Oh, and his favorite Dean Koonts book is The Watchers! That's my favorite too.
I never read that one, but the other book he mentions, Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold is *my* absolute favorite!
Good taste.

He said in another interview that when he found out JM was going to read his book he did a happy dance through the living room. JB has a very endearing fangeek-streak.