BEST Sci-fi books of 2020
As you all know social-distancing and mandatory shelter in place orders have sprung up all around the houses, and rest of the world, plenty of the people have worked to keep themselves entertained at home.
There are many ways to entertain ourself in quarantine days, playing video games and watching web series is one of them, but reading of books/novels is absorbing.
While in quarantine in our homes, i start reading novels/books, so my first novel was The Alchemist by Paublo Coelho. The book was amazing, i start reading more novels. At the end of month MAY i have read about 30 books and now reading is one of my hobbies.
If you find your next read below, why not show your local independent bookshop a little love at this difficult time, by purchasing it from online.
Here are 17 best si-fi books, you must read
The Warship
By Neal Asher
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The Warship, the second book in Asher's 2018 Rise of the Jain trilogy, sees protagonist Orlandine facing a new threat, [SPOILERS] following her defeat of the Jain super-soldier. Rebel forces on her home world plan her assassination; tensions between Earth Central and the crab-like Prador intensify, and the alien accretion disk contains yet more mystery. The Warship, with its interstellar politics and exotic, military-alien warfare is Neal Asher at his very best.
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine
Arkady Martine is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and an apprentice city planner. Under both names she writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda and the edges of the world. Arkady grew up in New York City and, after some time in Turkey, Canada and Sweden, lives in Baltimore with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw. A Memory Called Empire is her debut novel, which is followed by A Desolation Called Peace.
Recursion
by Black Crouch
Blake Crouch is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His novels include the New York Times bestseller Dark Matter, and the international bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, which was adapted into a television series for FOX. Crouch also co-created the TNT show Good Behavior, based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. He lives in Colorado.
Exhalation
by Ted Chiang
Will make you think, grapple with big questions, and feel more human. The best kind of science fiction.’ Barack Obama, Summer Reading 2019 'A marvelous, astonishing collection that we would do well to read before the worlds it conjures are upon us. Urgently recommended. Ted Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and currently lives outside Seattle, Washington. In 1990 he won the Nebula Award for his first published story, 'Tower of Babylon'. Following this triumph, his stories have won him numerous other awards, making him one of the most honoured writers in contemporary SF. The title story from his first collection of short stories, Stories of Your Life and Others, was the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival.
Salvation Lost
by Petere Hamilton
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Humanity rises to meet a powerful alien threat, in this extraordinary sequel to Peter F. Hamilton’s Salvation. This is a high-octane adventure from 'the most powerful imagination in science fiction'. Peter F. Hamilton is the author of numerous novels, including A Night Without Stars, Great North Road, The Evolutionary Void, The Temporal Void, The Dreaming Void, Judas Unchained, Pandora's Star, Misspent Youth, Fallen Dragon, and the acclaimed epic Night's Dawn trilogy. He lives with his family in England.
The Saints Of Salvation
by Peter Hamilton
Humanity rises to meet a powerful alien threat, in this extraordinary conclusion to Peter F. Hamilton’s Salvation Sequence. This is a high-octane adventure from 'the most powerful imagination in science fiction'. The Saints of Salvation is the epic conclusion to the Salvation Sequence by Peter F. Hamilton.
To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars
by Paolini
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful epic science fiction novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle. Christopher Paolini was born in Southern California and has lived most of his life in Paradise Valley, Montana with his family. He published his first novel, Eragon, in 2003 at the age of 19, and quickly became a publishing phenomenon. His Inheritance Cycle – Eragon and its three sequels – have sold nearly 40 million copies worldwide. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is his first adult novel.
Invisible Sun
by Charles Stross
Invisible Sun concludes Charles Stross’s Empire Games trilogy, where two versions of America are locked in a cold war. This is a chillingly resonant dystopian vision. Invisible Sun follows Empire Games and Dark State. This trilogy is set in the same vividly imagined world as Charles Stross’s Merchant Princes sequence.
The Last Emperox
by John Scalzi
In the conclusion to the Interdependency series from sci-fi great, John Scalzi, the pathways that connect the stars are collapsing rapidly, accelerating the fall of civilization, and threatening to leave billions of people stranded. The evidence is insurmountable, but many people are in denial and even seeking to profit from this disaster.
Emperox Grayland II finally has control over her empire, but as she works to save her people, others are desperate to topple her from the throne . . . Will she save civilization?
The Human
by Neal Asher
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The Human is the final, thrilling, book in Neal Asher’s Rise of the Jain trilogy. Their enemy seems unbeatable. But humanity is indomitable . . .'Neal Asher's books are like an adrenaline shot targeted directly for the brain' John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War series.
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to The Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
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He had almost a Wodehousian style and some of his phrases and jokes entered our language. He changed the way people spoke. There has never been another writer remotely like Douglas Adams. He discovered a completely new genre – scientific wit – and having discovered it he raised it to dizzying heights.
Quite good I suppose, if you like brilliantly entertaining books written with a touch of imaginative genius.
Quite good I suppose, if you like brilliantly entertaining books written with a touch of imaginative genius.
The Doors Of Eden
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Full of sparking, speculative invention . . . The Doors of Eden is a terrific timeslip / lost world romp in the grand tradition of Turtledove, Hoyle, even Conan Doyle. If you liked Primeval, read this book.
The Doors of Eden shows a combination of tight, evocative prose combined with erudition. In a story whose scope is the broad canvas of the history of all life in the universe, Tchaikovsky manages to zoom in on human moments without breaking a sweat. Inventive, funny and engrossing, this book lingers long after you close it.
The Doors of Eden shows a combination of tight, evocative prose combined with erudition. In a story whose scope is the broad canvas of the history of all life in the universe, Tchaikovsky manages to zoom in on human moments without breaking a sweat. Inventive, funny and engrossing, this book lingers long after you close it.
Children Of Ruin
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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All underpinned by great ideas. And it is crisply modern - but with the sensibility of classic science fiction. Asimov or Clarke might have written this.
You know you’re in for a ride. . . This book thoroughly engaged me. Children of Ruin is a humdinger of a book I enjoyed immensely. Magnificent. This is the big stuff – the really big stuff. Rich in wisdom and Humanity (note the 'H'), with a Stapledonian sweep and grandeur . . . Books like this are why we read science-fiction.
You know you’re in for a ride. . . This book thoroughly engaged me. Children of Ruin is a humdinger of a book I enjoyed immensely. Magnificent. This is the big stuff – the really big stuff. Rich in wisdom and Humanity (note the 'H'), with a Stapledonian sweep and grandeur . . . Books like this are why we read science-fiction.
Light Of Impossible Stars
by Gareth L. Powell
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If you like space operas, science fiction, sassy people and drama then you will have one hell of good time reading Light of Impossible Stars. A well-planned and thoughtfully crafted trilogy. Grand space opera...but also an intimate tale of a group of characters who become, after many heartbreaking losses, their own found family...I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Cage Of Souls
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Once again Tchaikovsky astounds with his boundless imagination and versatility in his craft' Worlds in Ink. 'Grotesque and beautiful all at once ... A brilliant examination of extremes and the way in which humanity always finds a way to navigate them. Even when others are hell bent on self-destruction' SciFiNow. 'Tchaikovsky's world-building here is breathtaking ... Cage of Souls is a fascinating read and strong ecological tale' Starburst Magazine. 'Tchaikovsky livens up the tale with intrigue, duels and menagerie of horrifying creatures ... The scale of the story expands well beyond the confines of [prison drama], bringing in subterranean adventures, themes about class war and political corruption, and genetic engineering ... Set in a dying world where death hovers impatiently over everyone's shoulder, Cage of Souls is a frequently grim read, but it's a compelling journey' SFX.
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