Recombination

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Recombination was fun. It's been a while since I'd been to a con.

One of the things it made clear was that I've not been fully keeping up with really good SF and fantasy for some time now. Rather than attempt to remember all things that were mentioned over the weekend, would anyone care to recommend the highlights of the last decade of SF/F writing that they think I might have missed?

(Extruded fantasy product need not be mentioned l-)

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Richard Morgan. Start with "Altered Carbon". My brother felt it was a bit too violent.

James Alan Gardner. "Expendable" sets the stage, and i didn't think it was especially good, but "Vigilant" is fantastic, and if you read "Expendable", you'll probably like "Ascending".

Steven Brust has been around for a while, but he's still writing and he's still good.

Peter da Silva insists that William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition" is SF; i disagree, but it's still an excellent book.

I hope to god you've read Pratchett's "Night Watch" because that fucking book makes me cry every time i read it. "Going Postal" is also very good, with his best ending to date.

I hope i don't have to mention Neil Gaiman.

If you feel like reading a Web comic, A Miracle of Science (http://project-apollo.net/mos/) finished last year and is a fun, good read.