Fantasy adventure with its finger pressed hard down on the fast-forward button all the way. Is it set in the far future, an alternative reality, or just somewhere imagined? Who cares. Read it.

This book has picked up some well-deserved awards. Bleaker than normal, it makes you think.

Want to see why Charles Stross is being hailed a genius to the science fiction scene? Look no further.

You might not think the world of investment banking needs much satire, what with the credit crunch and all, but El Tel takes the world of high finance and sticks it in Discworld anyway. Great fun.

A long way from Billy's original cyberpunk works, but he's as clever as always. And the scary thing about this is that it ain't even sci-fi anymore. I had that Big Brother in the back of my cab once..

More traditional epic fantasy, here, but streets ahead of the many others writing in this genre.

Now here's a fantasy novel that does have dragons, and lots of them. It also has a flintlock fantasy setting in a parallel reality Napoleonic war. The latest of the series.