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Nov 22, 2021 · Cyberpunk, space operas, dystopias – we've pulled together some of the WIRED team's favourite science fiction novels. Some are eerily plausible, others are wild trips of the imagination, but...
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Mar 21, 2022 · In ranked order, here are the best science fiction books of all time, featuring 'Dune,' 'Annihilation,' '1984,' 'Three Body Problem,' and more.
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14 hours ago · God Emperor of Dune is my pick for best sci-fi book of all time for one reason. Leto II, the tyrant-cum-God-cum-emperor-cum-sandworm who rules the universe dreamt up by Herbert, is, in my opinion ...
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Instead, the list stands as a broad cross-section of science fiction literature, including both timeless classics and notable contemporary works, intended to offer readers a comprehensive and inspiring exploration of the genre.
- The Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson
- Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- Dune Series by Frank Herbert
- The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
- The Expanse Seriesby James S.A. Corey
This classic trilogy from William Gibson consists of Neuromancer, Count ZeroandMona Lisa Overdrive. The book that started the entire concept of Cyberpunk, The Hugo Award-, Nebula Award- and Philip K. Dick Award-winning Neuromancer remains one of the best sci-fi books ever written and the entire trilogy is worth a read, even if it’s the original tha...
This cult series by Dan Simmons consists of Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion andThe Rise of Endymion. Truly one of the great works in science fiction history, the Hugo Award-winning Hyperion Cantos is an absolutely phenomenal story of abject terror, character-building and wild-world-building that is almost without equal in the genre. How we...
This is the only stand-alone book on this list, as the rest are all in a series, so if you don’t feel like investing in 300,000 pages of content, Nal Stephenson's Snow Crash is for you. This book is the heir to Neuromancer’sCyberpunk throne and an absolutely phenomenal read from Stephenson. The author uses virtual reality as his setting, and the ma...
Frank Herbert's towering Dune series (Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse: Dune) is my white whale. I don’t know if I will ever be able to finish them all as they are long and dense, yet brilliant and maddening, but I knew I would be remiss if I left them off this list, as they truly are legends...
Moving into more modern territory, each entry of N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy (The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky)has won a Hugo in its debut year, the first time that’s ever happened. It’s a science-fiction story married to fantasy elements that is one of the most stunning pieces of literature in the genre. A must-read. Read ...
This spectacular series consists of nine books: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban’s War, Abaddon’s Gate, Cibola Burn, Nemesis Games, Babylon’s Ashes, Persepolis Rising, Tiamat’s Wrath. I know that looks like a lot of novels, but trust me, they are absolutely worth reading.The Expanse is easily one of the best sci-fi series in history, and now the TV adaptat...
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Aug 10, 2022 · The best science fiction books of all time — at least the ones on this list — are the ones that remain highly rated, are incredibly popular, or have made some sort of mark on the science fiction genre or its various sub-genres, even mainstream culture as a whole.
39 books based on 16 votes: 1984 by George Orwell, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, Dune ...
