Thursday, March 6, 2014

Sci Fi Novels Entertain And Challenge

By Leticia Jensen


In sci fi novels ideas that challenge our imaginations are presented in an exciting and entertaining manner. These ideas are based around a wide variety of topics such as space travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, future technology and medical developments. The power of this genre is that it has the ability to lift us right out of our present world. We are entertained by the different visions we are presented with and are even able to think about some of the issues of our own world more clearly as a result.

Authors often get ideas from the cutting edge of biological and genetic research, writing about topics like cloning, humans with enhanced abilities and breeding of humans as organ donors. This all happens in unfamiliar settings and often changes the way we look at the world.

We all speculate about the future and in these books we are presented with many different scenarios. Some of these are apocalyptic in nature such as those where humans suffer dire consequences because of what they have done to nature. Others may take problems of our current world, like poverty and disease and offer future scenarios where these kinds of problems have solutions.

As technology advances so rapidly, it provides much new material for authors and themes change. Robots were a much beloved topic, popularized by Isaac Asimov, and many people still enjoy reading his books. He made us think about ethics and laws regarding artificial intelligence. Social media is an avenue that is sure to provide themes and plots for years to come.

The boundaries between genres today are becoming less rigid. For example, sometimes it is hard to draw the line between science fiction and fantasy. Genres often draw from one another too. For example, a book about time travel can also be a crime novel with a serial killing time traveler as the main character. A book about another universe can include a romance and a fantasy world may contain inventions that are scientifically believable.

Reading these books does help us to think about changes that might occur in our world but they are also a great form of escapism. We are lifted away from our daily problems into other universes and worlds that are described in intricate detail. H. G. Wells was one of the authors who succeeded in doing this and Jules Verne was another.

Medical breakthroughs have also provided an endless supply of ideas for these books. This presents us with all sorts of possibilities in the future, such as people who can heal themselves from any injury, robotic limbs that cannot be distinguished from real ones and diseased organs that are easily replaced by ones grown in laboratories.

There are thousands of science fiction books from which to choose, many of which are being sold online. Reading reviews on internet sites can give you a good idea of whether you would like a particular book or not. Even if you have not considered reading this genre before, the fact that the line between genres has become more blurred means that you may find one that appeals to you, containing elements of other genres like murder or romance.




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