The Bestselling Science Fiction Books of All Time
The night was dark, I was gazing at the stars, quite a few twinkling and a lot of them shimmering in that distant sky. While I was engrossed in this imagination, an illusion-like formation that resembled a spaceship appeared to pass by, blocking a patch of starlight sky. And I boarded the ship of imaginations to create a Star Trek like world of my own, and assume the characteristics of my favourite characters from my favourite science fiction books.
Dune
Frankenstein
The Time machine
The invisible man
For a while I imagined myself as Paul who could be : Atreides, later known as Paul Muad'Dib, and when the popularity of one of the best science fiction novels ever written, gained an unprecedented readership, Paul was assigned the title “The Preacher.” Thus making him Paul the Preacher. I cruised across the unseen zones in the universe, while bearing in mind that the course of my imaginary journey is based on the the plot of the best science fiction series, Dune, where Emperor Shaddam IV is the leader of the entire universe, and is responsible for assigning House Atreides and Duke Leto to take over Arrakis from the brutish Harkonnens. And for a moment I felt I had consumed Melange and now with the multidimensional mental capabilities I could traverse through different parts of the universe and enjoy the effects of the psychedelic drug central to the science fiction novel series, Dune.
Then, as I was possessed by the feeling of accomplishment as Paul The Preacher, I made a modest attempt to understand the pain of Frankenstein. Often referred to as Frankenstein's monster. And to be honest, even a powerful drug like Melange with magical properties could not undo the pain and horrors I experienced as Victor Frankenstein.
Therefore, to arrive at a more satisfying conclusion on the main point that has now been debated over for very long: “whether science fictions challenge human existence that is governed by high morals, by bringing forth the possibilities, that otherwise remain in the hidden realm? And by exposing them to be now entertained by human thought, it increases the chances of upsetting the long accepted social taboos. Many believe that science fiction novels challenge old conventions and taboos by revealing scientific possibilities which are meant not to be explored.
Or. In actuality science fiction novels offer an opportunity to human civilization as a whole, to entertain new ideas and indulge in responsible scientific thinking. Where it is possible that even a creation like Frankenstein can feel human, happy, loved; and at last understood.
As soon as I think about Time Machine by H. G. Wells, while being piloted to different corners of my actively imagining mind, as an Invisible Man, I realised the correct meaning of the famous quote by Ray Bradbury, “Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible.”
And as soon as the moonlight covered my face, I deboarded from the imaginary spaceship, where anything was possible. I smiled and, with the thoughts of Ellen Ripley, I thought of the alien, but exceptionally fascinating wonders awaiting to be explored by human beings in the coming decades. With the possibility that at last, we as a race of thinking beings can conceive a unified theory, to better understand the universe and functional aspects of mysterious particles like: God Particle. Now does this possibility break any taboo or upset any conventional belief system that may hurt someone's feelings? I think it does not do any of that. All it pursues is the beauty of new possibilities with a renewed scientific gusto and clarity in perspective.This is the real wonder of the best science fiction books.
Ah! The effect of the psychedelic drug Melange is finally weaning off. So what do I do next? Nothing else, but stay true to the title of the blog: ”The Bestselling Science Fiction Books of All Time.” In order to make it more interesting and informative, I will be answering the following questions:
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Having read science fiction and fantasy books, I felt deeply inspired to write one of my own. But writing science fiction is unlike writing a fantasy, bildungsroman or in any other genre. It demands a thinking pattern that is unlike any other. Where a creative thought cannot afford the luxury of being alienated from logical thinking and scientific realism. Any deviation from these important aspects of science fiction writing would make the reading experience quite drab.
But there is more to it, because Hard sci-fi novels are based on scientific and provable facts. They're inspired by “hard” organic sciences like physics, chemistry, and astronomy. Whereas, Soft sci-fi novels can afford the liberty of being scientifically inaccurate. However, the scale of this freedom has to be exploited carefully, excessive deviation from the facts would kill the interest of the reader.
Sci-fi novels like Dune became so popular because they preached the scientific possibilities with an adequate hint of plausibility, that can be entertained via scientific probing, while staying within the allowed and known, scientific limitations surrounding the virgin scientific ideas proposed by these scientific novels.
It was one of the major hurdles I faced while writing my science fiction novel They loved in 2075. It explains how humans will experience love in 2075. This science fiction novel navigates through the possibility of men and women falling in love with machines, without knowing they are robots imitating human emotions. Will you still dare to fall in love in 2075 or will you strive to tell the difference between a human lover and a robotic lover?
To know more, please read the sci-fi novel They Loved in 2075.
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