I received a copy of William Gibson's Spook Country for my birthday and am anxious to read it. There has been much talk online from Gibson about how he's not writing science fiction anymore because we are living in a time that is indistinguishable from the science fiction futures he had created in past books.

One Guardian writer observed that this book could change the field of literary criticism. He notes how one fan has created a website, named after a magazine described in the book, to annotate the contents of Spook Country and anything that is written anywhere about it so chances are this very post and any of your comments may end up being referenced there.

If Gibson's not your cup of cyberspace, then here are some other recent science fiction book reviews that may mention titles worth seeking out. Even if you're not going to read the book, reviews are sometimes worth reading for their own sake. For example, I'm not interested in Harry Potter, but I couldn't resist Stephen King's review of the last book in the series.