'Cause I *really* want one, especially if there is an Internet puppy with dark sunglasses t-shirt. Also, Charlie Stross never struck me as particularly puppylike, unless you can find a sardonic beer-drinking puppy. Oh, wait--I've met guide dogs like that.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/29/arthur-c-clarke-award-christopher-priest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/29/arthur-c-clarke-award-christopher-priest