[Hoot Gibson]

I usually don't like fiction but I figured there must he something to this Stephen King guy. After all, he seems to have a decent amount of fans. The Stephen King book I'm reading is pretty good, but I still prefer historical nonfiction, biographies, etc.

I am probably in the minority when it comes to Stephen King, but I am not a fan of his writing. He mixes the occult with Sci-fire without even trying to create a plausible basis in science for events in his books. That being said, I love what I consider plausible science fiction.

My favorite sci-fi writers include John Scalzi, Larry Niven, and Jerry Pournelle. Scalza's Old Man's War series, Niven's Ringworld books, and Niven's collaboration with Pournelle's, The Mote in God's Eye, are among the best contemporary examples of good, plausible sci-fi.

If you have not read An Officer and a Spy, I think you might enjoy it. It is a historical novel, but the plot it's firmly founded in historical events surrounding the Dreyfuss affair.