Books books books!!!

Well, only three actually:
Steampunk! edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant. This compilation of short stories is pretty good. It's not as groundbreaking as the introduction would lead you to believe, but there is a good variety in the stories. My favorite was Steamgirl, but most were actually pretty enjoyable. Overall the book is well designed with nice little icons for each story. The pages are thick and nice to feel. Checked out from KCLS. Might be the first one to read it, it seemed brand spankin' new!!

Excession by Iain M. Banks. A Culture novel, told largely from the point of view of various ships' Minds, it's a pretty good romp through the Culture-verse. If it's any indication of how good it was, I read it in about 5 days. Borrowed from a co-worker.

DMZ: Body of a Journalist by Brian Wood, art by Riccardo Burchielli. This is the second DMZ collection. I thought the first was darn good, and this is a worthy follow-up. Decent art doesn't detract from the story, but doesn't add a ton either. There's a large paranoia aspect to this one which is really fun. Checked out from KCLS.