Thanks for the Bujold information. I'm reading her mostly based on how cheap Half.com has the books, so I'll try to add Curse of Chalion soon. I get very twitchy when I don't have ten books on the "to read" shelf.

And ST gets plenty of nostalgia leeway from me. Even TNG, which ultimately won over my mind more than my heart. TOS was even more ludicrous, but with Kirk and Spock, who cared?