My brain is over here chanting names like a mantra: Hoyle, Stapledon, Asimov, amen. Clarke, Heinlein, Clement, amen. Niven, Anderson, Pohl, amen. Vinge, Banks, Reynolds, amen. Asaro, Cherryh, Bujold, amen. (And so forth and so on.) Am I excited? Do I want to see more? Oh yes.