Compilation of hundreds of the most advanced fantastic books demanded from our edition much more efforts than similar lists of games, films and serials. No wonder, because the books are the basis of the foundations of all world fiction. As before, the main criterion for us was the significance of a work for world and domestic fiction.

Only those books and cycles that became generally accepted pillars were included in our list. fantastic literature Or have a significant impact on the development of individual fantastic directions. At the same time, we did not go on the temptation to attribute the main contribution to fiction to English-speaking authors: almost the fifth of our list is occupied by the books of domestic masters of the word.

So, before you are those 100 books, which, according to Mirf, any self-respecting fan of fiction to read simply!

Forestation fiction

Jonathan Swift "Gullyer Travel"

The novel, whoaring the way to authors of many fantastic directions - from satire to alternative geography. And what is the detailed design of the worlds! "Gullyer's Travels" cannot be squeezed only on a fantastic shelf - this is the phenomenon of universal culture. True, most of us are familiar only with the adapted version of the "Golden Fund" of children's literature.

Mary Shelley "Frankenstein, or Modern Prometheus"

Book of English Lady, Spouse famous poetwritten "on the dispute". In Percy Shelly and his friend Byron did nothing, and the 20-year-old girl composed one of the most famous "gothic" novels. But one gothic was not limited to! The history of the Swiss scientist Viktor Frankenstein, who has learned to revive dead fabrics with the help of electricity, is considered the first truly scientific fiction work.

Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland"

The fairy tale for children invented by the English mathematician has had a huge impact on the development of the NF. Satyric absurdism, the abundance of paradoxes, other measurements - the book of Carroll included many topics of subsequent generations repeatedly used. The influence of Carroll on the English-language culture is especially great - only Shakespeare is inferior in the number of quotations of the Tale of Alice.

Jules Verne "Twenty Thousand Lea under water"

One of the most famous books "Founder Father" NF. Of course, a few of his novels can be put nearby - "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "From the Earth to the Moon", "Robur-Conqueror", however, it is "20 thousand ..." combines the commercial scientific and technical predictions, a fascinating adventurous plot, Cognition and a bright character, whose name has become a nominal. Who does not know Captain Nemo and his "Nautilus"?

Robert Lewis Stevenson "Strange Story of Dr. Jekyla and Mr. Heyda"

The history of the two opposite half of a single personality, at the same time - the moralization of the duality of the progress and responsibility of science before society (later this topic was developed by G. Wells in the "Invisible Man" and "Island of Dr. Moro"). Stevenson competently combined the elements of the NF, Gothic horror and philosophical novel. The result is a book that has breeding a lot of imitation and making the image of Jekyla Hyda nominal.

Mark Twain "Yankees from Connecticut at the court of King Arthur"

Another classic that combines Satira to the modern writer society and the brilliant embodiment of several fantastic ideas, later concentrated by hundreds of authors. Travel in time, an alternative story, the idea of \u200b\u200bcolliding cultures, the doubtfulness of progressive as a way of changing the "oblique" society - everything was fitted under one cover.

Bram Stoker "Dracula"

Roman about vampires, powered by the ocean of imitation in literary and cinematographic fiction. Irishman Stocker revealed the world an example of a literate "black pian". He took the genuine figure of the Valah state of the Lord - the personality of a low-surpical, but in the historical plan enough ordinary, - and made a monster from him with a capital letter, whose name in the mass consciousness is placed somewhere between Lucifer and Hitler.

SCIENCE FICTION

Herbert Wells "War of the Worlds"

A classic work that opened several directions at the NF immediately. This is the first book about the invasion of the land of merciless "other people's". However, Wells went on the topic "World War". The writer creates an impressive gallery of behavioral models of people in extreme conditions those who hung over them the threat of total destruction. Before us - in fact, the foresight of the development of society during the coming world wars.

Isaac Azimov, cycle "Future History"

The first world NF monumental history of the future, the brightest part of which is considered to be the Foundation trilogy (award "Hugo" as the best fantastic series of all time). Azimov tried to reduce the development of civilization to a complex of laws similar to mathematical formulas. The savings of mankind are not commander and politicians, but scientists - the adepts of the science of "psychoistoria". And the entire series covers 20 thousand years!

Robert Sineline "Star Tail"

The novel caused a serious scandal, because many of the liberals saw in it the propaganda of militarism and even fascism. Heinline was a convinced libertarian who had the idea of \u200b\u200bresponsibility to society with the rejection of total restriction by the state of personal freedom. "Star landing" is not just a reference "military man" about battles with others, but also the display of the idea of \u200b\u200bthe writer about the ideal society, where the debt is above all.

Alfred Elton Van-Vogt "Sláng"

The first significant work about biological mutations, which threaten to humanity with the transition to a new stage of evolution. Naturally, ordinary people are not ready just to go to the dump of history, so Salnam mutants have to fall out. The situation is complicated by the fact that Slane is the fruit of genetic engineering. Humanity itself makes his own graceman?

John Windem "Triphid Day"

The standard of science fiction "Roman-catastrophe". As a result of the cosmic cataclysm, almost all earthlings were blinded and turned into mining of the steady plants. End of civilization? No, the novel of the British science will penetrate faith due to the human spirit. Say, "We take hands, friends, so as not to disappear by one one"! The book marked the beginning of a whole wave of similar (albeit more pessimistic) stories.

Walter Miller "Passion on Labovitsa"

Classic postpocalyptic epic. After nuclear war The only stronghold of knowledge and culture remains the church in the person found by the scientist of the Order of St. Labowitsa. The action of the book takes place for a thousand years: civilization is gradually reborn to die again ... sincerely believes, Miller with deep pessimism looks at the ability of religion to bring to humanity to real salvation.

Robert Merl "Malville"

The most meticulous chronicle of existence ordinary person In the world after the nuclear war. A group of people being in the castle of Malville, day after day survives on the ruins of civilization. Alas, but their Robinsonad is absolutely hopeless. No one will arrive with the "Big Earth," will not save, will not return forever lost. And not in vain, having wanted a series of brilliant victories, the protagonist dies from a banal appendicitis. The world died - no future ...

Isaac Azimov, Collection "I, Robot"

Azimov's stories about robots developed the topic raised by Karel Chapec in the play R.U.R., - about the relationship between man and artificial intelligence. Three law of robot engineering is the ethical basis for the existence of artificial creation capable of suppressing the "complex of Frankenstein" (a dramatic desire to destroy his creator). This is not just stories about thinking glands, but a book about people, moral throwing and spiritual experiments.

Philip K. Dick "Do the androids dream of electricians dream?"

The first sample of genuine cyberpunk, which appeared long before the birth of the term and fantastic phenomenon, the designated one. The acid-gloomy world of the future, the inhabitants of which are constantly questioning the meaning and even the reality of their own existence - the themes characteristic and for this novel, and for all the creativity of Dick. And the book served as the basis of the cult film Ridley Scott "Running Razor Blade".

William Gibson "Neuromant"

The Sacred Book of Cyberpunk, where there is almost all his sign signs. A high-tech close future is shown in which the power belongs to predatory transnational corporations and cybercrime thrives. Gibson made a real prophet that the digital era coming today, not only anticipating the problems of development information technologies, but also introducing a specific computer jargon into a wide circulation.

Arthur Clark "2001: Space Odyssey"

Based on the old story, Arthur Clark composed the script for the film Stanley Kubrick - the first real NF Epopea of \u200b\u200bworld cinema. And the novelization has become a symbol of serious space science fiction. No "Star Wars", no superheroes with blasters. A realistic story about the expedition to Jupiter, during which the machine mind reaches its limit, but the person is able to go through any boundaries of the possible.

Michael Kruton "Jurassic Park"

Kruton is considered the father of fantastic technotriller. "The Park of the Jurassic Period" is not the first work of this kind, but one of the most famous, largely due to the screening of Stephen Spielberg. Being in essence, the skillful connection was repeatedly worked out in the NF and ideas - genetic engineering, cloning, riot of artificial creatures, - Roman acquired millions of fans and many imitation.

Philosophical and social fiction

Herbert Wells "Time Machine"

One of the cornerstone of modern NF is a book, which started the start of operation of travel themes in time. Wells also tried to continue modern capitalism in a distant future, in which humanity was divided into two biological species. Even stronger than the strange society of Eloev and Morlokov, stunning the "end of times", which marks the full destruction of the mind.

Evgeny Zamyatin "We"

The first great antiutopia, which influenced other classics - Huxley and Orwell, not to mention the many science fiction, which are trying to critically predict the development of society. The action of the story takes place in pseudo-utopia, where the role of a person is reduced to the position of a minor screw. The result is the "ideal" nominal society, in which "Unit is zero, a unit - nonsense."

Oldhos Huxley "On the wonderful new world»

One of the founders of literary anti-nightopias. Unlike contemporaries, who exposed concrete political models, Roman Huxley half alarmed with idealistic views on the perfection of technocracy. Intellectuals will build another embodiment of the intellectuals - albeit decent to appearance. Alas, a modern society confirms the rightness of Huxley.

George Orwell "1984"

Another classic antioticopia novel, created under the influence of the gloomy events of the Second World War. Perhaps now in all corners of the world heard the terms "Big Brother" and "Novoyaz" invented the terms. "1984" is a satirical image of absolute totalitarianism, whatever the ideology - socialist, capitalist or Nazi - he covered.

Ray Bradbury "451 degrees Fahrenheit"

Anthutopia, which is based on not political or social, but cultural ideas. The society is shown, where the true culture has become a victim of pragmatic jams: animal materialism unconditionally enthusically over romantic idealism. Firefighter Burning Books - Another Sign modern civilization. Events recent years Show that the novel threatens the fate not warning, but prophecy!

Kurt Vonnegut "Slaughter number five"

Masterpiece of anti-war fiction (and literature in general). Hero of the book - Alter-Ego of the author Billy Pilgrim, War Veteran, who survived the barbaric bombardment of Dresden. Abducted by aliens, hero only with their help will be able to cure from nervous shocks and gain inner peace. The fantastic plot of the books is only a reception with which you are fighting with the internal demons of your generation.

Robert Jeinline "strangers in someone else's country"

The first NF Book, which has become a national bestseller in the United States. This is the story of the "Space Mowgli" - the Earth's Child of Michael Valentine Smith, brought up by representatives of a fundamentally different reason and became a new Messiah. In addition to the obvious artistic advantages and the discovery of many forbidden for fiction, the meaning of the novel is that he finally turned the public idea of \u200b\u200bthe NF as literature for immature minds.

Stanislav Lem "Solaris"

Flagship philosophical NF. The book of the wonderful Polish writer tells about the unsuccessful contact with an absolutely alien to us by civilization. Lem created one of the most unusual NF Worlds - a single mind of the planet-ocean Solaris. And you can take thousands of samples, put hundreds of experiments, put forward dozens of theories - the truth will remain "there, behind the horizon." Science is simply not able to solve all the secrets of the Universe - no matter how trying ...

Ray Bradbury "Martian Chronicles"

Multifaceted cycle about the conquest of Mars man where lives the last days Strange and once great civilization. This is a poetted story about the collision of two different cultures, and reflections on eternal problems and the values \u200b\u200bof our being. "Martian Chronicles" is one of the books, clearly demonstrating that fantasy is capable of touching the most difficult problems and can compete on equal to the "big" literature.

Ursula Le Guin, Heinsky cycle

One of the brightest stories of the future, the masterpiece "soft" NF. Unlike traditional scenarios of cosmic fiction, Le Guin relations between civilizations rely on a special ethical code that excludes the use of violence. The works of the cycle are narrated by contacts between representatives of various psychologies, philosophies and cultures, as well as about their everyday life. The most significant part of the cycle is the novel "Left hand of darkness" (1969).

Oron Scott Card "Ender game", "The voice of those who do not"

Two novels, followed by a popular, but ambiguous multi-volume cycle, are genuine masterpieces, the top of the Card's creativity. "The game of Ender" is an upgraded "military man" with a focus on the psychology of cultivation of charismatic adolescent leader. And "Voice ..." - primarily the story of contact, mutual understanding of fundamentally different cultures. Everyone wants, as better; Why do good intentions turn around the tragedy?

Henry Lyon Oldi, Cycle "Cupless Hungry Eye"

The first in modern domestic fiction multi-layered philosophical and mythological work, "the abyss of the hungry eye" includes various directions of NF and Fantasy. Creating the Universe, co-authors use a variety of mythological schemes, combining a strong adventurous plot and qualitatively worked out characteristics of characters with the philosophical comprehension of occurring events.

I read 6 books from this universe on the advice of a friend-animemnik and decided to share with the respected readers of his IMHO:

The SAO book series, of course, is worthy of all silence, but I, as a person who has recently read a sufficient number of literPGs and other "recent series", I can not not mention the serious minuses inherent in the whole genre of this kind of literature and the books on SAO in particular .

1. The main character (as in 90% literPG) is incommensurable cool Aki Duke Nyuk and Chuck Norris combined. Other from the book to the book by pumping and farming Epic Schmote, it is practically not engaged in it, thanks to the 6th sense and other mystical skills alone kills bosses calculated on the raid (dragon with metal, Hellian Santa ITD), has transcendental indicators of hitposts and hurricane regen, allowing in " The game with the death of Sao "calmly confront a dozen of red pkshniks. The only one "plin" PVP is our legendary benchmark - Kirito is Allah GM and the creator of the game Summer Japanese Genius and Helegase part-time.
2. Harem. Not. Not this way. The harem of female characters who saved, defended, freed, HTD HG Walks in the footsteps of a black swordsman Kirito and sadly sighs about the grievous female share, for the heart of the real samurai is already engaged to the brave asunus. One of those who "feels like a heart shrinks at the sight of a thin black-haired guy" is the sister of the GG, which became the pennouncement of the author's pen - cousin. Fortunately, there is no mass hipping and it seems to be foreseen. Although who knows them, Tentacle lovers and hentai ....
3. As I wrote above in paragraph 1, the true hero is not worth spending time on boring pumping and farm epics. After all, in the VRMMO of the future of the rising sun, it is possible to transfer the already pumped character not just from the Horde in the Alliance and back, and .... from the game of the game. Imagine: you are 90 levels from the game Vedmak Online Find me to Mehvorior and begin to dissect on an imbid robot with 2 swords! Where did the robots come from swords? But were yes. Only by them before the GG did not use any nobody because I did not know how. At all, nuuba, in Gauss the gun believed, naive. Approximately the usual Japanese schoolboy in less than a week of real-time "hit" of all top players in the multiplayer GUN GALE Online shooter. Chuck Norris casts from envy.

In a word, you can read a series of books about Sao if you are not annoyed " loud sounds Bayana "Incessantly playing" from open the windows "plot. Kill time in the subway or where is the very thing. At least, personally, I have read it easier than the Korean" lunar sculptor ". But in reality, if you had to choose VRMMO when Other equals, I would have played better in the "Waldir World" than Sao.

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For some reason, we assume that scientific fiction as a genre remained in the 20th century, without preparing competition at the beginning of the century with the fantasy vertices genre. As part of the post-Soviet space, it probably happened. Yes, and other fiction branches were strongly filed in the new millennium - urban fantasy, adolescent anti-nightopias and love zombie novels focused on themselves most of the readership. But thanks to the new authors (Vernor Vindzh, Alaster Reynolds, Peter Watts) abroad of the NF alive, hesitate and even becomes more intellectual, frightened and deep than ever. The benefit of domestic publishers are gradually begin to translate new foreign classics of science fiction. This top will introduce you to the best NF-novels already translated and published in Ukraine.

Robert Ibatullin "Rose and Worm" (2015)

The year of publishing: 2016
Publisher: Seldo
Who will like: Lovers of the trilogy of Robert Wilson "Spin" and fans of the "foundation" of Azimov
Why it is worth reading: meticulous scientific accuracy of what was happening and really possible, thoughtful future of humanity

Alien Ras Aquivian attacked the Earth. After long and fierce fights, mankind managed to win the homeland back, but the planet becomes unsuitable for life. Meanwhile, created by people on Venus Kosmoflot, successfully masters the sunny system, and the unfinished Enemy's attacks of the Superstructory "Roy Svetlychkov" will prepare for war with already independent earth colonies. In the short civilian skirmish, Kosmoflot loses, and the former lands colonies receive official independence. While people are truth and do not really fight for the remnants of power, mankind begins to threaten the danger of a hundred times the worse attack of Aqualian and the Civil War.

Author of Roman Robert Ibatullin physicist on education. How he himself admits a beautiful transfer of words not his lobby, but as for scientific reliability, then in this book all assumptions and facts are proven by the calculations of the writer. Yes, critics scold the work behind the places is poor, but this drawback is compensated by the author's meticulousness in scientific details, as well as the real, bright and living world of the possible future land. This is the most classical "solid" science fiction, which modern readers are incomprehensible why they buried and refuse to believe in its existence. Read all unbelievers in the Healthy and Live NF. Take small portions to avoid scientific overdose.

Peter Watts "False Blindness"

The year of publishing: 2006
Transfer: 2009
Publisher: AST.
Who will like: Fans of Stanislav Lema, in particular the works of "Fiasco"
Why it is worth reading: a deep, thoughtful plot, the perfect fantastic world in which you want to visit

On one day of 2082, thousands of millions of lights lit up in the sky of our planet. People nose them with fireflies, and later discovered alien activity at the border of the solar system. For the intelligence of the situation and the possible first contact with the aliens, people send the Spaceship "Teze". Just he ventured at such a trip a completely unusual crew - on the list of teams there are a complete schizophrenic linguist, the vampire and it is not clear why there is a person without emotion.

Peter Watts's name has long rattled among foreign fans of cosmic fiction. The novel "False blindness" came out in the West back in 2006. Translation into Russian came out in 2009, and last year the book was reprinted and the novel found new life. And yes, Watts writes difficult, spinningly and as deep as possible. But along with this, the author chews his large-scale knowledge in exact sciences And he puts the reader in the mouth of the quintessence of the Idel Fantastic Book, which I want to fulfill to the end even if the window is already light.

Chris Beckett "In the darkness of Eden"

The year of publishing: 2012
Transfer: 2016
Publisher: AST.
Who will like: Those who like the "village" Kira Bulyucheva and the "Uzekogi of the Universe" Robert Heinline
Why it is worth reading: Independent and cozy atmosphere of old and "golden" science fiction,

John Krasnosyvet fifteen years old. He and his relatives live in no one famous planet Eden. The fact is that John and Sorodii still descendants of earthlings, which were once in this system, founded the base here, left the settlers and no longer returned. And the heirs of these people are still waiting for the return of the ancestors and with varying success they master the unfriendly world called Eden.

Despite the fact that the protagonist of the book of a teenager, a classic NF work, which received many awards, including the Arthur Clark Award. "In the darkness of Eden" returns the reader during the "Golden Era" of science fiction, when the aliens have always been terrible six-chain creatures with teeth on their hands, and monkey-telepaths were hidden on unknown planets with acid vegetation. Despite the apparent banquality, Chris Bekett created a bright and surprisingly worked world on the basis of hundreds of genre clichés, in which you definitely want to visit. And it seems that for the nearest tree you will definitely meet Alice Seleznev and her famous team. All bored for old good fantastics are recommended.

Adam Roberts "Glass Jack"

The year of publishing: 2006
Transfer: 2015
Publisher: AST.
Who will like: Lovers of the works of Alfred Better "Tiger! Tiger!" And Arthur Conan Doyle "Four Sign"
Why it is worth reading: Strong philosophical subtext, confusing detective line, ambiguous and charismatic protagonist

Seven unfavorable criminals are sent to the distant asteroid - they will serve the punishment and produce ore for eleven years. The prisoner knows that as soon as they leave some, the brutal and bloody struggle for power will begin. Six of them seemingly in-innocent killers and dominant males, and the seventh - slander, scored and besides legless. Zeks think that he will die first, but they do not suspect that the disabled person will be the most dangerous man On this damn all asteroid.

The British writer Adam Roberts is known abroad as a researcher of the history of fiction, and his collection of articles on this subject in 2016 received a premium of the British Science Fiction Association. And Mr. Roberts Professor Philology of the University of Cambridge and the London University Lecturer.

Therefore, despite the seeming simplicity of religious reliefs, his novel "Glass Jack" is complex and often a philosophical work filled with references to the classics of world literature - Shakespeare, Kipling, Dickens, Salliner and others. In addition, this novel, like a collection of articles, also brought Professor Roberts Prize of the British Science Fiction Association and Memorial Prize John Campbell. The novel "Glass Jack" is most likely not suitable for a slight and comfortable reading. The book affects many ethical, philosophical and scientific issues, and also has a detective component. Say unless you should be the perfect example of the present, intelligent NF Romana?

Daniel Suarez "Stream"

The year of publishing: 2015
Transfer: 2015
Publisher: AST.
Who will like:those who liked "for billion years before the end of the world" Brothers Strugatsky
Why it is worth reading:cheerful cosmic action, with cyber-punk elements, technology in the book are based on actually existing inventions

John Grady physicist. He and his team came up with a device that subordinates gravity. It would seem scientists waiting for glory, success, money and in annals of history. But on Earth there is a technical control bureau that is designed to hide from humanity the truth about the actual technical progress of people. They close the Grady laboratory, and they are offered to work on them and become one of the numerous chosen, which manage the history of the planet. And when John refuses him, he is sent to the secret prison of the highest class "Hiberniti", where they keep all scientists that they did in due time incredible discoveries. Now concluded for coercion and his new friends, geniuses should learn the truth about the technical control bureau and tell the world a real state of affairs.

The writer Daniel Suarez relatively recently broke into the scene of scientific fiction activity. Nevertheless, his third work "stream" in 2015 received the Prometheus Award for the best fantastic novel. This is not "solid" NF, rather this is a NF Cyberpunk. And this is a dizzying action against the background of large-scale conspiracy theories, organically woven into the technology of the future. And yet the author thinks every detail of realistic continuation of the history of mankind, and technology in the book is invented on the basis of already existing developments, from which the flow of "flow" will be interested in any modern Gajetoman and a fan of serious fiction.

Alaster Reynolds "Doomed World"

The year of publishing: 2010
Transfer: 2016
Publisher: ABC-Attikus
Who will like: Yana Weiss's fans and novel "House in a thousand floors" and fans of the book of Vernja Vernja "Flame over the abyss"
Why it is worth reading:the perfect combination of science fiction, thriller and space opera

In the distant future, at sunset the history of the earth, there is a huge skyscraper called the blade, which stretches through the atmosphere layers. Inside the building is divided into areas, which in addition to hostility with each other differ in the level of technological development - somewhere people have access to the latest modern biotechnology, and in some zones, residents use steam engines. On the upper floors, which is almost touching space, Angels live - postolyudi who want to subjugate the whole skyscraper. Kilon works in the morgue of one of the lower Rins. Partly, he is a secret agent of these inhabitants of the heavenly floors, and one day he learns that the owners want to eliminate him, for the unusual information they received and the secret information provided for "top". He understands that if he does not leave the blade, the angels will get to him, so Kilon decides to go to a crazy journey around the already dying and deadly hazardous planet Land.

The name of Alaster Reynolds is known to the fans of science fiction and the cosmic opera. In addition to the incredible writing talent, Mr. Reynolds has a couple of trumps in the sleeve - he has been an astrophysician on education and at the same time he worked for the European Center space studies. Therefore, alaster knows how and what to write. However, the novel "Doomed World" is the most unusual work of the author. It is rather a planetary fiction with the elements of the action, thriller and the cosmic opera. However, the hand master is owned here, so there is a novel that you can advise absolutely all fans of fiction. How and what Alaster Reynolds writes can not help a common reader. The book definitely costs reading.

John Love "Vera"

The year of publishing: 2012
Transfer: 2015
Publisher: Fiction Book Club
Who will like: Those who like Herman Melville "Mobi Dick and White Kit" and Cycle Scott Westerfeld "Sequence"
Why it is worth reading:NF with elements of classical parables and philosophical subtext, main characters - Space ships

"Vera" is an aliens Spaceship, which helped the human commodity to destroy the warlike shaky empire. After three hundred years of oblivion, the wonderful ship of the aliens returns, but only now it confronts people. For the response of the super-powerful "faith", people create new and super-satellular space cruisers of the Outsider class - their teams are the most dangerous criminals and scumbags in the system, which now need to destroy the "faith" and its owners and do not give humanity once again to die. One of such ships called "Charles Manson" enters into battle with aliens. He even has a meager chance to win, but what the cruiser will face after makes the attack of the "faith" of children's fun.

The debut romance of the British science fiction writer John Lava made a lot of noise in the circles of lovers of the genre. And even though the work did not receive any awards, critics and readers noted the first creation of the British and even put it in one row with modern classics of the genre Reynolds, Watts and Hamilton. The novel "Vera" is a space opera with parable elements, where the main characters Not people, but two enemy and extraordinary vera ships and Charles Manson.

Naturally, it is not all the books of modern science fiction, which we would like to tell. There is still a mass of novels, which are already translated or translated into Russian (with Ukrainian NF publishing, while quite trouble). Most likely we will tell about them in the following articles, but for now, share your impressions read by books and further wishes. What hooked you out of NF and what we did not tell you?

• GOODREDS: 4.4 rating.
• Awards: International Prize Fantastic in the category "Art Prose" (1957), SFINKS Award in the category "Book of the Year" (2000), Prometheus Award in the category "Hall of Fame" (2009).

Tolkina's trilogy, according to which Peter Jackson removed, withstands the test of time and sets the bar for works in the fantasy genre. The book differs from the film, so pleases the reader with many interesting details and unexpected turns of the plot.

The Hobbit Frodo and its satellites are sent on a journey through the fabulous universe to destroy the ring and restore the world on Earth. On the way they are waiting for many dangers that will require little hobbits of great valor and courage.

• GOODREDS rating: 4.2.
• Awards: Award "Hugo" in the category "Best Roman" (1966), Involutionary Award in the category "Best Roman" (1965), SFINKS Prize in the category "Year of the Year" (2008).

The action takes place in a distant future, where social life and culture rotate around the "spices", for the production and use of this particular substance there is a constant struggle. At first glance, it may seem that this is another story of the struggle of good and evil, nobility and mercenary interests. However, the book is polyphonic.

Herbert managed to create a kind of chronicle of a distant future, which explores the issues of politics, religion, ecology and technology, rightly believing the brightest and original in history.

3. "Song of Ice and Fire", George Martin

• GOODREDS: 4.4 rating.
• Awards: Award Academy of Scientific Fiction, Fantasy and Horror - the first two books (2001), the award of the Academy of Scientific Fiction, Fantasy and Horrora - the first three books (2002).

This rating would be incomplete without saga about. The book allows you to keep track of an infinite confrontation of stors and lannisters, without downloading the next season of the series. Magic, mystery, intrigue, passion, romance and adventure fill her pages and transfer the reader to a completely new world.

• Goodreads rating: 4.1
• Awards: Promey Award in the Hall of Fame "category (1984).

Orwell managed to create an antipode of the Great, but not by all recognized antiotopia of the 20th century - "On the wonderful New World" of Oldhos Huxley. The author is trying to answer the question that is terrible: the ideal society of consumption or the perfect society of ideas? It turns out that there is nothing worse than complete inconsishes and in the first, and in the second case.

Orwell predicted the total power of television, widespread surveillance and many other cultural phenomena that we see today. Therefore, the book did not lose the relevance of years.

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Hugo Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1973), Involutionary Award in the category "Best Roman" (1972), Locks Award in the category "Best Roman" (1973), Ditmar Prize in category "Foreign fiction (USA, Roman)" (1973).

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Hugo Premium in the category "Best Roman" (1974), Involutionary Award in the category "Best Roman" (1973), Locus Award in the category "Best Roman" (1974), British Science Fiction Association in Categories "Best Roman" (1974).

The case when the novel received as many as seven prestigious fiction premiums (Lifehaker listed the most famous of them) and laid the beginning of a series of books different authorswhich explore the attitude of earthlings with a different mind.

The action unfolds in the near future. The asteroid of an unusual form moves through the entire galaxy to Solar system. The excipment of earthlings landed on the surface of the asteroid and begins to collect data that only complicate the search for the answer to the main question: "Who and why created this commander? .."

• GOODREDS: 4.5 rating.
• Awards: Award named after the Jules Verne in the category "Roman (USSR)" (1979), Golden Graveli Prize in the category "Foreign Roman" (1981).

One of the few works of Russian-speaking science fiction, which does not lose, but is only gaining popularity with time.

"Picnic on the side of the road" was reflected in world culture. I took off my legendary film "Stalker" Andrei Tarkovsky. After a few decades, the story was based on a computer game and became the beginning of a series of books, the action of which occurs in the designed fictional world.

After the aliens visited the Earth, zones appeared on it, in which there are completely different laws of existence. The society was not ready for the "gifts" of aliens and hardly tries to adapt to the new reality, following the few stalkers.

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Award "Hugo" in the category "Best Roman" (1987), Award "Incoming" in the category "Best Roman" (1986), Locus Award in the category "Best Sci-Fantastic Roman" (1987), Scientific Academy Prize Fiction, fantasy and horror in the category "Best Foreign Book (USA)" (1995).

In Russian translation, the book is also known as the "Voice of those who do not" and "herald". This novel became a direct continuation of the novel "", which also became the owner of several literary premiums and received a big response from fiction lovers.

Earthlings meet another race of developed beings. The differences between them turn out to be so great that it is hardly leading to a new conflict of civilizations.

• Goodreads rating: 4.1.
• Awards: Bram Stokechar Award in the category "Best Roman" (2001), Hugo Prize in the category "Best Roman" (2002), Involutionary Award in the category "Best Roman" (2002), Locus Prize in category " Best Roman (Fantasy) "(2002), Premium Academy of Scientific Fiction, Fantasy and Horror in the category" Best Fantasy (United Kingdom / USA) "(2001).

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Literary Prize General Governor of Canada in the category "Prose to english language"(1985), Book Award" Los Angeles Times "in the category" Artistic Literature "(1986), Award Arthur Ch. Clark in the category" Best Roman "(1987).

Another book, which was removed popular. Margaret Evwood builds a rather convincing panorama of the future, which can come tomorrow.

In the new world, women do not have the right to own property, work, love, read and write. They are here only for one - to give birth. And if somehow it is not capable of it, she remains to work at the Katorga until the death of death, which under such conditions occurs before the usual one. The main heroine of the book - the servant of Fredov - challenges the system, for which she has to pay.

• Goodreads rating: 4.1.
• Awards: New Measurement Journal Prize in the category "Best Book (United Kingdom / Sri Lanka)" (1968).

An example of how the book appears on the world after the eponymous film - and finds its audience, living his own life. Arthur Clark wrote his science fiction novel on the basis of a scenario over which he worked with Stanley Kubrik. It is believed that the work was ahead of his time.

An unknown object is detected on the moon that sends a powerful signal to. The scientist managed to find out that the signal goes towards one of Saturn's satellites. There is an interplanetary ship "Discovery" to explore unknown expanses ...

• GOODREDS rating: 4.2.
• Awards: Promey Award in the category "Best Roman" (2012), Alex Prize (2012).

In the near future, when the world experiences the next economic decline and the shortage of resources, you can truly feel only in the virtual space, where representatives of humanity are held. Before death, the creator of this space is a number of complex puzzles. The one who overshadows them first will inherit his huge fortune and power over the whole world. The main character decides to try their strength and begins to seek the rays.

Today the writer is working on Sicvel, so readers will soon have the opportunity to find out what has become with their favorite characters.

13. "Left hand of darkness", Ursula Le Guin

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Hugo Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1970), Avadel Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1969), Prize of the Italian magazine Nova SF in the category "Best Roman" (1972), SFINKS Prize in category " Book of the Year "(1996).

Not the most famous novel of the American writer, but BIG, complex and serious. In him Le Guin puts and permits global philosophical and moral questions - It is for this that the fans of intellectual fiction love him.

The book describes the world of a distant Planet winter, on which the protagonist arrives with the Mission of Good Will - the associations of many planets in one system. But for this, he must overcome the abyss between his own views and ideas of a completely alien culture with which he faces.

• Goodreads rating: 4.7.
• Awards: Hugo Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1968), Lazar Komarter's Award in the category "Best Foreign Roman" (1985).

The biographers of the writer converge in the opinion that the science was well understood in Eastern culture. And the novel is the proof of this pages, the gods of the Hindu Pantheon come to life, which interact with people and demons.

This book is rather a philosophical reasoning about being than a classic fantastic novel. However, the sharp plot holds the attention of the reader throughout the entire narrative.

• Goodreads rating: 4.1.
• Awards: Hugo Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1976), Involutionary Award in the category "Best Roman" (1975), Locus Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1976), Lazar Komarter's Award in the category " Best overseas Roman "(1986).

The most famous book of the author, thanks to which his name is hearing today at fans of fiction. Holdeman fought in Vietnam, which had a great influence on all his work and this novel in particular. Roman can be called antimylitarian.

The main character is a soldier of the Space Forces, which fights with insidious aliens and dreams of going home. When he finds himself on his native land, he understands that he feels a stranger. It turns out that finding happiness and its place in life in peacetime is even more difficult than in the military.

• Goodreads rating: 4.1.
• Awards: The Prize of the Italian magazine NOVA SF in the category "Best Roman" (1970).

This science fiction romance brought Bradbury's first success. Thanks to him, the writer received many prestigious premiums and gained the love of fans all over the world.

The novel consists of individual chronicles, in which the author reflects on the urgent issues of the existence of humanity - both on Earth and in the whole universe. People are so dreaming to conquer space, but they do not think that it can embrace hearty longing all over the human, which remains at home ...

• GOODREDS rating: 4.3.
• Awards: Barry Levin Award in the category "Book of the Year (Restored and Augmented Edition)" (1990), Balrog Award in the category "Best Roman" (1979), Fantasy Award in the category "Best Roman" (1979).

Despite the fact that other books brought great fame, this novel received a lot of premiums. Agree, the weighty argument to pay attention to it.

The population of America dies off due to the virus, however, in such a situation, the struggle for world domination does not subside. A mysterious person who can subjugate the weak people seeks to capture power. Few of those who managed to survive and maintain adequate ideas about good and evil, decide by all means to prevent the impostor.

18. "Star landing", Robert Sineline

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Hugo Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1960).

In Russian, this book also went under other names: "Star infantry", "Star Rangers", "Space Troop" and "Space Soldiers". Even if you watched the shielding, then read the book still stands. Heinline makes accents on important political and social phenomena, and the plot boasts even more unpredictable turns. At the same time, the novel is considered one of the most ambiguous works of science: after his release, Heinline was called Militarist and accused of propaganda of fascism.

The earth attacks a dangerous enemy, and the star paratroopers need to withstand the reasonable civilization of bugs, which has nothing to do with people. In such a war, everything solves strength, because to seek reconciliation there is simply no time.

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Award "Incoming" in the category "Best Roman" (1966).

The book will like those who want to relax a little from cosmic fiction, switching to fiction with a universal face. Roman has a deep psychologism and makes think about the issues of love and responsibility that we often ask in everyday life.

The 33-year-old floor washer Charlie Gordon is mentally retard. Despite this, he has work, friends and irresistible desire to socialize. After he takes part in scientific experimentHis life turns away from his head. IQ at Charlie increases almost three times, and he begins to understand the things familiar to him completely in a new way.

20. Books about Harry Potter, Joan Rowling

• GOODREDS rating: from 4.3.
• Awards: British National Book Prize in the category "Children's Book of the Year" (1998), Children's Book Prize Nestle (1997-1999), Whitbredovskaya Prize in the category "Book of the Year for Children" (1999).

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Premium Academy of Scientific Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (1995-1999).

• GOODREDS rating: 4.2.
• Awards: Hepfene Prize (2003).

The novel describes the relationship between people with the intelligent ocean of the planet Solaris. At the same time, Lem challenges the position of other science writers who believe that contact with extraterrestrial civilizations Bring to humanity a total happiness. Heroes of "Solaris" can not know the alien mind, feel lonely away from the ground and fear of all new.

The action takes place in the distant future. But the author raises the philosophical issues that are relevant to humanity in the present. Perhaps, therefore, Andrei Tarkovsky took off the same film, and the idea of \u200b\u200bthe intelligent ocean was reflected in the work of "Stars - Cold Toys" Sergey Lukyanenko.

• GOODREDS: 4 rating.
• Awards: Hugo Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1964).

Saimak became known thanks to the original ideas, carefully worked out the plots and the ability to speak simply about difficult.

Hero of the novel from American wilderness. At first glance, it leads a measured and uninteresting lifestyle. All if nothing, but only a person is not. That is what attracts attention to the attention of the CIA agent.

• GOODREDS rating: 4.2.
• Awards: Hugo Prize in the category "Best Roman" (1990).

This novel of the American writer is often compared with the "Canterbury stories" Jeffrey Chosera, where the narrative includes several temporal lines at once, and the main characters can be called.

Many worlds participate in the interstellar war, and on how it will end, the fate of humanity depends. On the planet of the Hyperion, which occupies a key place in this confrontation, the tombs are beginning to open - gigantic structures that are moving from the future in the past. Seven pilgrims are sent to these objects to solve their mystery and save people.

• GOODREDS rating: from 4.
• Awards: The Lyubanovon Prize (2006).

The cycle can be attributed to the so-called dark fantasy. The main character is the Witcher Heralt - protects people from monsters. The action occurs in the world of many races, peoples, communities, each of which seeks to defend their interests by anything.

Sapkovsky conducts analogies with our reality and ridicule. The cycle is not over yet, and, according to the author's statement, the next book should come out very soon.