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By Annabelle Holman


Reading is an art yet to be chained. Humans, even in the presence of computers and other devices, still use it. The most intriguing subject being science. Below are the best science fiction books that have made this art a long lasting trait of this race and have been outstanding all along in the market.

Ringworld, written by Larry Niven, is a classic piece worth checking out. This story involves the puppeteers who had can only be killed using antimatter. A liquid that retains your youth for almost two hundred years and still be youth is some of the ideas that the current generation is looking to invent that are portrayed.

The Demolished Man is a captivating piece which will leave your imagining what if the prepositions in it were a reality. The state where the mind is able to pick up the intentions of the person next to you. The peepers as they are referred to in the book shape the society and how people behave. This led to a 70 year drought of calculated death cases. This switched the levels of crime to more sophisticated levels as you could not lie to a police officer.

Thirdly, Gateway by Frederik Pohl will intrigue you. Released in 2010, this book looks into the greed that humans have for riches. Stray ships abandoned by aliens attract a number who board them. With programmed destinations, these locomotives take them to the Heechee planet. Many die in the process and some who got lucky not to be disfigured beyond recognition become the new Bill Gates, just like that.

Stand on Zanzibar written by John Brunner looks into the world of medicine and global dominance in the same. House, a leader in a global company in the move of acquiring an African nation, is set up with Hogan who is his spy. He however does not know this, the story unfolds till the end where Hogan loses his life after getting the game changing genetic engineering that shift the way things are run.

Timescape by Gregory Benford involves the technological aspect of teleporting. The two sets of scientist; 1962 and 1998 have the huge role of safeguarding the future from huge environment catastrophe. The 1998 group being aware of the future, tell the 1962 group on how they can prevent this. The level of drama in the book will leave you at the edge of your seats.

Alfred Beester wrote the book Tiger! Tiger! In the 1950s. Little did he know a reprint in 2011 under, The Stars is my Destination, was going to catapult the content value if this piece to huge heights. In the original piece, he assesses a character who uses teleporting as the perfect tool to evade arrest in time of problem. This shakes the world and in turn poises danger to everyone.

The Snowcrash virus created by a pizza guy in the Snowcrash novel was all it took to solve the hacking menace. This piece by Neal Stephenson, leads us to the future where the nation is in a state of helplessness as a result of cybercrimes that even the government cannot handle. As a result, many people are affected and the pizza guy is one. He sets out on a revenge mission. Just like the bulb invention process, he came with the whopping tool which is Snowcrash.




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