Wow, what a time for SQL books.  First I received my pre-ordered SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled by Grant Fritchey last week, about a week earlier than expected.  Grant is a friend from SQLServerCentral and PASS 2008 and a great guy to boot.  Follow the link to his blog where you will find more links to order his book online.

Then yesterday, I received my pre-ordered SQL Server 2008 Internals by Kalen Delaney, Paul S. Randal, Kimberly L. Tripp, Connor Cunningham, Adam Machanic, and Ben Nevarez two weeks ahead of schedule.  The incredible line up of writers on this book has made it the most hotly anticipated new SQL book in many years.

The irony is that becuase of the demands of my current project and because I am already behind in sumbitting my PASS 2009 proposals, I probable won't be able to get to them for a while yet.    Oh well.  Just thumbing through, both look great though ...