Top 10 Visionary Books About Scientists

Top 10 Visionary Books About Scientists

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

The southern reach, a secretive government agency, has sent eleven expeditions to investigate area X. One has ended in mass suicide, another in a hail of gunfire, the eleventh in a fatal cancer epidemic. Now four women embark on the twelfth expedition into the unknown.

Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

Aurora is a magnificent piece of writing, certainly Robinson's best novel since his mighty Mars trilogy, perhaps his best ever

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

One of the most successful works of Virginia Woolf, to the Lighthouse is an exceptional experiment in the stream-of-consciousness literary technique. it is regarded as one of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century.

Contact by Carl Sagan

In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future -- and our own.

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

Multi-prizewinning and internationally acclaimed Yan Lianke -- 'China's most controversial novelist' (New Yorker) -- returns with a campus novel like no other following a young Buddhist as she journeys through worldly temptation.

The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin

It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres.But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.

Submergence by JM Ledgard

Submergence is a dark book, but in such an unusual sense: Ledgard turns out the lights, and everything, inside and out, begins to glow.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.

Once Upon a Time I lived on Mars by Kate Greene

In her thoughtful, well-written account of the mission, Greene reflects on what this and other space missions can teach us about ourselves and life on Earth.

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

The moving story of contact with alien intelligence serves as a canvas for discussion of our mind’s limitations and the nature of human cognition. A love story for some readers, a philosophical treatise for others; Lem’s inspiring masterpiece defies unambiguous interpretations.

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