I'm re-reading Tad Williams' "Otherland", a tetralogy of the most amazing and brilliantly creative cyber-fantasy ever (well, maybe the ONLY tetralogy of the most amazing and brilliantly creative cyber-fantasy ever).

Excellent writing, and so is his earlier "Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" series. Takes Tolkien's legacy where it deserved to go -- way above the fray of cheap imitators.

Cheers,
Michael