I've stepped away from sf/f/h for the moment. Currently reading Fer-de-lance by Rex Stout, the first of the Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin novels. The ostensible narrator is Goodwin, and I'd almost forgotten how that voice draws you in. Or me, at any rate. Not as cynical or righteous as Philip Marlowe, not quite as ruthless as Sam Spade, Goodwin fills a spot somewhere between that's humorous, somewhat self-effacing, and not usually taken in by the Wolfe-ian bluster. And Wolfe is a distinctive, compelling character in his own right.
Also reading The Garner Files, a memoir by James Garner. I'm drawn to few celebrity memoirs, but Garner was a favorite from when I was growing up and saw reruns of Maverick to the run of The Rockford Files and pretty much everything I've seen of his between and after. The book captures his voice and while I feel there's some glossing over of some things, it's entertaining.
Randy M.