Awesome/Non-awesome

scott_lynch's Red Seas Under Red Skies -- awesome. I have Teh Envy. (Except for the trick he uses--also used in Snake Agent--of opening at a random tense moment that happens late in the book, and then by the time you actually make it to that scene, it's nothing particularly interesting. That's not awesome.)

The Bourne Ultimatum -- also pretty awesome. I must admit I liked it more than Stardust, and that's kinda sad.

And for a brief interlude into the non-awesome... I know I suck at teh feminism, but saying "I won't pick up/read/buy an anthology with only male authors on the cover" is any fucking use to anyone how, exactly? Or is the whole secret point of equal rights to make everyone equally shallow and dumb?