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I will give you my most honest opinion, and start with the very first. The godfathers of science fiction are considered to be H.G.Wells and Jules Verne. Out of the two of them, I would pick Verne over Wells any day, and the reason is simple; H.G. Wells was a man with incredible ideas, but Jules Verne was a master storyteller. While all the ideas in H.G. Wells' stories have continued to fuel people's imagination for many years, many notice that people who adapt Wells stories seldom use them exactly as they are. They change them because Wells was not a very engaging writer. Verne, on the other hand, wrote stories full of adventure and intrigue. I highly recommend his "Around The World In 80 Days."
For the other masters, you simply cannot go wrong with nearly anything written by Ray Bradbury. His classic, "Fahrenheit 451" constantly makes top 100 lists all over the world. His short stories are equally amazing. Isaac Asimov did a lot of the definitive work on robots in the science fiction genre--in fact, nearly anyone who writes about robots owes something to Asimov. Philip K. Dick wrote the short stories that most people build incredible films around, and there's a reason for that. He is one of the best, without question.
And though he is still constantly publishing, I would still count William Gibson among the classics for science fiction writers. The man invented the term "cyberspace." He is a true futurist and all of his books worth reading, particularly "Mona Lisa Overdrive" and "Neuromancer."
For the other masters, you simply cannot go wrong with nearly anything written by Ray Bradbury. His classic, "Fahrenheit 451" constantly makes top 100 lists all over the world. His short stories are equally amazing. Isaac Asimov did a lot of the definitive work on robots in the science fiction genre--in fact, nearly anyone who writes about robots owes something to Asimov. Philip K. Dick wrote the short stories that most people build incredible films around, and there's a reason for that. He is one of the best, without question.
And though he is still constantly publishing, I would still count William Gibson among the classics for science fiction writers. The man invented the term "cyberspace." He is a true futurist and all of his books worth reading, particularly "Mona Lisa Overdrive" and "Neuromancer."
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