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July 13th, 2012, 10:45 AM #1
Literary Science Fiction
The science fiction genre is a broad church and includes even those who resist the classification. I particulary appreciate literary novelists Margaret Atwood and David Mitchell. My favourites: The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake for Atwood; Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas for Mitchell. Any other suggestions? Anyone else rate these authors?
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July 17th, 2012, 05:36 AM #2
Oh, another one. Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Never Let me Go'.
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July 17th, 2012, 05:59 AM #3Registered User
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Toby Litt, Journey
Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
Liz Jensen, The Rapture, My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time
John Fowles, A Maggot
Lawrence Durrell, Tunc, Nunquam
Jeanette Winterson, The Stone Gods
Maggie Gee, The Ice People
Owen Sheers, Resistance
... it's also worth checking out the Arthur C Clarke Award shortlist as they often pick out such novels.
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June 15th, 2013, 05:51 PM #4Registered User
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The Sparrow; Children of God
Mary Doria Russell's duology is, to me, near the pinnacle of so-called literary science fiction. Beautiful, difficult, challenging, honest books. Seek them out!
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