What was the last great sci-fi/fantasy novel you read?

[staceyinastoria]

For me I just finished a book for book club that was called A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham.
Read A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

[TanRu]

Ooo good to hear a good review.

I have A Shadow in Summer lined up as soon as I finish A Feast for Crows

[Questionor]

Well I read the most recent Dresden paperback Changes by Jim Butcher which was great except for the cliffhanger that forces me to buy a short story book
Before that I read the most recent Starfist paperback Double Jeopardy by David Sherman and Dan Cragg which was OK.
And before that I was re-reading the Black Company books by Glen Cook which are awesome (I got as far as Bleak Seasons and will probably go back to them soon)
Currently I'm reading the most recent Codex Alera paperback First Lord's Fury also by Jim Butcher so far it's as good as the rest which are all very good.

[TheBauhausCure]

Does The Iron Council count?

Don't hurt me for liking China! Pleeeease

[boredoom]

Ha! By coincidence I just read A Shadow in Summer. I didn't think it was as good as his recent The Dragon's Path, which I talked about here. I think I'm going to skip the rest of the Long Price Quartet and wait for the next installment of Dagger and Coin. And yes, The Dragon's Path is the last great sci-fi/fantasy novel I've read.

[staceyinastoria]

I haven't read Abraham's other works, but they are on radar.
I really want to find a good sci-fi book for my book club. I don't read much of it, and every time i choose one it is like the worst book ever. Also known is Light by M. John Harrison.

[jjk999]

Right now I am reading Pohl's The Planet Merchants. What is so amazing about it is that it was science fiction back when it was written in the early 50's but isn't really so science fictiony now because so much of it was precient. It forsaw the over saturation of advertizing, the unchecked growth in power of corporations over governance, the development of eco activists and the divde that has grown between the haves and the have nots since the time the book was written.

For instance, the justifications the protagonist gives for why corporations have the moral right to control the govenment are eerily similar to recent arguments given to justify corporations being allowed to give even more money than before to political campagns.

[Leftahead]

HELL YES Iron Council counts.

I'm halfway through Kraken right now. It's China's British take on American Gods, and fantastic.

-JC

[Orctavius]

I'm currently rereading the Song of Ice and Fire in preparation for the next book's upcoming release. I love all four of the books released so far and hope the fifth installment equals their measure.

The last really great new book for me was The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, a dystopian post major ecological disaster novel. I highly recommend it.

[staceyinastoria]

I have thought about picking The Windup Girl for my bookclub, so it is nice to see someone give it a good review.