Science Fiction
Ted Chiang 
Chiang writes science fiction short stories that mix abstract science with metaphysical speculation in imaginative new worlds.  His complex philosophical stories also explore moral questions and human psychology.
 
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Ernest Cline
Quirky, dystopian science fiction includes lots of humor and an avalanche of pop culture references.
 
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Nicky Drayden
Extensive world-building, dramatic storylines, suspenseful plots, and believable characters.
 
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Peter F. Hamilton
Hamilton specializes in sagas that span thousands of years and light-years, with their large casts of characters and meticulously detailed and imaginative world-building.
 
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Ann Leckie
Leckie is known for novels set in the far future marked by the galactic empire. Her characters have non-traditional gender relationships, and her protagonists are strong, resourceful, and determined leaders.
 
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Yoon Ha Lee 
Lee uses his background as a mathematician to create his stories, incorporating culturally diverse characters in detailed worlds that he creates.  He is best known for his Machineries of Empire trilogy. 
 
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Cixin Liu
Cixin Liu’s intricately plotted and stylistically complex fiction features a large, culturally diverse cast of characters whose stories unfold intensively.
 
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Richard K. Morgan
Morgan writes gritty, action-packed cyberpunk science fiction. His futuristic detectives are hard-nosed, and his villains are violent.
 
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Sylvain Neuvel
Neuvel's works are thought-provoking and intelligent, with plenty of political intrigues and alternative histories. 
 
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Alastair Reynolds 
Reynold's understanding of theoretical science offers well-researched, detailed visions of its potential impact on the future of humanity. 
 
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Kim Stanley Robinson
Robinson presents highly technical concepts but makes them understandable, incorporating history and science in the backstory and action. 
 
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John Scalzi
Fast-paced, action-packed stories with snappy dialogue and compelling and colorful characters.
 
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Charles Stross
Novels with detailed, insightful, and eerily plausible stories of computers predicting criminals' behavior, artificial intelligence replacing human identity. 
 
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky is distinguished by his innovative world-building and strong characterization in action-packed and intricately plotted fantasy fiction. 
 
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Andy Weir
Weir writes fast pace and entirely plausible novels with the mechanics of surviving a hostile extraterrestrial environment.  
 
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Martha Wells
Wells' stories are meticulously detailed, imaginative, and vividly descriptive of world-building. 
 
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