I think I should re-read both, actually - but when I think of how many essential books I still have to read *for the first time*, I despair a little...

Do you consider yourself a fantasy writer more than anything else? Me, I always seem to lose the magic as soon as I can, though I don't at all mind reading about it. But I can certainly identify with Wilde's despair about his characters being "all talk and no action" XD.