Currently reading
When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
Best Fantasy writer today. Period.This isn't your momma's Fantasy.
There are no quest's for the Holy Grail.
No Wizards with pointy hats.
Everything is gray; nothing is black and white.
I can think of no other author that can conceive the depth in characters as well as Martin.
New fantasy for a genre sorely in need of a new direction.