Sure. Wraeththu by Storm Constantine. All of her books that I have read have characters who are more human than those most fiction authors can conjure- and not nearly as cool. Dan Simmons- Hyperion. If that ain't brain candy, I haven't read any yet. The Last Unicorn was so beautiful and haunting and raised so many questions for me. Etc.

I can see your point, yes. I think that this early in the site's history, we should probably focus more on the SF/F genre. I think having an "Other Lit" type section eventually is good- and that could include its own book club. And don't forget, within genres there are sub-genres. Some books blur the line, and often these are interesting reads.

I haven't yet read either of those, although the Kundera is on my list.

I do, yes, and have been doing so more recently than in the past. I usually find nonfiction dry and dull, but if I find something on a subject that interests me, it can grab me like a work of fiction. Well, in a different way, but you get what I mean. General fiction is always scary to me, because I feel like there's so much crap out there, and I haven't found a cool gen fic community that can help me sort out the crap like wotmania did. Classics is probably the one area I'll likely not dip my toes into much anymore. I have to say, Simmons makes points that are as deep and interesting as anything Kafka or Camus has written, but I actually enjoy reading him.