I-robot, and the Foundation series by Iaasac Asimov, The Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams, most would consider I am Legend to be paranormal or horror but it read more like science fiction to me. The Maze Runner was a good YA series.
H.Beam Piper. Try the Fuzzy books. Also Space Viking. There is a collection of his books available on Amazon. Also on Amazon you could try The Frontiers Saga by Ryk Brown. Can’t remember the author, but Dragon’s Egg is a brilliant story by a NASA scientist about a trip to explore a nearby neutron star.
I like a lot of these (and I just got a copy of Dragon’s Egg, not read yet), though I have to say the more classic sci-fi is hard to get into at first. The concepts are often worth it, but it’s good to be aware of that going in.
Absolutely agree with all of these, I also suggest Ringworld by Larry Niven, and Friday, Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.
Phillip K Dick wrote excellent sci fi. He wrote Blade Runner (do androids dream of electric sheep?) and Minority Report among others. Older sci fi is War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. Brace New World could be considered sci fi as well as dystopian.
John Wyndham (Day of the Triffids, Midwich Cuckoo’s, The Chrysalids etc), books by Ursula de Guin, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clark.
“Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card, “The Ship Who Sang” or “Crystal Singer” by Anne McCaffrey, “Falling Free” by Lois McMaster Bujold, “Foundation” by Isaac Asimov, “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury.
I-robot, and the Foundation series by Iaasac Asimov, The Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams, most would consider I am Legend to be paranormal or horror but it read more like science fiction to me. The Maze Runner was a good YA series.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
H.Beam Piper. Try the Fuzzy books. Also Space Viking. There is a collection of his books available on Amazon. Also on Amazon you could try The Frontiers Saga by Ryk Brown. Can’t remember the author, but Dragon’s Egg is a brilliant story by a NASA scientist about a trip to explore a nearby neutron star.
I like a lot of these (and I just got a copy of Dragon’s Egg, not read yet), though I have to say the more classic sci-fi is hard to get into at first. The concepts are often worth it, but it’s good to be aware of that going in.
Tad Williams is wonderful. I really liked his otherland series sooo good.
Yes!
The Martian
Ender’s Game
Ready Player One
Redshirts (Star Trek spoof)
Absolutely agree with all of these, I also suggest Ringworld by Larry Niven, and Friday, Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.
I just finished ready player one. Best book I’ve read in ages. Anything by Stephan Baxter is good.
The other books in Larry Niven’s universe are also interesting. Try “A Gift from Earth” or “Pak Protector”
Children of Time, The Martian, The Forever War, Dune,
I second Dune. (I haven’t read the others so can’t comment on them.) Also the Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown.
Dune is one the best sci fi around. The Martian is good too.
Robert Heinlein’ s works are my favorite
Number of the Beast, Methuselah’s Children
“Podkayne of Mars” and my absolute favorite of Heinlein: “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress!”
Any of Mercedes Lackey’s stuff
The Martian
Books with spaceships on the cover ?
Does Dan Brown’s work count? ?
Dark matter by Blake Crouch
I was gonna recommend this! I love fiction books about quantum mechanics! If you know of any more let me know lol
Phillip K Dick wrote excellent sci fi. He wrote Blade Runner (do androids dream of electric sheep?) and Minority Report among others. Older sci fi is War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. Brace New World could be considered sci fi as well as dystopian.
John Wyndham (Day of the Triffids, Midwich Cuckoo’s, The Chrysalids etc), books by Ursula de Guin, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clark.
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, The Martian by Andy Weir, The Martian Chronicles by Isaac Asimov
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The tshai series bij jack vance
“Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card, “The Ship Who Sang” or “Crystal Singer” by Anne McCaffrey, “Falling Free” by Lois McMaster Bujold, “Foundation” by Isaac Asimov, “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury.
Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny.
Nemesis by Isaac Asimov
The girl with all the gifts.
Sherrilyn Kenton’s League novels are great
Almost anything by Neal Stephenson.
Unwind, Neal Shusterman.
Warhammer series
The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine series) by James Dashner
Ender’s Game. Ender’s Shadow
Anything by Robert J Sawyer.
H.G Welles (War of the Worlds & Time Traveler)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Anything by Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Jules Verne
Anything by Ursula K Le Guin
The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley, and the Imperial Radch series by Ann Leckie!
Arthur C. Clark “Against the Fall of Night”.
Touched by an alien by gini koch
The Martian Chronicles.
Lord of the flies
Dune by Frank Herbert
Red Rising series
third twin
Ringworld by Larry Niven, Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
The entire Ender Series. Station 11 is very current.
Ray Bradbury, P.K.Dick,
Anything by Anne McCaffrey.
Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Leguin.
Try Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Time Machine.