Reviving a 15 yr old John Scalzi thread in modified form

[james_davis_nicoll]

(Modified because the thread is 15 yrs old):

Good, recent science fiction for people who don't read science fiction.

A: Audience is adult, intelligent, and literate.
B: No YA
C: No books before 2010.
D: Book has to be primarily SF, not fantasy.
E: Recommend a book that you would actually recommend to someone.

Comments

[davidgoldfarb]

As much as I love Among Others, I have trouble seeing how a book in which fairies do magic is SF rather than fantasy.

[voidampersand]

Guilty as charged! Not only that, The City & The City is a police procedural and Arctic Rising is a techno-thriller. Only Finders is straight SF, except it's queer.

But I would recommend Among Others anyway, because it is a novel about SF, even though it isn't SF technically.

[drplokta]

The City & The City is also out of scope. It was published in 2009.

[voidampersand]

That's what I get for starting with 2010 Hugo finalists.