What's REALLY weird about this, before I even read what you wrote, is that I'm reading that book.

I tend to read a lot of books at once; I started that one just before leaving for vacation a couple of weeks ago. I read other stuff while there, so it's sort of in the half-discarded pile, but I'm about halfway through it so i'll probably finish it. And now just this coincidence has me wanting to finish it. That's a pretty old, obscure kinda book for both of us to pick up and start reading at approximately the same time.

I bought a paperback copy of it, used, a few months back when I went to the store armed with some list of the 100 best sci-fi something-or-others. I don't remember if that book was on there or just the author, but maybe we both read that list? Did I find it through here? i can't remember.