Sentient Friction
These are good days, good days indeed, for new and forthcoming science-fiction novels and other books. The following are titles of which Media Dieticians should be aware:

As Above, So Below by Rudy Rucker (Forge)

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (Tor)

Little Doors by Paul Di Filippo (Four Walls Eight Windows)

The Man Who Saw the Glory by John Brunner (Darkside)

Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels by Fredric Brown (NESFA)

Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (Penguin/Putnam)

Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next 50 Years by Bruce Sterling (Random House)

The Ultimate Cyberpunk edited by Pat Cadigan (Pocket/ibooks)