Funnily enough, when John Scalzi mentioned this, my response was 'interesting, but maybe I'll pass on this one'. Now that I know you're involved? My brain immediately switched to 'I'll just eat ramen next month - I need this thing!' And that makes the second thing you've persuaded me to buy in as many days, since I bought Hex and the City as soon as you mentioned it. ^_^ I'm saving Hex and the City for my flight to Seattle next week so I can squee over it with my girlfriend (who is a huge Istas fangirl).