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Like Diapdealer, I spend a lot of time researching books to find ones I will like. I read primarily UF/supernatural, but also mystery and SF.
I usually find a name recommended on line and check out reviews for that author- and if possible get the book from the library. I buy only what I can't find at library-nevertheless I have almost 100 books on my to-read shelf that I bought or swapped for. Since you are SF oriented, rather than fantasy, I would suggest some of the following to check out, Even those that are fantasy are not the verbose flowery kind; many are quite action packed, which I really like, the first section is mostly fantasy:
Recent really good books/authors:
Downum- Drowning City
Connolly- Child of Fire
Tregillis,- Bitter Seeds
Richard Kadrey- Sandman Slim
Warren Ellis- Crooked Little Vein
Hal Bodner- Bite Club (gay vamps in W Hollywood)
Dru Pagiasotti, ClockWork Heart
Clay&Susan Mitchell- The Greyfriar
Amanda Downum
Kelly Meding
Mathew Sturges
Poppy Z Brite
Jim Butcher (wizard Harry Dresden series) V W
Harry Connolly
Mick Farren V
Alternate reality or alternate history
Steven Brust
Richard Kadrey (Sandman Slim)
Simon Green
Christopher Moore (fabulous) V
Kim Newman (with vamps) V
Kat Richardson
Maria Snyder
Science Fiction
Ann Aguirre (Space opera)
Kage Baker (cyborgs and time travel)
Elizabeth Bear
William C Dietz (Legion of the Damned series) military SF
Sean McMullen Souls in the Great Machine etc
Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Disappeared etc
Linnea Sinclair
Alternate History
Jacqueline Carey (explicit sex)
Naomi Novik (intelligent dragons used as fighter planes)
Terry Pratchett (the Discworld series)
Liz Williams
Connie Willis (time travel)
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