Thread: Moving from SF to contemporary fiction recommends please
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Old 12-31-2011, 10:03 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by MrTeatime View Post
David Mitchell is another good "transition" author: Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas have (some) SF elements, and are highly acclaimed (Cloud Atlas won the British Book Awards Literary Fiction Award).
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Definite second to the above. David Mitchell is a few steps removed from straight sci-fi. The structure can take a while to penetrate, but the books are rewarding. Similarly, the Glen Duncan book, The Last Werewolf, is a piece of vigorous writing that happens to be about werewolves.
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