Every year, true fans of space fiction are becoming more and more. And this is wonderful! After all, sometimes one wants to end up in outer space, on other planets of the solar system or even beyond its borders ... For all connoisseurs of this subgenre of science fiction, today we would like to talk about the best books that describe such distant lands, where even imagination can hardly reach.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Gods of Mars”. The famous trilogy of the writer tells you about exciting adventures taking place on the red planet. The protagonist of the work, John Carter, mysteriously appears on Mars. But he did not get there at the most favorable moment - there is a terrible war on the planet for survival between the races. Thanks to his courage, stamina, dexterity and courage, Carter occupies a high position in Martian society, and also wins the love of a charming princess ... It’s worth reading this trilogy even for the fact that her hero is a real long-liver of space fiction!
Andre Norton, The Plagued Ship. From the very first pages, you will find yourself aboard the Queen of the Sun space ship, which is destined to go to the planet Sargon. First of all, she is known for her incredible amount of diamonds. But few know that Sargon is also populated with many infections, so the "Queen of the Sun", after landing, immediately begins an epidemic. Upon learning about this, other planets forbid the spaceship from landing. Only Dane Thorson, assistant ship captain, can find a way out of this situation.
Dan Simmons, Hyperion.The fall of Hyperion. " This dilogy can rightly be called the most famous in space science fiction. Here is a new world: unusual, unreal, sometimes fabulous and truly large-scale. The great Tethys River, interstellar Hegemony and the zero portal - all this awaits you on the pages of the work. A fascinating journey with you will make the Priest, Detective, Soldier, Poet, Consul and Scientist.
Diane Carey, The Dreadnought. Welcome to the Federation! It was here that local scientists created a new, powerful and super-powerful dreadnought "Star Empire". His main task is to conquer the Galaxy and defeat space opponents. But during the first flight, the Star Empire is captured by a group of terrorists. Only Captain Kirk, a brave and courageous man, can cope with all this.
Stanislav Lem, Astronauts. This novel is definitely for those who love an interesting, unexpected and fascinating plot, as well as notes of philosophy. The reader finds himself at the center of a modernized society, which is fighting an aggressive civilization that focuses on destruction, woes and wars.
Olga Gromyko, Cosmopsihuhi. Perhaps the main word of the work is “attraction”. The navigator attracts luck, the captain - his team, the mechanic - repair, the pilot - race, the cat - fleas, and Olga Gromyko - his readers!
Ivan Efremov, “The Andromeda's Tumble”. The novel attracts us with its ideal world. In it, all people are happy, healthy and live for many years, science is thriving every day, and art helps residents feel absolutely everything! But, as you know, even in perfection there are flaws ...
David Dvorkin, "The Trap in Time." One day, James T. Kirk, being on the Enterprise spaceship, receives a distress signal. For unknown reasons, the Klingon ship falls into a severe storm, but refuses any help. For Kirk, this seems very strange, so he, along with his team, transplanted onto the Klingon ship. It was at this moment that a storm overtook them, which erased the cruiser from the radar. And then Kirk wakes up ... in the future, after a hundred years.
Howard Philips Lovecraft and Kenneth J.Sterling, Within the Walls of Eric. The authors introduce us to a hero from the future. Its main mission is to go to Venus and get a special kind of crystals for energy. It is on this planet, on the plain of the Eric Plateau, that incredible events begin to occur with the hero. Trying to get to the crystal, he finds himself in a complex maze, built by local residents ... What will happen next? Find out after reading this fascinating story!
Ian Banks, "Remember the Phleb." True connoisseurs of space science fiction compare this work with Hyperion, which we talked about above. The reader will be at the epicenter of enmity between Culture and the Idiran Empire. Despite a trillion victims, hundreds of thousands of broken ships and fifty destroyed planets, the war continues to this day.
Thirty-three-year-old narrator hero Philip Marlo, who had previously worked in the Los Angeles County Attorney's Office, has now become a private investigator and is investigating cases in which his clients are definitely not interested in publicizing them. He arrives at the home of millionaire Guy Sternwood, who tells Marlowe that someone ...
Andre Norton, The Plagued Ship. From the very first pages, you will find yourself aboard the Queen of the Sun space ship, which is destined to go to the planet Sargon. First of all, she is known for her incredible amount of diamonds. But few know that Sargon is also populated with many infections, so the "Queen of the Sun", after landing, immediately begins an epidemic. Upon learning about this, other planets forbid the spaceship from landing. Only Dane Thorson, assistant ship captain, can find a way out of this situation.
Andre Norton, The Plagued Ship. From the very first pages, you will find yourself aboard the Queen of the Sun space ship, which is destined to go to the planet Sargon. First of all, she is known for her incredible amount of diamonds. But few know that Sargon is also populated with many infections, so the "Queen of the Sun", after landing, immediately begins an epidemic. Upon learning about this, other planets forbid the spaceship from landing. Only Dane Thorson, assistant ship captain, can find a way out of this situation.
