Matthew Medney is the author of The Existential Equation: What’s the Cost of Humanity?Now off Gungnir. Below, he recommends three thought-provoking science fiction novels.
Leaving you stunned… wondering about what could have been… dreaming of a radical change in reality… These are the feelings that all great science fiction should leave you with. Want more, want to dream something, want to discuss something.
Science fiction has always been at the forefront of exploration: wild science fiction plots that, when published, seemed out of the realm of possibility, only become more realistic with each passing day.
Today, we look at the AI revolution and the restart of exploration to the Moon and beyond. These are areas of interest that science-fiction has been talking about for over 100 years, which has become reality.
science fiction draws What can happen; what can be done And Dreams of what could be. There are three of my must-read books that any future lover should read:
Ministry of Time By Kalianne Bradley: This is what happens when you pull a Victorian soldier from time and drop him into modern London. But the real tragedy is not cultural shock; It’s like loving someone who was supposed to die 150 years ago.
three-body problem By Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu: Possibly the most terrifying science fiction ever written, not because of the monsters or the war, but because Liu Cixin does the math and the math says we are cosmically, catastrophically alone, and that might actually be good news.
And of course, the one that started it all: empires and technology, space elevators and warp engines…
foundation By Isaac Asimov: When a mathematician looks at human civilization, runs the numbers, and realizes that the Dark Ages are coming, he doesn’t sit down and disappear; To make sure we survive them, he creates a secret repository of human knowledge at the edge of the galaxy.
Every great science fiction book brings me back to the same question: What are the stars worth?
The stars are yours… but only if you stop being human to reach them. Remain human, and Eden is your reward, until they kill you at sixty.
what would you choose? The answer is not that simple. I know which option I’m going to choose: Android. What decision will you take?
