Analee Newitz has a pretty good rant about the uber-human singularity/post-singularity sci-fi that is abounding these days. I have to admit that I am a fan of the sub-genre and have read guys like Stross and Rucker who have had some heavy singularity books in the past. But I also read Neal Stephenson’s amazing Anathem, which Newitz marks as part of the anti-singularity trend.
Either way I am happy there are still trends within scifi for us all to get all pissy about. Honestly I tend to like a good singularity / uber-human story. Especially if my other choice is steampunk. To clarify, I am an amazing fan of the steampunk genre and movement, I have just not found a decent steampunk book as of yet. But I am still looking! So if there is a really good one out there please let me know, and don’t mention Gibson & Sterling’s The Difference Engine please.
