Finally reading "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel. Wouldn't have thought it possible to make Thomas Cromwell a sympathetic character but she's done it.

Also rereading some of the late Keith Roberts' short stories and novels. His most well known is "Pavane", an alternate history one. I've been reading "The Inner Wheel" which is at least its equal, about gestalt minds. His novels suffer a bit from usually originating as successive short stories in SF mags, but the level of imagination and the Wellsian/Kiplingesque but 1960s style makes up for this. He was apparently a VERY prickly, nay objectionable, chap who put just about everybody's back up, which is may be why some of his books are hard to find these days.

Oh yeah, "Electric Eden" (see other thread!) Flagged a bit towards the end, Rob Young must have a mind like a supercomputer though. Every folk interview for the past 50 years is grist to his mill.