From the last time I posted, I was able to finish Tad Williams' epic fantasy novel,
The Dragonbone Chair. It was very slow, especially at the beginning, but I ended up enjoying its luxurious progress and very intricate and detailed world-building. I definitely plan on finishing up the trilogy, but I'll be reading a few other books before I continue with the massive second volume.
I did not finish William Gibson's
Neuromancer. Not because I didn't like it, but I got sidetracked doing other things, and so much time passed that I felt I needed to start over, which I will in the near-future.
I did end up reading an action-packed space opera:
Prador Moon by Neal Asher, which is another instalment in the wicked Polity setting, and this one is chronologically the earliest. It features the first contact and conflict between the human Polity and the Prador Second Kingdom. Lots of fun, some amazingly high-tech concepts, and very well thought out aliens. You can check out some of my
extended thoughts on this book here.
Currently, I'm reading the Victorian era novel
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's supposed to be one of the better industrial/social novels of the time, and Charles Dickens edited it and serialised it in his magazine. Only two chapters in, so can't say much so far, except that it's pretty easy reading.