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Comment author: username2 08 February 2016 10:41:48AM 3 points [-]

What are your favorite recent (2011-present) Science Fiction novels?

Comment author: James_Miller 08 February 2016 08:26:07PM 11 points [-]

Worm

Comment author: MaximumLiberty 10 February 2016 02:49:12AM 3 points [-]

Absolutely. Best thing I've read in years. Reading Twig now.

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Comment author: WalterL 10 February 2016 07:08:10PM 2 points [-]

Yeah! Basically anything Wildbow does is gold.

Comment author: Dagon 09 February 2016 06:00:48AM *  5 points [-]

Thanks for making the question plural :) I'll second the vote for Worm. And add the recently-mentioned-here novel Crystal Society, which I'm only partly done with, and can say it's worthwhile even if it goes to crap from here. Favorite recent mainstream scifi is Among Others.

Comment author: philh 08 February 2016 10:55:24AM 5 points [-]

The Martian.

Comment author: CellBioGuy 10 February 2016 04:12:41AM *  3 points [-]

Ancillary Justice (Anne Leckie) <the sequels aren't very good though>

The Long Earth (Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter)

The Martian was a page-turner for sure but I think it actually worked better as a movie.

This is tough, I just realized how many of my favorite books I read in the last 5 years were actually written in either the early 2000s or the 1930s.

Comment author: Baughn 08 February 2016 11:19:26AM 1 point [-]

The Clockwork Rocket

Comment author: drethelin 13 February 2016 07:26:45PM *  0 points [-]

I really enjoyed The Great North Road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_North_Road_(book)