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The Return by Mark Mustian (2000):  Mystery novel about a reporter specializing in investigating supernatural phenomena who finds himself caught up in the unfolding story of a Brazilian women claiming to be the reincarnation of Christ.

I was at the library, looking for Mark’s latest, The Gendarme, and found The Return instead.  Hoping that The Gendarme is available, once I finish this one.

A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (1999):  It’s the Qeng Ho and the Emergents, exploring the system of the On/Off star, discovering the Spiders, etc.  Hugo winner for Best Novel in 2000.

Prequel to Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep (1992; also a Hugo winner), which I read about five or six years ago.  At that time, I kept checking out A Deepness in the Sky from the library, hoping to find time to read it, and just kept getting distracted.  Recently, while walking through a different library, spotted it again and decided the time had come.

Random walks through libraries are a constant source of frustration to books who thought I might be reading them next.