Books Received--Gene Wolfe, Realms, Orcs, and More

Many books to talk about in what will be my last books received piece for at least a week or two. First off, the Meg Gardiner novels pictured above. I really love this series, and so I bought the mass markets in the bookstore even though I have advance reader copies. Very nice packaging, too....two very spiffy volumes, including a contributor copy......orcs should always been next to unicorns. Although the day after I took this photo, the unicorns book had been mysteriously savaged and I had to put it down......lovely editions I admit to buying rather than receiving......some serious lit...the mag will be going off to Kevin Brockmeier for BAF3 reading......tres graphic novels, including a Holly Black......anybody know anything about this one?...two cool gifts from Matt and Meg--thanks!...and a gift from Ann that is also very practical of her. I've been ODing on Frasier as a kind of guilty pleasure and some days it gives me an excuse not to write in the mornings. This way I can have my Frasier whenever I want! (Evil Monkey: How can you like Nabokov and Frasier, you moron. Jeff: How can I like Nabby, Frasier, and YOU? Evil Monkey: Good point.)