2006-11-03 03:42:12 · 9 answers · asked by Jessy 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Probably the closest to the best sci-fi book I've read recently is "The Scar" by China Miéville. Brilliant story, brilliant characters and setting... everything about it was just great. It's kind of between science fiction and fantasy -- steampunk!
Steampunk rocks.
2006-11-03 04:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by Theo D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seem to have been reading mostly fantasy recently - though I have just re-read Capitol by Orson Scott Card.
In a series of short stories it is telling future history - based around the development of a drug that helps you sleep through years & so appear to live for a much longer time.
Oh, just noticed that you said 'New' ... & thinking about it, I'm reading an on-line book (very slowly as I prefer to read in bed in comfort) on the Baen Free Library site at the moment.
It's Crusade by David Weber.
http://www.webscription.net/10.1125/Baen/0671721119/0671721119.htm
A spaceship, claiming to be human, has just come out of a wormhole, down which all previous ships have disapeared, & seems intent upon resuming a war between the Humans & Orions that has been over for a long time. I'm just getting to the bit where it seems that they might be realising that the people on the spaceships just may not be human.
It's quite good but then I think David Weber books generally are.
That Baen Free Library site is great by the way - gives you a chance to sample before you buy.
2006-11-03 14:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by Solow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found "Prey" and "Timeline" to be pretty interesting. My all time "recent" favorite is still "Contact" by Carl Sagan. The movie didn't do the story justice. "Contact" has an amazing ending and touches on the whole "religion vs. science" issue while at the same time offering a realistic vision of what would happen if an alien intelligence was to ever contact us. It made me realize how small humanity really is...
2006-11-03 11:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by Jazz In 10-Forward 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Valentines Exile" by E.E. Knight, the newest installment of his "Vampire Earth" series. The "vampires" in this series aren't walking undead but particularly unpleasant beings from other worlds. Knight has taken what could have been a standard adventure/military sf setting , given it great characterization & protagonists that are humanly real and, much like Fred Saberhagens "Berserker" series , used it to explore notions of good and evil. Entertaining & thought provoking in one package, waiting with anticipation for the next installment.
2006-11-03 12:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I Wish I May: A Tale of the Fourth Millennium, by Richard O. Benton
http://richardobenton.com/books.htm
2006-11-03 13:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neil Gaiman "Neverwhere" not sure this is science fiction or mystique or other but it's not bad
2006-11-03 12:08:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its "Pebble in the Sky". isaac asimov's first science fiction novel.
2006-11-03 13:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by theallknowingguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really popular, this one :D
Artemis Fowl.
2006-11-03 13:10:09 · answer #8 · answered by kuronzai 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
harry potter book
2006-11-03 11:48:06 · answer #9 · answered by back248 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋