Today on The Tattooed Book Geek I have something a little bit different for you all. I was recently contacted by Isabel Cabrera of Global English Editing about sharing their infographic for The 16 Best Science Fiction Books of All Time and I agreed.
Introduction by Isabel Cabrera.
If the grind of daily life is getting to you, there’s no better escape than reading a science fiction book.
Whether the story focuses on aliens, technology, time travel, space exploration, or other unknown creatures and worlds, all science fiction shares the theme of a leap into the unknown.
While science fiction is a great form of escapism, it can also teach us a lot about our own humanity and the fragile world we live in.
This is because these stories usually exist in settings some way connected to our current human experience.
Some of the best science fiction stories of the past 200 years explore how emotional and primal human beings fare in the face of powerful scientific advances they create.
From The Martian Chronicles exploring interplanetary immigration, to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep asking what really makes us human, to The War of The Worlds introducing the concept of extraterrestrial invasion, science fiction takes the human experience and adds rocket boosters.
But, how do you know which science fiction books to read? If you’re new to the genre, where do you start?
To help celebrate National Science Fiction Day on January 2 every year, Global English Editing created the following great infographic featuring the 16 best science fiction books of all time.
The 16 Best Science Fiction Books of All Time (Infographic).
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The only two on here I have read/enjoyed are The Martian and 20,000 Leagues. Felt several others on here were great concepts just not very exciting books
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That’s the thing with lists of books, everyone’s will be different.👍
Bit of a weird question, did you post a book haul post earlier? I got a notification of a new post but when I click on the link it says page not found.
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Yea, it’s been posted. Strange that it’s doing that. Had a couple of likes so I think it’s visible.
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Ah, I will check again.👍
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Though I haven’t read most, they are without a doubt the basis for sci-fi as we know it and it’s easy to recognize their influence in modern works. Very interesting recap and beautiful design!
Thanks for sharing it!
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Yes!! Great titles here
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I’ve read most of those, and enjoyed most 😀 I guess everyone has their own best of… list, and everyone’s will be slightly different 😉
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Very true, everyone will have different books on their own lists and that’s pretty cool as reading is such a subjective and individual thing.
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Very cool! I’ve only read two of these so I might have to check out some more. I def need more SciFi in my life.
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Okay, this is just cool.
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It gratifies me that I’ve read a good number of the listed books, although I’ve almost forgotten some of them (like Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles): maybe I should fine the time to re-acquaint myself with them… Thanks for sharing! 👍
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Forever War by Joe Haldeman was my favourite Sci-Fi book for such a long time. But having read Dune for the first time last year I think, sadly, it may have been replaced.
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A list? With pictures? Oooooooooo! This kind of think completely floats my boat – thank you for sharing it, it’s made me all kinds of happy this evening! 😀
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Sci-fi is any thought that happens in the head and doesn’t exist yet, yet soon endlessly will make a huge difference for everyone, and nothing will at any point be the equivalent in the future. When you have a thought that changes some little region of the planet you are composing sci-fi. It is dependably the craft of the conceivable, never the inconceivable.
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