Tau.Neutrino said:
Best Science Fiction
From the very beginning we have looked to the stars and dreamed of reaching them, and stories about how we get there and what comes next are a fundamental part of that dream. Good science fiction can amaze and motivate, warn, raise questions and spark the imagination, inspiring human creativity and each new generation of stargazers. Plus, it’s just fun to read. Here are the some of the science fiction books Space.com’s writers and editors have read and loved — an incomplete list, but one that’s always growing.
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Not a great list. There’s a much better list than that somewhere on the web. The better list allows everybody to vote for their favourite. The list in the OP is just someone’s personal opinion.
‘Provenance’ (Orbit Books, 2017) – don’t know it
‘Leviathan Wakes’ (Orbit, 2011) – don’t know it
‘Aurora’ (Orbit, 2015) – read it, totally forgettable except for the lovely scale drawings of the ‘Aurora’ in the back – skip it
‘The Martian Chronicles’ (Doubleday, 1951) – read it, popular but vastly overrated – skip it
‘Ender’s Game’ (Tor Books, 1985) – read it, number 1 most popular but overrated. Of all the sequels, don’t miss ‘Ender’s Shadow’ (1999) which follows the life of Bean and is as good as the original ‘Ender’s Game’ if not better.
‘The Martian’ (Random House, 2014) – don’t know it.
‘Dune’ (Chilton Books, 1965) – read it. My personal number one favourite.
‘Hyperion’ (Doubleday, 1989) – read it. This is a not true science fiction, it’s a loose collection of horror short stories. Very well written, but is one of only two science fiction books that gave me recurring nightmares – skip it.
‘Gateway’ (St. Martin’s Press, 1977) – read it. There are hundreds of science fiction books better than this – skip it.