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Running out of Sci-Fi
Strewth! Now here's a thorny problem: I'm heading off for a few weeks on the road, caravan and spouse. Part of my "road " kit is a decent supply of books that don't challenge the brain too much. So I have been scouring my as-yet-unread Sci-Fi supply and come up empty. I've exhausted my supply of Sci-Fi authors.
Who do you read out of the newer generations of authors? Who has inherited the laurel from Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Aldiss etc?
I've read all I can get of Niven, Baxter, Stephensopn, Brinn, and a long list of others. Many of them seem to be target at the bodice-ripping end of Sci-Fi which we can safely ignore - along with tales of hopelessly clever adolescents and naiive but wealthy damsels challenging 10-legged monsters and finding love at the same time. But where is the next Enders Game, or the Red, Green, Blue Mars trilogy? What has replaced Rama and Foundation?
C'mon guys, rattle your libraries and tell me what you're reading that's worth the effort.
Peter
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