Someone who never appears on these list but is one of the rising stars in Scif-Fi isis Ted Chiang. He's not written a full length novel yet but his short storie

Someone who never appears on these list but is one of the rising stars in Scif-Fi isis Ted Chiang. He's not written a full length novel yet but his short stories and novellas are mind blowing, best stuff I're read since early Egan. Check out: Stories of Your Life and Others http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Ted-Chiang/dp/1931520720/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1 http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Ted-Chiang/dp/193152...) The Lifecycle of Software Objects* http://www.amazon.com/Lifecycle-Software-Objects-Ted-Chiang/dp/1596063173/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315602763&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.com/Lifecycle-Software-Objects-Ted-Chiang/... *if there's a more HN title for a novella ever I haven't heard of it!