Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The 7 Best Science Fiction Books

By Annabelle Holman


Humans are yet to quit reading. For centuries, they are yet to substitute it. The best subject undoubtedly is science. With a large pool to choose from, a good book can be hard to find. The following set are the best science fiction books one can read.

Top on the list is Ringworld, a Larry Niven works. In this book, luck is a genetic trait that is controllable. This storyline begins on earth and ends up in the world of the puppeteers. These creatures are indestructible by matter and humans have to devise other ways to beat them. The book looks into the aspect of war between planets and the chances the human race has to survive.

The Demolished Man is a piece that could get you going. Taking place in the future, the book analyses the nature in which governments and law could shift from a democratic state to another system. In this book the psychological synchrony in the way people think and act is more like the current internet platform. The peepers who are the same people who possess this abilities, are capable of curbing cases arising due to premeditated murder for a record seventy years.

Frederik Pohl and his book the Gateway, will get you reflect on your hunger for wealth. Fast forward, the main character and a couple of other people stumble on ships that are left behind by Heechee. They mend them and set up to the visitors planets in search of wealth. Little did they know the battle ahead is tough and one to be rich you will have to lose your life or if you are tough enough make it alive.

Stand on Zanzibar written by John Brunner looks into the world of medicine and global dominance in the same. House, a leader in a global company in the move of acquiring an African nation, is set up with Hogan who is his spy. He however does not know this, the story unfolds till the end where Hogan loses his life after getting the game changing genetic engineering that shift the way things are run.

Timescape by Gregory Benford involves the technological aspect of teleporting. The two sets of scientist; 1962 and 1998 have the huge role of safeguarding the future from huge environment catastrophe. The 1998 group being aware of the future, tell the 1962 group on how they can prevent this. The level of drama in the book will leave you at the edge of your seats.

The Tiger! Tiger! New rendition or version as Stars is my Destination, done by Alfred Beester is a piece that can challenge the current mechanism put in place to handle vagabonds. The main villain in this book has the ability to teleport from one locality to another without being apprehended. This make it hard to make an arrest and in turn the man can easily get away with everything.

The Snowcrash virus created by a pizza guy in the Snowcrash novel was all it took to solve the hacking menace. This piece by Neal Stephenson, leads us to the future where the nation is in a state of helplessness as a result of cybercrimes that even the government cannot handle. As a result, many people are affected and the pizza guy is one. He sets out on a revenge mission. Just like the bulb invention process, he came with the whopping tool which is Snowcrash.




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