Great Science Fiction Novels
This is for our science fiction enthusiasts. We have several students in class who really know their science fiction. In this strand, we would like you to introduce us to some of your favorite science fiction novels. Let us know the title and the author; then, give us a short paragraph that introduces us to the novel. You can also tell us what you like most about this author or novel.
posted by Brady Kelso @ 10:08 AM
2 Comments:
At 6:23 PM,
cacerola said…
Being an avid reader myself, I would like to draw to attention the current novels on my list as top science fiction novels.
Clive Cussler is an excellent author and the Dirk Pitt series are definitely interesting. Anyone who enjoys his novels would probably enjoy Michael Crichton. You are probably aquainted with his novels in the sense that quite a few have been made into movies. (To name a few, "Timeline", "Sphere", and probably his most famous work, "Jurassic Park".) However, none of these movies portray the books as well as they deserve as the books are much more interesting. Most of his books deal with the ethics and responsibilities that come with emerging technology such as in my personal favorite of his novels, Prey. In this novel, a company's nanotechnology gains a mind of its own and begins to devour others. This book is fast paced and not too far from where we are living now if you have trouble following someone through the depths of space. (Note: Michael Crichton tends to use a lot of technical terms. If this scares you, you can skip over those sections with little damage done to your overall reading experience.
Another one of my current obsessions is Simon R. Green's "Deathstalker" series. Don't be put off by the name as the novels are actually quite enjoyable. They follow the life of a young aristocrat as he is pushed to fight against the "Empire". The Empire has become an almost totalitarian empire in which the clones and espers have been forced underground due to government persecution. The aristocrats are in the middle of blood feuds and parts of the novel are reminiscent of the Capulets and Montegues of Romeo and Juliet. I could ramble on about this book for eons but will spare you the horror. The novels, in short, are action packed with almost any sort of thing that can intrest you. A short list of cool things in the books would include sword fights, high speed starship chases, evil computers, invading aliens (insectoid of course), treachery, a crackshot at Winnie the Pooh, a maniacal empress, romance, the entire destruction of certain systems, blood thirsty nobles and priests, super-human powers, believable characters, and plot.
A few other authors to include would certainly include Ken Follett, Robin Cook, Madeline L'Engle (although her books might be a bit young), D. J. MacHale, and Anne McCaffery. All of them are great authors and are much enjoyable, if not completely in the realm of "science-fiction." Ken Follett writes about technology and the government, Robin Cook does medical thrillers usually involving a maniacal doctor or a virus. Madeline L'Engle deals with alternate dimensions and the like. D. J. MacHale is the author of the "Pendragon" series, which happen to be quite addictive. And Anne McCaffery was explained by the post above me.
Oh, and Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheight 451" is good, but I know some people who don't like it on the grounds that they don't like his style of writing.
At 6:01 PM,
Armin Samii said…
Eragon, Christopher Poalini.
It's a pretty good novel overall, but it is somewhat obvious that a child has written it. However, bearing in mind that the author was 17 or so when he wrote it, it's a great novel.
In the novel,.there is a guy who gets a dragon and they have special magical powers. It's very Lord of the Rings-y.
I guess that book is fantasy...but still, fantasy and Science Fiction are pretty close.
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