...with that Dark Tower series that I have had many readers tell me is so incredibly good. I just received the final installment, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower. Actually, this is the paperback version but I know a lot of people wait for paperback before they buy, so there you go. If you do check it out, please note the pictures on the back of King. Weird.

There’s yet another book about Winston Churchill available, which I mention because Churchill is one of my favorite 20th Century leaders. Or figures. Whatever word you want to use. Anyway he was interesting. In fact, in my pre-fatherhood days, which is to say my drinking days, I used to go a bar in Houston called The Red Lion, which had pictures of Churchill on every wall. Anyway, the new book, by Geoffrey Best, is Churchill And War. Here’s a photo of the cover, which is classic Churchill:

On a completely different topic, Tor books will soon release Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories of Frederik Pohl, which includes 30 stories from the science fiction giant.