I wondered why it was that as the years rolled by, I'd find myself re-reading a lot of books and sadly walking away from shelves in the library and bookstores (while cruising used bookstores more and more). Now I know. It wasn't that there weren't writers producing what interested me, it was that - much like the salad dressing industry - printing companies were deciding what was "in" without paying any attention to what their customers would want.

Even more of a disappointment is getting a glut of well-written books in a particular sub-genre only to find that new titles are no longer being offered. Much like searching the grocery shelves for "Ceasar Parmasan" salad dressing. Oh yea, good marketing... get the consumer to develop a taste for something and then take it away. (I actually miss hard Science Fiction.)