Oh. My. God. I loathe....I mega-loathe that man.

Jizmo, Ender's Game is one of my favorite books. It's not exactly what you seem to be looking for, but it's pretty damned good. If you haven't read it, it's one I strongly reccomend. It's probably my favorite fiction book not written my Vonnegut.

Crichton is pretty good too. You could check out some of his stuff.