I picked up a copy of McSweeney's (or McSwy's, as it is is abbreviated therein) and spent most of my reading time on the plane with my nose buried in it. Great writing from contemporary authors: a morbid, chronically ill child navigates the hospital; a young Roman lives on Hadrian's wall; 1984/A Brave New World is re-appropriated by The Man... I just wish the author biographies were more extensive.