The diversity of SciFi

When I was at school I read a lot of SF books, so much so that my teacher told my parents that she was worried I was not reading enough other materiel, that Science fiction was to narrow a genre.  Of course they rebuked this, and they were right.  SF is one of the most diverse fields there is.  Just look at this list of sub-genres from the excellent bestsciencefiction.com:

• • Space Opera
  • Hard Science Fiction
  • Soft Science Fiction
  • Firm Science SF
  • Mundane Science Fiction
  • Social Science Fiction
  • Near-Future Science Fiction
  • Age Regression Science Fiction
  • Immortality Science Fiction
  • Mind Transfer Science Fiction
  • Transhumanism Science Fiction
  • Robot Science Fiction
  • Cybernetic Revolt Science Fiction
  • Synthetic Biology Science Fiction
  • Cyberpunk
  • Nanopunk
  • Biopunk
  • Wetware
  • Steampunk
  • Retro Futurism
  • Dying Astronaut Science Fiction
  • First Landings Science Fiction
  • First Contact Science Fiction
  • Alien Invasion Science Fiction
  • Alien Conspiracy Science Fiction
  • Shapeshifting Science Fiction
  • Xenofiction
  • Dystopian Science Fiction
  • Utopian Science Fiction
  • World Government Science Fiction
  • Alternate History Science Fiction
  • Parallel Worlds Science Fiction
  • Multiverse Science Fiction
  • Time Travel
  • Gothic Science Fiction
  • Literary Science Fiction
  • Recursive Science Fiction
  • Slipstream
  • Comic Science Fiction
  • Political Science Fiction
  • Religious Science Fiction
  • Christian Science Fiction
  • Clerical Science Fiction
  • Mythological Science Fiction
  • Cozy Catastrophe Science Fiction
  • Restored Eden Science Fiction
  • Dying Earth
  • Apocalyptic Science Fiction
  • Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
  • ESP Science Fiction
  • Sports Science Fiction
  • Zombie Fiction
  • Sci-Fi Horror
  • Sci Fi
  • Science Fantasy
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Media Tie-In Science Fiction
  • Detective Science Fiction
  • Hard Boiled Science Fiction
  • SpyFi
  • Pulp Science Fiction
  • Space Western Science Fiction
  • Scientific Romance
  • Sword and Planet Science Fiction
  • Planetary Romance
  • Lost Worlds
  • Bigger Than Worlds
  • Voyages Extraordinaires
  • Hollow Earth Science Fiction
  • Exotic Ecosystems Science Fiction
  • Undersea Science Fiction
  • Microbiology Science Fiction
  • Astrobiology SF
  • Astrosociobiology SF
  • Ecological Science Fiction
  • Frontier Science Fiction
  • Generation Ship Science Fiction
  • Colonization Science Fiction
  • Terraforming Science Fiction
  • World Building Science Fiction
  • Hyperspace Science Fiction
  • Spunky Heroine
  • Erotica Science Fiction
  • Gay Science Fiction

And this is not even all of them.  As you can see, there is a lot of different Sci-Fi out there.  Why not give something new a go?