I reckon you should try Murakami: Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. The book is split in two by chapter, and half takes place in reality and the other in the protagonist's subconscious mind (like a lucid dream in some sense). It's adventurous, sciency, and focuses on a few people -- character driven. Not exactly sci-fi, but a good read nonetheless, and Murakami's style is so smooth and a bit mad. :]
The part in the protagonist's mind is a whole new world, and in some sense is a reality of its own....
I always recommend this to people purely because I'm interested in the mind, identity, and lucid dreaming (subconscious)... as I imagine people here would be too.
And if not this, have you checked out the cyberpunk genre at all? It's sciency in the technological sense, but more grounded and focused...
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