I just started reading Alistair Reynolds' book
Pushing Ice. So far, its starting out a bit like Clarke's
Rendezvous with Rama. Humans trying to investigate an giant alien ship before it leaves the solar system. I'll have to see what the author does to make this story unique.
Re-reading the RCN series by Drake. I'm on The Far Side of the Stars. (#3)
Like a lot of us here, I suspect, I'm generally a fan of military SF. For some reason I just could not get into this series, though. :-\
Also borrowed Gaiman's Norse Mythology off a friend. Okay fine, as an introduction for a first timer its good, but I've heard a couple of the tales retold in a more interesting manner.
I was really disappointed in Gaiman's
Norse Mythology. As you said, they were a serviceable retelling of the old stories, but I was really expecting an author like Gaiman to do something interesting with them, not just regurgitate them. :(