"When push comes to shove / we are only robots in love"

Since all knowledge is contained on the Internet ...

I'm looking to get my father, the man who introduced me to SF/F, some recent science fiction for $SEASONAL_HOLIDAY -- but there's a problem: to be honest, I don't read much adult science fiction these days. Fantasy, yes -- YA SF, yes -- but not adult SF. I think the last I read was Elizabeth Bear's Jenny Casey trilogy, which means I'm not up on what's come out in, say, the past five years. So rec me some good recent stuff.

Parameters: He'll read either, but prefers SF over F. While a complicated plot is fine, he doesn't have much patience these days for fragmented narratives without much connective tissue -- so, say, Gene Wolfe or C.J. Cherryh are probably out. OTOH, unreliable narrators are okay -- he enjoyed Fingersmith. Adventure yarns a plus, but not required. Works available in editions without tiny print a definite plus.

And that's all I can think of. Any ideas?

---L.

"When push comes to shove / we are only robots in love"

Since all knowledge is contained on the Internet ...

I'm looking to get my father, the man who introduced me to SF/F, some recent science fiction for $SEASONAL_HOLIDAY -- but there's a problem: to be honest, I don't read much adult science fiction these days. Fantasy, yes -- YA SF, yes -- but not adult SF. I think the last I read was Elizabeth Bear's Jenny Casey trilogy, which means I'm not up on what's come out in, say, the past five years. So rec me some good recent stuff.

Parameters: He'll read either, but prefers SF over F. While a complicated plot is fine, he doesn't have much patience these days for fragmented narratives without much connective tissue -- so, say, Gene Wolfe or C.J. Cherryh are probably out. OTOH, unreliable narrators are okay -- he enjoyed Fingersmith. Adventure yarns a plus, but not required. Works available in editions without tiny print a definite plus.

And that's all I can think of. Any ideas?

---L.