CJ Cherryh, Cyteen (and then the rest of the Merchanter universe). Iain M Banks, Player of Games (and then everything else) For cyberpunk, Neuromancer and the

CJ Cherryh, Cyteen (and then the rest of the Merchanter universe). Iain M Banks, Player of Games (and then everything else) For cyberpunk, Neuromancer and the sprawl trilogy have not aged terribly well. I still like them, but they're from a certain context. Try Greg Egan's Permutation City; Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather, Islands in the Net, or Holy Fire. Lauren Beukes, Zoo City. There are so, so many ... ;-)