Peggy Hailey is one of our favorite people. The book buyer at Austin's own Book People, she's an ardent supporter of good sf/f, and of local talent in particular. And she's just damned good people, to boot. Over at RevolutionSF she weighs in on their annual "What is Best in Life?" feature, and singles out Jess Nevins's The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana, Adventure Vol. 1, and John Picacio's World Fantasy Award win as among the highlights of the year (rounding out her list with Lost, Kong, Polyphony 3 & 5, Jeff Ford's The Girl in the Glass and Jeff VanderMeer's Year-of-Mainstream-Domination). Thanks, Peggy!

Update: Oh, and it looks like Mark Finn has singled out Nevins's Fantastic Victoriana as the "Best Nonfiction Book for Geeks" on his list, too.