sf book for reading in class on the theme future

[Peter]

HI all,

today I got the question to suggest good recent sf books to read and analyze in a class (16 y not native english speaking pupils)

The teacher wanted not to fall back on the classics.

I suggested the martian and wool. Anybody has any ideas.

I thought that Ian banks and Alastair Reynolds books would be a bit to difficult maybe.

Any other recommendations.

Graphic novels are also a valid choice. What I understood was that they were going to read both novels and graphic novels since they are exploring the future theme all year long.

Thanks in advance

[Lars]

I've always thought that short story collections would be perfect for this. you can choose the collection based on what kind of class you want to go for. Axiomatic by Greg Egan has a ton of hard sci fi stories that reads really well and can he used to teach a lot of of physics or sociology. Neal Stephenson was also involved with a project were authors contributed to a short story collection centered around a positive outlook for the near future.

[Lars]

Hieroglyph was the name of the resulting book.

Did I mention that Axiomatic is my favourite short story anthology of all time?

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Maybe a dystopian future like Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, or When She Woke? #1 and #3 could be tied directly to recent political debate in the states.

[Alle Bücher müssen gelesen werden]

Peter wrote: "HI all,

today I got the question to suggest good recent sf books to read and analyze in a class (16 y not native english speaking pupils)

What laungue do they speak? Where are they from? How old are they?

[Tommy]

What fascinated me was Brave New World that we read in school when I was 16(ish?) in English (as foreign language). Although it was an abridged version, the gist got transported and simply blew me. And I think it hasn't lost its relevance if not even gained given Crispr Cas and the such (iGEM just taking place http://igem.org/Main_Page)

[Alexander]

>"the gist got transported and simply blew me."

I'm loving this line.

[Peter]

Klaus wrote: "Peter wrote: "HI all,

today I got the question to suggest good recent sf books to read and analyze in a class (16 y not native english speaking pupils)

What laungue do they speak? Where are they ..."

they are dutch speaking from Belgium. They are 15/16

[Micke]

I read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in English class when I was about 15. It wasn't a group thing but I loved it and read the next four books in the trilogy right away.
Wool sounds like a good choice. Ender's Game or Hyperion can maybe work also.

[Marcel]

we grass Solaris in school but it is not 'recent'. oryx and crake would certainly provide scope for discussion. but that's the type of book you would expect to be read in school if you u see what I mean.
banks' state of the art b is a short story collection.
so is diFilippo ribofunk which is great fun to read and has a lot stuff to b think about regarding GM. check out Little Worker on escapepod.org