[ShiftyEyedWaterboy]

In the past year I've read:

Solar Cycle by Gene Wolfe (The Book of the New Sun, The Book of the Long Sun, The Book of the Short Sun): Probably my new favorite series. I saw the guy getting a shit load of praise from people like Le Guin, Mieville, GRRM, and Alastair Reynolds and decided to dive in. Mieville calls him the greatest living author and there are some nods to Wolfe in Game of Thrones. Incredibly intricate/beautiful writing. Loved the dream-like quality it has. Kinda a mashup of sci-fi and fantasy set in the far future as the sun is dying. Very literary.

House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds: Really loved this one, too. The worlds Reynolds builds are great. Loved the timespan this covers, too.

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny: Another great one.

When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger: Cyberpunk/neo-noir set in the middle-east. Didn't love it but it was pretty good.

Rifters Trilogy by Peter Watts: Loved this. You could probably call it cyberpunk. Holy shit Watts is a bleak guy, though.

Diaspora by Greg Egan: Probably the "hardest" hard sci-fi I've ever read. Lots of math, physics, and geometry. Pretty mind blowing stuff about the singularity and the possible future of mankind. Loved it.

Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick: Apparently heavily influenced by Gene Wolfe. It was pretty good but he doesn't pull it off quite as well as Wolfe does.

Reading Rendezvous with Rama right now by Clarke. Enjoying it so far. I've probably left some stuff off the list but that's what I remember.