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Quiet, every day sci fi is right up my street. Ever since I ploughed through wyndhams books as a nipper in fact.
Have you read 'The Stone Man' by Luke Smitherd?
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Haven't read The Stone Man, will have to check it out.
I've just got back from a holiday, 3 books in 10 days, perfect. Read Ursula Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness and Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake. Both are the first I've read from either author.
Oryx and Crake is absolutely fantastic.
Left Hand of Darkness is really interesting, the language she uses is a bit overly sophisticated at times but the concept was great.
As above I highly recommend The Book of Strange New Things, and Under the Skin from same author, so different from the film (which I also loved).
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@t_w His other book The Book of Strange New Things is another awesome book, I love the sort of quiet, everydayness of his sci fi.
I'd also recommend John Wyndham if you're still looking for good SF, Day of the Triffids is incredible.