A couple of must reads for Sci-Fi fans:

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Just a couple books I found several years ago that I think are not too well known. Both were surprising reads for me. If you're a true Sci-Fi fan of older authors, these are fantastic reads. If you're as sick of run of the mill writing, alien invasions and simplistic "good vs. evil" crapola, these both will more than likely satisfy your cerebral starvation:

The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter, is a sequel to the H.G. Wells classic, The Time Machine (authorized by the Wells estate). Even though it's written by a different author, it dovetails extremely well with the original work. It does though, take off on a tangent, shattering many assumptions readers may have had while reading the first, yet does so in a way that works, and works incredibly well. If you've read the first and liked it, but haven't seen this one yet, get it.

The Boat of a Million Years, by Poul Anderson. If you were ever a fan of Highlander because of the theme of immortals, but felt the part about them chasing each other around cutting each others heads off was a bit unnecessary to make it interesting, this is a great book. It is about immortals who slowly begin to realize on their own that while everyone around them dies, they do not. They are all isolated from each other throughout most of history, and remain unaware of each other until later. They never get sick, but they don't heal miraculously from serious wounding (unlike the immortals of Highlander), so they have to be careful in spite of their immortality. It's pretty realistic in that they are all able to hide their immortality simply by moving from place to place and establishing new identities, but that all changes when during the twentieth century arrives with computer records. Eventually they are discovered, and discover each other. What society is to do with them eventually becomes the theme.

Great books, both of them. Must reads for all serious Sci-Fi fans in my opinion.

Just thought I'd share.