Wow, I read The Pillars of the Earth almost 20 years ago. Can I be smug now, like all those Cormac McCarthy fans were when Oprah started pimping The Road?

I heard he's writing a sequel, I wonder if there wasn't some payola involved. Not that Oprah really needs more money. (And maybe she's an unimpeachable pillar of integrity; I'm not interested in her and know very little about her.)