I'm just curious who, if anyone, is going to answer 'no' here: 'Gee, I really don't want to read more stuff by one of my favorite writers.'

I, however, am one of those perhaps annoying readers who sometimes enjoy intros/afterwords more than the stories, although this has been the case mainly with Harlan Ellison, who often steals his own thunder with one of his rip-snorting true-life anecdotes: 'I wrote this story the day after facing down three machete-wielding pachucos in a back alley...'

A "yes" vote here, at the risk of feeling guilty for requesting yet another way for Caitlín to work too much.

Last night, I took my wife to the hospital because of a horribly nasty viral infection she caught. She was badly dehydrated, in a ton of pain, and generally out of it. I stayed with her, but since there wasn't a lot to do while waiting for the doctor and watching my wife doze off while being treated (she's much better now), I read Neil Gaiman's 1602.

I had the immensely beautiful hardcover (why can't more comics come out in Marvel's slightly oversized format?). And at the end of the story, Neil has an afterword, and I learned, among other things, that the story was a partial reaction to 9/11. And that added a layer to the story.

So count me in for afterwords.

What I'd really like is a commentary track, where I could toggle something on the book and have your thoughts appear underneath each line or something. But until diamond-age tech is available, I'll quite happily settle for afterwords.