Best Space Books: Science Fiction

Best Space Books: Science Fiction

Best Space Books: Science Fiction







		From the beginning we have looked at the stars and dreamed of achieving them, and the stories about how we got there and what comes next are a fundamental part of that dream. Good science fiction can surprise and motivate, warn, pose questions and awaken the imagination, inspiring human creativity and each new generation of astronomers. Also, it's fun to read. These are some of the science fiction books that the writers and editors of Space.com have read and loved: an incomplete list, but one that is always growing.

		(We are constantly reading new and classic space books to find our favorite shots of the universe.) Our recently read books in all categories can be found in The best space books. You can See our current coverage of Space Books here..)



		What we are reading:



		'Red Moon' (Orbit, 2018)



	By Kim Stanley Robinson





						


"Red Moon" by Kim Stanley Robinson

            						    Credit: Hachette Book Group 


		"Red Moon," the latest novel by legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, combines realism and drama in a way that instantly transports the reader to the lunar surface. The book, which will take place 30 years in the future, begins with the trips of Fred Fredericks, an American quantum engineer who works for a Swiss company, and Ta Shu, a poet, feng shui expert and celebrity travel reporter to the moon where they are. traveling to work. In the world of books, China has become the first political and technological entity to inhabit the Moon in a serious and long-term manner.

		At the beginning, as a reader, it is possible to adapt to the clumsy movements of the character in the lunar gravity and to anticipate what life on the moon could really be, but the story takes a surprising turn and life on the moon turns out to be very different from what you may have expected. "Red Moon" does an incredible job of immersing the reader in a captivating and alien world, but still familiar, while at the same time we rely on a reality that we could really face one day. ~ Chelsea Gohd

		Read a question and answer session with Robinson about "Red Moon" here.





		'Before Mars' (Ace, 2018)



	By Emma Newman





						


"Before Mars" (Ace, 2018) by Emma Newman

            						    Credit: Ace 


		The latest book by Emma Newman set in her universe "Planetfall", "Before Mars", sees a geologist who arrives at a small base on Mars after a long trip only to realize that things are not what they seem. The artificial intelligence of the base is not reliable, the psychologist seems sinister, and the main characters find a note for themselves that has no writing memory. In a perfectly immersive virtual reality world, can you trust what you see? Or did the long trip make a dent in his mental health? "Before Mars" takes place in a mysterious and largely empty Mars after a giant corporation buys rights over the planet.

		It's an exciting read but, like other "Planetfall" books by Newman, it's also a deep immersion in the psychology of the protagonist as she deals with what she discovers on the Red Planet. "Before Mars" and the other books in the same universe ("Fall of the planet"Y"After the atlas") can be read in any order, but Space.com strongly recommends that you take a look at all of them. ~ Sarah Lewin

		Read a question and answer session with Newman here and an excerpt from "Before Mars" here.





		'Artemis' (Corona, 2017)



	By Andy Weir





						


"Artemis" (Crown, 2017) by Andy Weir.

            						    Credit: Crown Publishers 


		In "The Martian"(Crown, 2014) first author Andy Weir gave voice to the witty and witty botanist Mark Watney as he struggled to survive stranded on Mars.In his second novel," Artemis, "he follows Jazz Bashara, a porter (and smuggler) in the Weir brings a meticulous detail to his descriptions of the moon as the tourist destination par excellence, as he did to Watney's misadventures on Mars, but his characterization of Jazz does not respond to his strengths. Writing, like Watney's record entries, however, "Artemis" is an entertaining entertaining through a very intriguing future moon base, with a lot of sixth-gravity action and memorable twists. In addition, there is an audiobook version read by Rosario Dawson. ~ Sarah Lewin

		Space.com spoke with Weir about the construction of a realistic moon base. here.





		'Origin' (Orbit Books, 2017)



	By ann leckie





						


"Provenance" (Orbit books, 2017) by Ann Leckie

            						    Credit: Orbit Books 


		A young woman plans to find stolen artifacts in "Provenance," which takes place in the same universe as the award-winning writer Ann Leckie. "Auxiliary" trilogy of books, but presents readers with a new selection of future human cultures with a more direct and less conceptual adventure story. However, do not let that fool you: the exploration of multiculture, the multispecies conflict (with aliens named Geck) of the book works as much as the construction of a world as intriguing as its previous books. In addition, there are robots controlled by the mind, stolen alien ships and a society with three genres. ~ Sarah Lewin

		Read an interview with Leckie about the book. here.





		'Leviathan Wakes' (Orbit, 2011) and the other books in the 'The Expanse' series



	By James S.A. Corey





						


"Leviathan Wakes" by James S.A. Corey

            						    Credit: Hachette Book Group 


		200 years into the future, humanity has colonized the solar system and is divided into three factions on the verge of conflict: Earth, Mars and the asteroid Belt, which includes the colony of Ceres asteroids. As characters from multiple points of view are trapped in a mystery that spans the entire system, the scope of the story slowly expands to reveal the complexity of the science fiction world of the novels. The books, co-written by Dan Abraham and Ty Franck, originally came from a idea of ​​role-playing table, and is shown through the construction and detailed global exploration of a solar system reconstructed in the image of humanity. In addition, it is a fun and intriguing set of stories of space adventures.

		The series is scheduled for nine books, and have consistently appeared one per year from 2011-2015 to a total of five so far (plus some related novels). They are also the basis of the Syfy television show "The Expanse", recently renewed for a second season of 13 episodes. Book six, "The Ashes of Babylon", will be launched in December 2016.

		Watch here Y here for questions and answers with the authors of the series that describe the beginning of the book and the development of the television program (in addition, the most brilliant science fiction of the series). ~ Sarah Lewin





		'Aurora' (Orbit, 2015)



	By Kim Stanley Robinson





						


"Aurora" by Kim Stanley Robinson.

            						    Credit: Orbit Books 


		After numerous novels and short stories that test the evidence of humanity in the near future, distant future and distant past, the science fiction master Kim Stanley Robinson offers his own highly detailed turn about the challenge of interstellar travel in his new book " Aurora "(Orbit, 2015).

		The first journey of humanity to another star is incredibly ambitious, impeccably planned and executed on a large scale in "Aurora". The novel begins near the end of a 170-year-old mission aboard a spacecraft that transports some 2,000 humans to the seemingly Earth-like moon of a planet orbiting a nearby star, Tau Ceti.

		Largely from the perspective of the ship's computer, "Aurora" emphasizes the fragile unity of all living and non-living parts aboard the starship as it moves through space. As the story of the landing unfolds, the narrative does not depart from the science or the incredible complexity of a multigenerational ship of 2,000 people. The spacecraft is presented as an organism that may have conflicting interests or lose balance, but that ultimately has to work in concert to reach its destination intact. ~ Sarah Lewin

		For more information about the book, check out our Questions and answers with Robinson.





		'The Martian Chronicles' (Doubleday, 1951)



	By Ray Bradbury



	Age range: High school and up





						


"The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury.

            						    Credit: Simon & Schuster 


		In case you have not heard of him, Ray Bradbury is a sci-fi writing icon. In "The Martian Chronicles," Bradbury explores the gradual human settlement of the Red Planet, through a series of lightly connected stories. Bradbury paints the Martian landscape and its inhabitants with masterful strokes, but equally strong is his description of the psychological dangers that await the human settlers who arrive there. This, as well as the spatial thematic stories of Bradbury's other classic collection, "The Illustrated Man," caught my attention when I was young and dreamed of traveling to the stars. In reading his work today, it is striking to see that, although Bradbury writes from a time when human space travel had not yet begun (the book was first published in 1950), the problems and questions his stories pose follow being relevant as humanity takes its place. First steps in that great frontier. ~ Calla Cofield





		'The game of Ender' (Tor Books, 1985)



	By Orson Scott Card



	Age range: High school and up





						


"The Ender Game" by Orson Scott Card.

            						    Credit: Tor Science Fiction. 


		This classic science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card should always be on the shelf of any space fan. Card's novel follows the life of Ender Wiggin as he learns to fight against the Formics, a horrible alien race that almost killed all humans when they attacked years and years ago. Wiggin learns the art of space warfare aboard a military space station built to help train young people to fight the cosmic invaders. Basically, this book is a story about the age of majority that makes you want to fly into space and also forces you to think about some serious social problems that appear in its pages. (The book is the first in a quintet and inspired a large amount of work that takes place in the same universe). ~ Miriam Kramer





		'The Martian' (Random House, 2014)



	By Andy Weir





						


"The Martian" by Andy Weir.

            						    Credit: crown 


		"The Martian" by Andy Weir is an excellent science fiction book based on science. Weir tells the story of Mark Watney, a fictional NASA astronaut stranded on Mars, and his difficult mission to save himself from a possible fate in the harsh environment of the Red Planet. Watney seems to have everything against him, but Weir skillfully explains not only what Watney's survival needs are, but also how he tries to make them work. "The Martian" will also become a film, which will be released in November 2015. The film stars Matt Damon as Watney and is directed by the space movie veteran Ridley Scott. ~ Miriam Kramer



	Read an excerpt from "The Martian" by Andy Weir





		'Dune' (Chilton Books, 1965)



	By frank herbert





						


"Dune" by Frank Herbert.

            						    Credit: Ace 


		In "Dune", Frank Herbert imagines a vast and intricate future universe ruled by an emperor that makes the Atreides and Harkonnen families confront each other in the desert of the planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. The arid world is the only source of the mixture of spices, necessary for space travel. Spread across the star systems, "Dune" is full of wild characters: human computers (Mentats), tribal wrestlers (Fremen), mind-controlling "witches" (Bene Gesserit Sisterhood) and humans ranging from the corrupt Baron Harkonnen to Paul "Muad'Dib." Atreides, whose journey from a sheltered childhood anchors history. At the beginning, the Baron says: "Observe the plans within the plans within the plans", summarizing the cautious analysis of the adversaries of the complex motivations of each faction. This second brain supposition is balanced by the epic action throughout the book, focusing on the perhaps best-known feature of the Duniverse: the monstrous sand worms that produce spices. The best-selling novel brought science fiction literature to greater sophistication by including themes of technology, science, politics, religion and ecology, although the growing Dune franchise is still less popular than Star Wars (which took a lot from "Dune") . ~ Tom Chao





		'Hyperion' (Doubleday, 1989)



	By Dan Simmons





						


"Hyperion" by Dan Simmons.

            						    Credit: Spectra 


		The epic part of the space, the part "Canterbury Tales", "Hyperion" tells the story of seven pilgrims traveling through the universe to face their destiny, and the unquestionably evil Shrike, which keeps the Time Tombs on the planet Hyperion . Along the way, each pilgrim tells his own story, and each world is so exquisitely created that it is hard to believe that everything comes from the mind of an author. The story of a scholar whose daughter grows old after his visit to the Tombs, and his quest to save her while he returns to childhood, is my favorite: it is heartbreaking and frightening at the same time. ~ Jennifer Lawinski





		'Gateway' (St. Martin's Press, 1977)



	By Frederik Pohl





						


"Gateway" by Frederik Pohl. 

            						    Credit: Del Rey 


		"Gateway" is the first science fiction book I read, because my father, a long-time science fiction addict, had loved it. It is an intense reading that explores why we make the decisions we make and how we deal with the consequences of those choices in the black vacuum of space. In "Gateway," those with the money to leave the dying Earth can travel in a spaceship that will make them rich beyond their wildest dreams or lead them to a grim and possibly violent death. Or, like our hero, he could end up in the clutches of a massive black hole and have to make difficult decisions that take him to the sofa in an electronic shrink. ~ Jennifer Lawinski

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