John Scalzi Recommends His Favorite New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

John Scalzi is the bestselling author of Monsters of Ohio, out this week from Tor. Below, he recommends three of his favorite recent sci-fi and fantasy reads. (Photo credit: John Scalzi.) One of the tragic ironies of being a science fiction writer is that often you don’t have all that much time to be a science fiction reader: there are deadlines, and travel, and all the other things that conspire to keep you from reading other people’s books. Nevertheless, here are three books that I enjoyed this year in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Disclosure: I have at one point or another blurbed all of these authors, so obviously my biases will be showing. Sublimation by Isabel J. KimWe often feel like we are a completely different person when we travel from home to some other place. In this fantastic debut novel, that is an actual literal thing that happens. Individuals split off into two whenever there is an international border, and clearly complications will ensue. This is a ridiculously good book for being just a first novel, and I expect that it will show up on best of the year lists and possibly also for award consideration. A Wall is Also a Road by Annalee NewitzOne of the ...