Gibson, William.
Idoru.
(NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996).
P823.50 hardcover

Yes, people. Gibson is back. If you don't know what novel he's famous for then shame on you, you unworthy cybercitizen. Idoru takes us to the Japan that has always fascinated Gibson ever since he nearly made a scifi movie in that land of manga.

Kundera, Milan.
Slowness.
(NY: Harper Collins, 1995).
Translated from the French by Linda Asher.
P485.00 hardcover

Read the fine print: "translated from the French". This book is considered (by the French) to be Kundera's first novel written in French. But we get to read it in English, if we can bear it.

Linmark, R. Zamora.
Rolling the R's.
(NY: Kaya Production, 1995).
P693.00 hardcover

I think Linmark is a FilAm and is a barkada to Jessica Hagedorn. Linmark has also been published in Neil and Danton's Ladlad anthology. He lives in Honolulu.

Morgan, Judith; & Neil Morgan.
Dr. Seuss and Mr. Geisel: A Biography.
(NY: De Capo Press, 1995).
P493.50 paperback

For all of us whose childhoods got screwed up by blue eggs and ham. This is the defintive biography of the famous child-lover.

Pennac, Daniel.
Better Than Life.
(Toronto: Coach House Press, 1994).
Translated from the French by David Homel.
P559.50 harcover

This book is a must for booklovers, since it sums up and delivers in an easy accessible manner what we always believed about books, even if books do kill trees. A hit in France, it was published by Gallimard, famous publisher of Camus, Sarte, and Foucault.