- A review or commentary on William Blake's work.
- A SF/F reviewer posting about a non-genre work.
- Reviews of lit journals in addition to coverage of genre publications, as there are some great lit journals. I can't do this now, however, due to my series editorship of BAF and the demands it puts on me.
- A group of people, over the next year or so, to combine to review all of the Gollancz SF and Fantasy Masterworks books. I would imagine that 10 reviewers, covering 5-10 books each over the course of a year, could achieve this without emptying their savings.
- More reviews of non-Anglophone literature, whether it be genre or mimetic fiction or both. I do know that I plan on writing a review of Portuguese writer's David Soares' latest work, O Evangelho do Enforcado within the next month or two.
- More YA fiction coverage and not just Pat calling a derivative work he didn't like "YA" without having a full understanding of what constitutes YA fiction.
- More reviews of Peter Beagle's stories and novels.
- Someone who might be willing to (re)read David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and write a review of it, as I plan on reading it for the first time either this month or next.
- People talking about cover art developed by small presses or for midlist authors rather than focusing on a few covers that are designed for commercial bestsellers. Previous coverage has given, I believe, a distorted view of cover art for genre work in the US and elsewhere.
- Someone who is willing to (re)read either Edward Whittemore and/or Angela Carter's works, or at least one book of theirs. Blogging by several people of virtually the same types of books can lead to rather weary reading after a while.
- More cowbell in reviews, or at least more squirrel.
There, that ought to cover my wish list for the remainder of the year.
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