[Urbane Guerrilla]

Been promising myself I should give Moby Dick a proper run through ever since Jeff Smith so convincingly raved about it in Bone. (Series of graphic novels. Deeper and more complex than most, and a big hit.)

I recommend about any Zelazny, though I'd give the nod to his earlier Amber novels over his later. Perhaps it was that I was younger? His language has the sensibility of a poet's. For a Zelazny intro, hmm: try The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth. Collection of short stories that should tell you if you want more of the late Mr. Z.

Oh: John Myers Myers' Silverlock. Older than it looks. Ya gotta like a story that starts with two men, shipwrecked, clinging to a floating yard, falling into conversation -- and each shortly concluding the other is a world-class bullshitter.