One omission that may fit this crowd well is "Daemon" and it's sequel "Freedom(tm)" by Daniel Suarez http://thedaemon.com/ http://thedaemon.com/ These books a

One omission that may fit this crowd well is "Daemon" and it's sequel "Freedom(tm)" by Daniel Suarez http://thedaemon.com/ http://thedaemon.com/ These books are very well written and billed as a 'techno-thriller'. I think they are also near-term science fiction, and have a lot of very interesting ideas. The books chronicle the rise of a very digital culture and a revolution driven by technology. The technology is amazingly well researched and believable, and the writing is entertaining and fun. At the moment they are quite recent and the technologies aren't there yet, but I wouldn't be at all surprised for some of the technology to fall into that 'oddly prescient' category within the decade.