Ursula K. Leguin is still alive and her science fiction work was incredible, from books like The Left Hand of Darkness to the The Lathe of Heaven.
Also, Samuel R. Delany's science fiction work was really great, but I don't think he's writing anything in that genre currently. The Einstein Intersection, Dahlgren, Nova and Babel-17 are really great works of science fiction.
Orson Scott Card is also good. I remember enjoying Ender's Game, but really liking his books the Speaker for the Dead and also Xenocide. But i stopped during Children of the mind as it started to get a little hokey.
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