Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is considered a literary classic and one of the fist science fiction novels. The book is one of best sci fi novels ever written is set in a near future dystopia and human beings are manipulated and controlled using psychological techniques to serve 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.
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.
Contact by the renowned astro-physicist, Carl Sagan blends hard sci fi with a fantastic story line. It is the story of a woman who works for SETI who discovers noise coming from an earth like planet via a radio telescope.
Issac Asimov is one the most important authors in sci fi and his hard science fiction Foundation Trilogy is an essential read for any fan of the genre. It is set in the far distant future and humanity has colonized the galaxy. An empire has been established but it is breakdown under the weight of political infighting, corruption and bureaucracy. Hari Seldon is a historian who decides to bring to together the galaxies most eminent scholars and historians to create a vast encyclopedia and launch a new era for 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.
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.
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.
Contact by the renowned astro-physicist, Carl Sagan blends hard sci fi with a fantastic story line. It is the story of a woman who works for SETI who discovers noise coming from an earth like planet via a radio telescope.
Issac Asimov is one the most important authors in sci fi and his hard science fiction Foundation Trilogy is an essential read for any fan of the genre. It is set in the far distant future and humanity has colonized the galaxy. An empire has been established but it is breakdown under the weight of political infighting, corruption and bureaucracy. Hari Seldon is a historian who decides to bring to together the galaxies most eminent scholars and historians to create a vast encyclopedia and launch a new era for 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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