The B-29 Superfortress : A Comprehensive Registry of the Planes and Their Missions Book

I didn't intend to read the whole thing, but I have a weakness for encyclopedias. There are times I regretted reading it, because the author is a Fan and a Snooty Fan at that. He's at his best when he's laying out interesting bits of television and movie history, but his worst moments of "this author is going to express this close-minded fanboy opinion several times in a row" are pretty bad.

What fascinates me about this kind of overview is how much television production and writing have changed over several decades. There is a clear progression from the TV movie pilots and episodic series of the seventies to the serialized dramas of the last decade, and it's fun tracing the evolution of the writers, producers, and directors that made it happen.