Leave it to the English novelist community to shun the one field that is undergoing a golden age. Seriously, what recent books with any staying power have come

Leave it to the English novelist community to shun the one field that is undergoing a golden age. Seriously, what recent books with any staying power have come out of the non-SF/fantasy genres? Meanwhile, authors like Liu Cixin and Peter Watts are churning out some of the most interesting material around.