I've finished 'Thunderbird' by Jack McDevitt, and I have to admit I was a bit annoyed by the ending, especially because it's quite obviously 'inspired' by Arthur C. Clarke's novel 'Childhood's End' written in 1953. It would have been nice if the author had at least acknowledged that.
Next up was 'Penric's Demon', a novella by Lois MacMaster Bujold, set in her 'World of the Five Gods'. It's set between the events of 'The Hallowed Hunt' and the two Chalion books. Now I started with the followup novella 'Penric and the Shaman'. I'm normally not too hot on reading novellas and would have much prefered an actual new novel set in this world, but I'm not sure, it's going to happen anytime soon...
Anyway, it was a fun read so far, but, alas, much too short to tell much of a story. It's more like a few introductory chapters.