[BigOlChiefsfan]

I'm just starting to read Ringworld by Larry Niven. One of the sci-fi 'classics' that I'd just skipped over for some reason. Odd, considering how many Niven/Pournelle books I like.

Just finished reading the latest in David Drake 'Lt. Leary' series, and the Court of the Crimson King by Stirling. Both are good, if you like the authors (I do). The Drake novel is just like all the others he writes...I happen to like the formula.
But the latest 'Mars and Venus' series from Stirling is an homage to all the 'life on nearby planets' books by authors like ER Burroughs that I grew up reading. I'm not Stirling's biggest fan, but these Mars and Venus books, I like.

'Flow My Tears' - mentioned above - is a tough read. It'll make more sense as you plow thru it but it's not an easy book.

One more book I read recently that I should mention. "Quartered Safe Out Here" by George MacDonald Fraser. GMF passed away this year, you may know him as the author of the Flashman series of historical fiction. Funny, funny stuff. He also wrote a few screenplays - the three musketeers/four musketeers is worth a rent sometime, just to see Rachel Welch fall down a lot...she looks GOOD doing pratfalls.
Anyway, QSOH is about Fraser's time in the British Army, fighting the japanese in Burma. A great 'common man' war diary, an excellent read, highly recommended. For the record, Fraser is opposite of political-correctness. If you can't stand that heat, stay out of his kitchen.