How the books are rate:

	An absolute sizzler of a movie - A must see!
	A scorcher of a good movie; still capable of riveting you to your seat
	Low flame burner; a pleasant piece of mindless brain candy
	A fizzler of a movie which will have you counting zzzzzz's...

Poul Anderson: Space opera's with sound physics
Stephen Baxter: Hard core SF, either near future alternatives for Earth or alters physic constants of the Universe
Greg Bear: Diverse author with novels ranging from fantasy to distant future SF specualtion
Orson Scott Card: Diverse author whose best stuff involves strategy games but he is just as creative in the realm of alternate pasts, SF 'saga's' , fantasy and some dreadful Mormon/SF stuff (that has to avoided...)
Caleb Carr - near future Future adventures
Arthur C. Clarke: One of the oldest and greatest SF writers this century; writes about near future Earth history
Michael Flynn: Near future stories about the putting the Earth back in the race for the stars
Peter F. Hamilton: Distant Earth future/space opera's; specialises in the advance derivatives of genetic engineering
Brian Herbert: Continuing the Dune books (and other SF)
Gentry Lee: Novels set in the Earth's future after the first Rama spaceship has left the solar system.
Ken Macleod: Futures of the human race where they are beginning to rise again after being set back war or unrest.
Julian May: Galactic intrigue/survival where humans with psychic powers interact with alien species
Bill Napier - near future science thrillers
Frederik Pohl: Space operas with great adherence to physics and more than a dash of humour.
Alastair Reynolds: New author - first book a classic Space Opera
Mary Doria Russell: New author - writes about First Contact for the human race with alien species.
Allen Steele: Near Earth future
Neal Stephenson: Earth future where the Earth is divided into segments based on one's use of bio-engineering and the cyber technologies
Connie Willis: A diverse author (more to come...)

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