much, he wanted it to really happen! Niven and Pournelle are a great team, although their first few books are their best, but that's not enough: they are classics! The Mote in God's Eye -- Star Trek as it...

Old and new ... Hang in there with Cryptonomicon --Stephenson is a wild writer and really captures the computer geek psyche as something with very deep roots. And it appears to be the tip of an iceberg, with prequels on the way (Quicksilver --I believe is available; part one of a series). I...

Wondering ... Although I liked the Lynch movie, I wonder if the various treatments of Dune have harmed its sales. There are a lot of "sequels" that I haven't read, so it seems to be an industry of a sort. Are they good? The mention of Thomas Covenant makes me wonder if there will ever be a...