mardi 15 juillet 2014

By Marylou Forbes


There exists certain genres of writing that express content in an imaginative manner. Best science fiction books are among these as they are set with a lot of creativity and utilize the aspect of future from the setting to the characters to the technology in use. The events that are future show things that are likely to occur in prospect in a very realistic line of thought.

There are certain elements of science works of literature including a time setting, spatial setting, characters, futuristic technology principles that are scientific in nature, among others. On the time setting, it is usually in terms of the future in different timeline or else in a historic past which goes against facts that are known in history. Spatial setting includes scenes which are in outer environment or space while the technology used are things like humanoid computers, or such other things that are deemed yet to come. The characters are the type that include the next human kind revolution.

The books chosen as best are a selection that comprise of a combination of dissimilar sub genres, from a variety of periods, that is from those published in the old days to the most recent ones. This ensures that the selection does not favor a particular time period or rather rely so much on a particular sub genre. The chosen publications thus include an all inclusive selection.

Dune is a book written by Frank Herbert and it is an epic one. The ideas used are brilliant, the scope is large, and the characters used in the story are quite compelling and leave a mark. The cast in this novel is varied comprising of messiahs, emperors who appear greedy, witches who are conniving, just to mention a few.

In Hugo Award, Robert Heinlein got an award courtesy of the book Starship Troopers which is one of the finest. The setting of this writing is the implementation of philosophical ideas blended well according to the way of life of community. Featured in the story is a young man and how he moved from military camp and finally to tough battles. It is among the best in terms of this genre in the field of military.

Psychohistory which is a concept that internalizes and put together sociology, history and mathematics in future prediction has been used in one of the finest books. This is foundation by Asimov which in fact was awarded a prize in the year 1966. This was in the category of the top most book in the category which is the subject of the matter.

The stars of my destination by Alfred Bester is another killer manuscript. Among the characters are supermen, heroes as well as good guys as opposed to bad guys who are commonly featured by most novels. A ruthless and tortured protagonist who has established a mega revenge features in most parts of the story.

There are a good number of books that people have praised in the recent past. The rating though could differ depending on the interest of readers. This is a genre that has been celebrated for decades for good writing though.




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