Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks: Peripheral Storytelling and the Politics of Genre 
Iain M. Banks’ Culture Series: Caledonian Antisyzygy and the Principle of Charity 
Burning Chrome, by William Gibson: Cyberpunk as an Alternate Now 
Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks: Peripheral Storytelling and the Politics of Genre
In my introductory essay on Iain Banks and the Culture, Caledonian Antisyzygy and the Principle
Iain M. Banks’ Culture Series: Caledonian Antisyzygy and the Principle of Charity
I often find it difficult to pick favorites, but when it comes to novelists it’s
Burning Chrome, by William Gibson: Cyberpunk as an Alternate Now
William Gibson blew the Science Fiction world wide open in the mid eighties with his
Pantsuit Nation, edited by Libby Chamberlain
These stories and photos are powerful. They are a more accurate representation of American greatness
Science Fiction: Five Short Reviews
Under The Skin, by Michael Faber Literary science fiction that is compulsively creepy and disturbing