Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books — 100 книг

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick

Dick's trippy novel tells of sophisticated off-world androids who turn against their creators, slip back to a post-apocalyptic Earth, and must be hunted down by bounty hunter Rick Deckard. The book inspired — albeit very loosely — the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:08

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

A chilling look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:09

The Dark Tower Series
by Stephen King

Roland, the world's last gunslinger, tracks an enigmatic Man in Black toward a forbidding dark tower, fighting forces both mortal and other worldly on his quest.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:10

2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke

Two astronauts find their journey into space and their very lives jeopardized by the jealousy of an extraordinary computer named HAL.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:11

The Stand
by Stephen King

A monumentally devastating plague leaves only a few survivors who, while experiencing dreams of a battle between good and evil, move toward an actual confrontation as they migrate to Boulder, Colo.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:26

Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson

Weaving contemporary imagery with Sumerian myths, Stephenson's third novel revolves around a mysterious "pseudo-narcotic" Snow Crash that is capable of affecting people both within — and without — the alternate-reality Internet called the "Metaverse."

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:14

The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury

The tranquillity of Mars is disrupted by the earthmen who have come to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:16

Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut

A young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:18

The Sandman Series
by Neil Gaiman

Gaiman originally told his tale of Morpheus, the Dream King, whose interactions with mortals rarely end well, and whose fractious extended family includes the personifications of Death, Despair, Desire and Destiny, in a 75-issue comic book series over several years; the hugely influential series is now collected in ten trade volumes.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:20

A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess

Burgess created his own youth slang for this acid satire of contemporary culture which follows young Alex as he makes his merry way through a dystopia of drugs, sex and ruthless violence, only to be chosen for a psychological experiment meant to mend his ways.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:21

Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein

In one of Robert A. Heinlein's most controversial novels, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against humankind's most frightening enemy.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:49

Watership Down
by Richard Adams

An allegorical tale of survival about a band of wild rabbits who leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society chronicles their adventures as they search for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:51

Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey

At a time when the number of Dragonriders has fallen too low for safety and only one Weyr trains the creatures and their riders, the Red Star approaches Pern, threatening the planet with disaster.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:52

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein

A one-armed computer technician, a radical blond bombshell, an aging academic and a sentient all-knowing computer lead the lunar population in a revolution against Earth's colonial rule.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:53

A Canticle For Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Miller's 1959 novel follows the Monks of the Order of St. Leibowitz as they attempt to preserve the remnants of civilization after a nuclear war.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:54

The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells

Wells' classic 1895 story of an unassuming British inventor who creates a device that sends him hurtling into the far future – A.D. 802,701, to be precise – where subterranean Morlocks prey upon the childlike Eloi.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:56

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
by Jules Verne

Professor Arronax and his two companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:57

Flowers For Algernon
by Daniel Keyes

When brain surgery makes a mouse into a genius, dull-witted Charlie Gordon wonders if it might also work for him.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:58

The War Of The Worlds
by H.G. Wells

With advanced machines of destruction, aliens from another planet swoop down on planet Earth and begin their conquest, in the classic sci-fi work by the author of The Time Machine.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 21:58

The Amber Chronicles
by Roger Zelazny

Zelazny's tales of Corwin, prince of the "true world" of Amber (of which our Earth is merely a shadow) and his son Merlin, a magic-user/computer hacker, have spanned several decades. Amid the eternal struggle between Order and Chaos, Zelazny delights in tossing in allusions to Shakespeare, the Tarot and quantum mechanics.

Melanie 18 ноября 2011 г., 22:00