Happy Birthday.

The all blur together, so I'm not coming up with a favorite.

This year my mom sent me a remote control insect-tank thing she found in clearance some where. My 3 year old daughter was very excited about helping unwrap it, but she didn't like it once it was open. She was hoping for more My Little Pony stuff. :)

Being on AT&T makes it not an option for me.

CDMA coverage is much better in the areas I need to use a phone. If it were available on Verizon or Sprint, it would be getting a much closer look.

I just have to hope the next (improved even!) version is available on more networks.

I was sticking with Fantasy before, if Science Fiction is ok too, the Ender series is hard to beat.

For hard Sci-Fi, Everything by David Brin is excellent. Also look at C.J. Cherryh's books, and Alan Dean Foster's Thranx Universe (Flinx and Icerigger are two of several subseries)

For The Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony, I thought the first few were good, but they got weaker as the series went on. My favorite series by him is Split Infinity/Blue Adept/Juxtaposition. Going back to his old stuff, Macroscope is really good (though sci-fi again) I also recommend the first few Xanth Books (A Spell for Chameleon, etc). I don't remember where the the best point to stop is. I think there are 30 or so books in the series now, though i've only ready the first dozen or so.

There are some good suggestions here already, especially Amber if you can find it.

I highly recommend the Spellsinger series from Alan Dean Foster. I think they were reprinted a few years ago, so you should be able to find them.

Also, take a look at the Riftwar saga by Raymon Feist. (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness at Sethanon, etc)

I wasn't an original reader, but I've been reading the site since at least 1999.

I'd just like to see more of everything. The variety in reviews is good. More Mac gadget connectivity info would be useful. The Tungsten T I was using died, so I've been PDA less for a few months.

I am trying to drop hints to my sisters to get me one of the remote control helicopters for Christmas... :)