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- SuperMoses, on 10/11/2007, -6/+32Titties without nipples.
Usage: The economy was strong in the nineties and it's growth continued throughout the titties without nipples. - felchdonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18When I talk about '03, '04 etc., I always say "back in aught three" or "in aught four."
It reminds me of how people would have described the first decade of the 1900s, and prepares me for how I will talk as an old man.
I also have heard people refer to this decade as "the NAUGHTies." I like that. - GodsDragon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Well George R. R. Martin is one of the best new novelists in my opinion the only reason he was not listed here was more the likely because his work is more fantasy then science fiction.
- christopheles, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13The double oughts
- TeatimeGrommit, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Vernor Vinge (the bonus author) is the one to read. The rest can be left until you're wondering what to pick up from the public library.
- Araden, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Dang, people actually read Hamilton? I thought I was the only one. This is honestly the first place I've heard mention of him in a news story.
- ogremidget, on 10/11/2007, -5/+14George R. R. Martin should be on the list.
- torpy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9He's a fantasy author not a science fiction one.
It boggles me to see just how many people seem to consider 'fantasy' to be the same as, or even part of 'science-fiction'.. - elnerdo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I like to call them the Naughties.
- orientis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8When was it written?
/despairs for literacy - orientis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Also Peter F Hamilton is nothing like Heinlein whatsoever... Wtf? They are so dissimilar it's nonsense to suggest otherwise.
- Sil369, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10OT: 00's..... ok, 70s, 80s, 90s are easy to pronounce, but 00's? Zero-Zero's? Double-Oh's? Twenty-Oh's?
- schwit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7The current decade started in 2001. After the last year of the previous millennium, 2000.
- ptoast, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Two of the authors on that list have books online. For free.
Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End:
http://www.vrinimi.org/rainbowsend.html
Peter Watts' Blindsight:
http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm
Read your heart out :) - ptoast, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Whoops! I forgot John Scalzi has a novel online as well:
http://scalzi.com/agent/
Although, I find that despite loving John Scalzi, in my eyes hes more pulp sci fi than anything. Hes fun, and writes well, but I wouldn't have put him on a top scifi list. - lopati, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5greg egan _hands down_
http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/INCANDESCENCE/Incandescence.html - Kisama, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Yes, Broken Angels wasn't nearly as good as Altered Carbon, but what is? Woken Furies made up for it, anyway.
- Mitijea, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5As a huge fan of Dan Simmons, I hate to say, but his best stuff still seems to be his earlier efforts, especially around '89. The Hyperion Cantos were excellent and, if you like horror, Carrion Comfort is a must read. Not saying Ilium isn't good, just not on par with some of his other works.
- kingkilr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4*****, I've only read one of these! Time to go drop $50 at BN.
- Tigrou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4American Israel Public Affairs Committee is the most powerful group in Washington. Some years it is second in the official rankings (yes there are rankings for this type of thing). But what the **** does that have to do with SciFi? Give it a rest!
I've read most of the authors and they were fantastic. Greg Egan's Dispora is a must read for the crowd here. As my buddy put it, "The first time someone has convincingly shown the growth of new post-human intelligences". - orientis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Greg Egan is my favourite hard sci-fi author. Schild's Ladder, Permutation City, Diaspora, Quarantine. Read these books.
- LiquidChimera, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Stephen Baxter??
- arjie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Hey, I'm reading The Naked God now, it's right there on the desk.
The friend I borrowed the entire series from is a total nutcase, he keeps giving me fake spoilers bastard that he is. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Cory Doctorow is a hack. If you can make it past the first page of _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_ (or even get past the *title* of _Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town_) without wincing yourself into a cramp, there's probably just no hope for you.
Hating the RIAA doesn't make you an author, and a Creative Commons license won't do anything to improve your writing. - orientis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4The Night's Dawn trilogy is fantastic :) Excellent space opera. However I do agree with the commenter FTA who says that Hamilton always ends his books with a deus ex machina. Although that was pretty obviously going to happen in The Naked God.
P.S There's a great photo of Hamilton sitting in his study, with post-it notes covering the entire wall. - stro2425, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4No one said Dan Simmons. He is the best author out there. Illium is probably the best book I have ever read.
- SillyRabbits, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3@M3RCIN
If you don't have time to read, get audio books and listen to them on your commute to work and around town. Audible.com has a great selection (no affiliation, just a happy customer for 6+ years). I look forward to my commute now that I don't have to listen to used car ads and annoying radio jockeys. - dcherryholmes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I was surprised that Iain M. Banks did not make the list.
- orientis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4No, he won't.
- bmdhacks, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4What, no Robert Charles Wilson? I've read many of the books on that list, and it's my opinion that Spin (by RCW) is better than all of them. It's not just me either, it won the 2006 Hugo award for best novel.
- Bahimiron, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5I'd add China Mieville on there. King Rat was actually released in '98, but he really hit his stride with Perdito Street Station in '00 and its followups.
Then again, he could easily be called a fantasy writer rather than a sci-fi writer. Or even steampunk. So I guess it comes down to how fussy you are. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2In my opinion the value of lists like this one is to suggest authors to people who may not have discovered them yet, and to spark discussion where others do the same. Getting in the spirit of things, I want you all to run out right now and read 'Those Who Walk in Darkness' and 'What Fire Cannot Burn' written by John Ridley. He is a modern day pulp throwback. Not great literature, but fun reads. I read enough highbrow stuff in my job, so I read mostly lite stuff for entertainment.
- Rudrasksha, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I believe its pronounce "naughties"
- Tigrou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2You are kidding. Say you're kidding...
- icantseeyou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2An amazing list - I just ordered 5 books. I didn't even realize who wrote this list until the end.
- icantseeyou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The list is of post 2000 writers... read the article.
- Balanced, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2A lot of Timothy Zahn's key works were pre-2000, so he wouldn't be on this list.
- Balanced, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2As with other suggestions, he's been active for quite a bit before 2000 and thus not eligible.
- keysersoze1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Robert J Sawyer, Stephen Baxter, Wil McCarthy (his fiction is great but so is his non-fiction book Hacking Matter), I could probably name a dozen more.
- yusoshi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Look, if you haven't read Iain M. Banks - especially Excession or The Algebraist - you are seriously missing out on one of the best living sci-fi writers on this tiny sphere. He's more than active in the '00's - he's prolific.
- ricree, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@felchdonkey
I've never heard anyone actually use "aught" for dates in this decade. In general, "oh" seems to be the most common around me. "oh" 4, "oh" 7, etc. Still, I've never really heard a good term for this decade as a whole. - yusoshi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The Wasp Factory is literary fiction, not science fiction. He writes as Iain Banks for literary stuff (some of which is, as you say, disturbing) but as Iain M. Banks for all his Sci-Fi stuff. The difference with Banks is he is an extremely skilled writer who is into Sci-Fi - not a Sci-Fi fan who aspires to be a writer.
- Balanced, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Vernor Vinge's stuff (What I've read) is indeed excellent.
- LANjackal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Accelerando by Charles Stross is THE most inventive, imaginative novel I've ever read. Had me thinking about a lot of stuff for months afterwards. Highly recommended.
- CornrowWallace, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Richard K. Morgan is my new sci-fi hero.
I have read everything Larry Niven and Vernor Vinge did, plus Philip K. Dick's canon.
Morgan's "Altered Carbon" rocked my pendulous nadsack. The article/list author's views on Morgan were apt, IMHO, and thus I would attend to some of his other picks, as well.
YMMV. - Xinex, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Peter Watts' Blindsight is really good, by the way. It's free online along with most of his other stuff, and it's amazingly inventive. Shows what a marine biologist/science fiction writer can do.
- icantseeyou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Simmons is underrated and one of the best. However he is pre 2000.
- glitch47, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" deserves a mention.
Perhaps he doesn't come first to mind because he's not considered a science fiction novelist. - icantseeyou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Also I am in the middle of reading the Peter Hamilton saga (6 book series). It is overly long but worth a read. It's also pre-2000.
Still a good list.
How about Kevin Anderson - I think he is one of the best out there. - nullynull, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Agree with the Bester call, wish I had some Pyre to scatter around sometimes. :P
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