Books I've read in the last three months:
Gary Reback, Free the Market: Why Only the Government Can Keep the Market Competitive: very readable account of Gary's biggest cases. Since he's probably the biggest crusader for competition in Silicon Valley, actually very engaging overview of copyright, software, and antitrust, reminding us all how big incumbents use every trick in the book to slam the door on new market entrants, including the use of the law to block competition.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 3, Wolves at the Gate & Vol. 4, Time of Your Life: not as good as the first two bound volumes of Joss Whedon's comic book continuation of BtVS, but still better than anything on TV right now (and much better than Dollhouse).
Joss Whedon, Fray: because the BtVS story cycle indulges in some time traveling to intersect Fray, which is the story of a Slayer in the far future, I had to reread it. Still very good.
Norman Rush, Mating: recommended by a friend, perhaps the best love story I've ever read. A novel about the very closely observed relationship between a graduate student and a remarkable middle-aged man building a utopian African village community in Botswana in the 1980s. The ending is less that perfect, but the account of smart, observant grown-ups falling in love is remarkable.
JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows: after watching the latest movie, I skimmed book 6 and found myself actually re-reading book 7 (which is much better than 6). Hollywood better not screw it up as badly as they did book 6.
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