Please Recommend some modern Science Fiction

gtc said:
Zoe's Tale is the fourth novel in a series by John Scalzi but I think it stands alone as it is written from the perspective of a 17 year old girl.
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GTC, thanks SO much for making this recommendation! I bought the first in the series (Old Mans War) after reading your post and then the wiki, then ordered all the others a couple of days later! :) The first book is currently on loan to my brother, the second book is being read by my dad and the third book is on loan to a work colleague!

I did manage to mess things up as usual and read Zoe's Tale before reading the Last Colony, but seeing as they cover the same time frame but from different perspectives, it still worked pretty well.
 
I can't believe no one has recommended Vernor Vinge yet. A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky are amazing.

I second Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead also, but I'm not sure I'd recommend any of his other stuff (except for Lost Boys, which isn't science fiction). Xenocide was decent, Shadow's of the Mind mediocre, Ender's Shadow pretty bad. I couldn't really get into his Alvin Maker series either.
 
CriticalSock said:
GTC, thanks SO much for making this recommendation! I bought the first in the series (Old Mans War) after reading your post and then the wiki, then ordered all the others a couple of days later! :) The first book is currently on loan to my brother, the second book is being read by my dad and the third book is on loan to a work colleague!

I did manage to mess things up as usual and read Zoe's Tale before reading the Last Colony, but seeing as they cover the same time frame but from different perspectives, it still worked pretty well.
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Thanks for the lovely comments! I'm so glad that I've encouraged someone else to read them.
 
FYI: The book club met to discuss World War Z last night and it was generally well-received. They will not be adverse to future sci fi or horror books, but don't want to read them exclusively. (The next book is a travelogue of some women living in Paris or somesuch.)

So thanks for all the suggestions. Mission accomplished!
 
Great news.

Will they be prepared once the zompocolypse comes?
 
Engine Summer by John Crowley.

Not so recent, but unmatched. Crowley's last true SF novel; having perfected SF he then moved on.

Respectfully,
Myriad
 
catsmate1 said:
Including The 97th Step, The Musashi Flex and The Omega Cage I hope.

I picked up The Man Who Never Missed many years ago at college, finished it that night and bought the other two the next day. Superb. :)
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Oh yeah I got'em. I picked up Black Steel in a used book store. Found The Albino Knife a few weeks later and a few of years ago finally got The Omega Cage.

ETA: Actually, including The Musashi Flex That would up it to 14-15 years.
 
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