Mockingbird
Intriguing science fiction from the author of The Hustler and The Color Of Money.
It's a few hundred years in the future and a mankind coddled by robots and lulled into drugged sterility - both mental and physical is dwindling to it's last generation until a man in Ohio learns to read..
Raising so many ideas about the nature of humanity and the burdens of artificial intelligence this is really a very good bit of science fiction.
Boneshaker
It's got everything you'd ever want - a steampunk setting in Seattle, with zombies and airship pirates, oh and a kickass female protagonist who's handy with a shotgun...
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
When I first read this, Heinlein's last truly great book, I was blown away. Of course I was a pre-pubescent teenager at the time. While this remains a vastly entertaining romp, sadly it's dated badly by some bizarre sexual politics and heavy handed political theorizing.
The Drowned World
An extraordinarily powerful novel, The Drowned World takes place in a future where the greenhouse effect has transformed Northern Europe into a flooded tropical swamp.
The atmosphere of malaise and decay is utterly convincing and I feel haunted by it.
This is one the finest books I've ever read and I get the feeling this will linger in the memory for a long time.
Recommended without hesitation.
Second Foundation
Another two novella effort.
First half is the Mule's search for the second foundation post the events in Foundation & Empire.
Second half is about bayta's son and granddaughter and reveals more about the way the second foundation works.
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