Great books you read in 2009?
xorphy: I basically discovered Vernor Vinge.A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor VingeA Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor VingeThe Peace War, by Vernor VingeMarooned in Realtime, by Vernor VingeHyperion, by Dan SimmonsMrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt, a fun book about some math and physics problems