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.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is also set in a near-future dystopia. The title refers to the temperature at which paper spontaneously ignites and the firemen in the novel burn books. The plot revolves around fireman Guy Montag who lives a lonely and desolate existence where people never read, enjoy nature or think independently. Montag slowly begins to question the meaning of his life and finally discovers the value of literature and moves boldly to save the books and his own life.
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.
Phillip L Dick's novel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was turned into a cult movie known as Bladerunner. It is a post-apocalyptic story and humans have fled to Mars. While on Mars humans have androids that work for them as slaves. Many of the androids escaped and returned to earth. The book's protagonist, Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter who tracks down and retires these androids. He finds himself on a quest to find eight androids that killed their masters back on mars.
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson's is a must-read for any fan of science fiction. The book is set in the not too distant future where human beings have started to colonize Mars. Arguments erupt back on Earth as to whether to create another Earth by terraforming or to leave Mars 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.
Issac Asimov's Foundation trilogy is set in the far distant future and humans have now colonized the galaxy. However, their empire is about to collapse due to bureaucracy, corruption and political turmoil. Historian Hai Seldon sets about starting a new dawn for humanity by bringing together scientists and scholars to produce a vast encyclopedia.
No list of science fiction novels is complete without HG Wells War of the Worlds. The plot is well known; Earth is invaded by Martians that operate huge tripod like vehicles. They use total war to subdue humans because they want to get hold of the Earth's resources. In 1938, Orson Wells read the first chapter of story on the radio, which sent many listeners into a panic because they thought the story was a news flash!
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is also set in a near-future dystopia. The title refers to the temperature at which paper spontaneously ignites and the firemen in the novel burn books. The plot revolves around fireman Guy Montag who lives a lonely and desolate existence where people never read, enjoy nature or think independently. Montag slowly begins to question the meaning of his life and finally discovers the value of literature and moves boldly to save the books and his own life.
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.
Phillip L Dick's novel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was turned into a cult movie known as Bladerunner. It is a post-apocalyptic story and humans have fled to Mars. While on Mars humans have androids that work for them as slaves. Many of the androids escaped and returned to earth. The book's protagonist, Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter who tracks down and retires these androids. He finds himself on a quest to find eight androids that killed their masters back on mars.
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson's is a must-read for any fan of science fiction. The book is set in the not too distant future where human beings have started to colonize Mars. Arguments erupt back on Earth as to whether to create another Earth by terraforming or to leave Mars 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.
Issac Asimov's Foundation trilogy is set in the far distant future and humans have now colonized the galaxy. However, their empire is about to collapse due to bureaucracy, corruption and political turmoil. Historian Hai Seldon sets about starting a new dawn for humanity by bringing together scientists and scholars to produce a vast encyclopedia.
No list of science fiction novels is complete without HG Wells War of the Worlds. The plot is well known; Earth is invaded by Martians that operate huge tripod like vehicles. They use total war to subdue humans because they want to get hold of the Earth's resources. In 1938, Orson Wells read the first chapter of story on the radio, which sent many listeners into a panic because they thought the story was a news flash!
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