17 science fiction books absolutely recommended

Science fiction books are not just fun ; almost always used to be imbued in reflections about our society, the psychological mechanisms that guide our thinking and the material and social conditions that make us behave in one way or another.

Science fiction books that you should read

In this selection of science fiction books you can find excellent examples of how this genre is a description of, at the same time, what is and what our universe could become.

1. Ciberíada, by Stanislaw Lem

Fables in the form of stories that talk about a universe in which visiting other planets is as normal as going to buy bread. The stories told by Stanislaw Lem in this book They are full of humor and interesting reflections .

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2. Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury

A compilation of stories that have something in common: are set on a planet Mars colonized by the human being . Ray Bradbury takes full advantage of all the possibilities that this context offers him when creating original stories.

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3. Ubik, by Philip K. Dick

In a world in which psychic powers are part of daily life, Joe Chip, the protagonist of this novel, offers services to block these mental abilities in those contexts in which they can be used to damage or steal property. But all this changes when it is entrusted with the mission of protecting lunar facilities .

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4. Yo, robot, by Isaac Asimov

The compilation of stories in which the famous laws of robotics are exposed and, in general, the paradoxes that can arise in those logical rules that humanity can get to give artificial intelligence.

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5. The game of Ender, by Orson Scott Card

Ender It is the product of an ambitious project of training warriors who must face an extraterrestrial race. For it, must train together with other young people in a special training center with zero gravity .

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6. Neuromancer, by William Gibson

A stimulating and demanding novel in which the adventures of a cyberspace cowboy are narrated that can connect your nervous system to a kind of Internet where everything has its representation.

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7. 1984, by George Orwell

A country in permanent state of exception, cameras everywhere and a relentless apparatus of repression of citizens. This novel by George Orwell It has been consecrated as one of the best science fiction books by the parallels that can be drawn between your universe and reality.

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8. The left hand of darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin

In this novel, Ursula K. Le Guin reflects on how life could be if intelligent beings such as human beings were able to change sex periodically. That is to say, write a society without sex differentiations .

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9. The man in the castle, by Philip K. Dick

An alternative world in which the axis of Nazi Germany and Japan have won the war and occupy the USA , with all that this implies in terms of repression and persecution of ethnic minorities. In this context different plot lines are narrated about spies, Jews who remain hidden, and people who fight to preserve their dignity in an occupied country.

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10. A happy world, by Aldous Huxley

One of the most famous dystopias for its resemblance to the West of the 21st century . A society in which formal freedom conceals a mode of manipulation based on the constant search for pleasure.

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11. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton

A well-known argument: a theme park based on the exhibition of real dinosaurs cloned from preserved DNA, a businessman eager to exploit this trick and a group of researchers who must examine the place before it opens its doors. But nevertheless, the book is very different from the film and contains many and very interesting reflections about nature, science and chaos theory.

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12. Watchmen, by Alan Moore

Not all science fiction books have to be novels ; there are also science fiction graphic novels.Alan Moore is one of those who has shown the most skill when telling stories through vignettes, and Watchmen is responsible for making it clear that the colored pages have nothing to envy the cinema, even when it comes to it is to center all the argumental weight in the development of complex characters.

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13. I have no mouth and I must shout, by Harlan Elliston

One of the most famous science fiction stories , and also one of the crudest. It narrates the misfortunes of a group of people who are kept alive by a computer that tortures them to take revenge on humanity for having created it.

14. Dune, by Frank Herbert

Among the best known science fiction books is Dune, a book that has led to the creation of two parallel sagas located in the same fictional universe . Set in a desert planet whose dunes are crossed by huge giant worms and tribes of humans living in misery, this book shows one of the most immersive worlds that has been written.

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15. The dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin

One of the characteristics of science fiction is that it allows to perform "imaginary experiments" to reflect on alternative forms of social and political organization. This book by Ursula K. Le Guin is a good example of this, because its pages describe an anarchist society that lives in a phase of communism in which property has been abolished.

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16. Dhalgren, by Samuel R. Delany

The story takes place in a city isolated from the rest of the world, immersed in a constant post-apocalyptic state , in which all kinds of inexplicable situations occur. But this novel is much more than the scenario where the events take place: the way in which it is narrated, the topics dealt with and the approach that is given to history have made it one of the great referents of science fiction.

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17. Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem

The best-known book of this author: for something has been adapted to the cinema twice . In this novel we talk about a psychologist who travels to an observation station located on the surface of a strange planet, since it has long been suspected that its inhabitants are developing mental disorders.

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