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Thứ Hai, 1 tháng 9, 2014

The Best Sci Fi Novels Ever

By Mattie MacDonald


Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is considered a classic piece of literature and one of the first and best sci fi novels ever written. The story is set in a dystopian future where people are psychologically manipulated and conditioned for the benefit of the powers that be.

Another Dystopian science fiction classic is Ray Bradbury;s Fahrenheit 451. The title refers to the temperature that paper will ignite spontaneously. The story revolves around a group of people called "Fireman", who instead of putting out fires, burn books. One such Fireman is Guy Montag who lives a lonely existence. He discovers the value of literature and sets about saving books from being burned, while saving his own existence.

Another classic science fiction novel is Dune by Frank Herbert. Set in a far away planet called Arrakis, the story revolves around a feuding family and their control over a drug called mellange that gives those who take it immortality. The protagonist, Duke Paul Atreide fights the families for his rightful place on the throne.

Do Androids Dream of Electric sheep? Was make into a cult movie called Bladerunner. Another dystopia the plot is set in a post apocalyptic Earth where the majority of animals and plants are extinct and most humans have colonized Mars. The humans on Mars have Android slaves but many of them have fled to Earth. Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter on Earth with a task of finding eight androids that murdered their masters back on Mars.

Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is a must-read for any science fiction fan. It is set in the near future where humans have begun to colonise Mars. Back on Earth, arguments erupt regarding whether to make another Earth via terraforming or to leave the planet as it is.

The renowned astro-physicist wrote Contact in 1985 and is an essential piece of hard science fiction and adventure. It tell the tale of a woman who discovers radio signals emanating from an Earth like planet while working at SETI, She gets the chance to visit the planet and come face to face with her own self. The novel explore issues of religion, politics and scientific discovery and humanities possible reaction to making contact with extra-terrestrial life.

The Foundation trilogy by Issac Asimov is considered classic literature. Set in the far future, humans have spread throughout the galaxy and established an empire that is about to collapse due to corruption, bureaucracy and political infighting. The historian Hari Seldon sets out to preserve all knowledge in a vast encyclopedia. He brings many eminent scientists and scholars together on a planet to bring a new era of humanity.

War of the Worlds by HG Wells is another early sci fi novel that is well known all over the world. Jealous Martians that covet the Earth resources lead an attack on Earth by using total war to subdue humans. The first chapter in the story was read by Orson Wells on the radio in 1938, causing a large number of listeners to panic thinking that the events were actually taking place.




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