Connie Willis's Bellwether, nominated for the 1997 Nebula Award, is a sci-fi novel without much sci-fi and with a lot of heart and humor. Connie Willis is known for how easy she is to read, pulling you into the world she creates and letting you live there for the length of the story. Bellwether follows Sandra Foster, a scientist in the midst of studying where fads come from for a large corporation, with a a completely inept assistant named Flip. Flip is the Puck of the story, creating chaos wherever she goes that leads Sandra into the office of Bennett O'Reilly, another scientist working for HiTek Corp. A romantic comedy of errors with office hijinks that anyone who's ever worked at a desk will find humor in. This book is a great way to spend an afternoon, and will leave your heart warmed to the core.