One for Sorrow

Ooh, sorry for slight derail, but if you'd like to read something that plays around excellently with the "glorious futures" sort of theme in a fairly unconventional way, have a peek at Mercedes Lackey's The Fairy Godmother. I mean, I haven't been excited about something so deeply involved in fairy tale reimaginings and tropes, ever. The above book takes the idea of fate and destiny to the hilt in the most delicious fashion, and shows it all from the point of view of the people dashing around and making sure everything all goes well - the fairy godmothers.

Sorry for derailing here, sistermagpie, but it just really seemed an appropriate rec for the discussion ;)