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Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: recommendations for great science fictionwritten in the last 10 years?



You can skip, "Zodiac", though.  It was his first and most definitely not in the same league as his later books.

And don't forget William Gibson!  Try "Idoru".

Chris

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From: "mark francombe" <mark@markfrancombe.com>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:14:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: recommendations for great science fiction written  in the last 10 years?

DEFINATELY the Diamond Age, or from the same author Snow Crash.

What Neil Stevendon does is present you with a world for a bit ( Nano technology works, in Diamond Age, or Everyone has a second virtual life in Snow Crash) and then gives you a run of the mill exiting rollacoaster of a novel, based on those presumptions.. LOVE HIM...

I just read Anathem, his latest, also genius, but a bit long and heavy for a "trip book"..

Of the 3 .. Diamond Age, lots of cool stuff.. changed the way I think about e-learning (my day-job) as a matter of fact...

enjoy

M

PS:
but surely.. all planes have SO MUCH inflight fun... catch up on all them films you missed... play Super Mario... Or my favorite... (but expensive) use the seat-back phone to call a random seat for a chat!!!








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