By Geoff Ryman. A near-future tale about what happens when an initial testing of a new communications technology goes horribly wrong.

By William S. Burroughs. A special edition of the British Science Fiction Interzone magazine that features stories that represent the Mundane Sci Fi manifesto.

By Bruce Sterling. A novel that shows us some of the near-future effects of global capitalism.

By Anil Menon. Set in India in a very close future filled with questions and possibilities.

By Rudy Rucker. A book about a hacker and a vicious computer virus that is very plausible.

By Kim Stanley Robinson. In the very near-future humans will begin colonizing Mars and this novel tells that story, including the very human reactions to the red planet and all the socio-economical and scientific issues that surround the expedition.

By Gregory Benford A novel about ecological issues and scientific experiments that address current events at the time of writing.

By Elizabeth Moon. This novel takes place on a near-future Earth where disease is a thing of the past, but there is a lost generation that missed this cure. Moon gives us a very real story about autism and individual identity.

By Ken MacLeod. A story that takes place in a world very close to our own just after 9/11 and the Iraq war when the West stands on the brink of nuclear war.

By Tobias S. Buckell. A Mundane Sci Fi story that deals with environmental issues of global warming with a bit of espionage.