Civilian space travel is getting closer—science fiction can once again become reality. But, judging by
Together with Litres, the largest book service in Russia and the CIS countries, we have compiled a selection of books in which space appears in all its details and contradictions.
The Martian, Andy Weier
What can an astronaut and Robinson have in common?Crusoe? The protagonist of this novel knows exactly the answer to this question. After all, he was left alone on Mars. He has to show imagination and apply all his knowledge in order to survive and try to return to Earth. As the basis for this story, the author took the real mission of Apollo 13, the spacecraft on board which the accident occurred.
"Three Days of Indigo", Sergey Lukyanenko
One of the main Russian science fiction writers, authorseveral alternate "universes" (including the legendary "Patrols"), this time takes readers into a rather unsettling future. In it, hostile aliens crushed the Moon, banned the Internet and mobile communications on Earth, and established their own rules. Tiny crystals became the main currency. Maxim Vorontsov is one of those who mine them. His help is required by the powerful and mysterious Merchants. The reward for his work can be what the hero wants more than anything else.
Dune, Frank Herbert
Welcome to Arrakis, the main planet inthe whole universe! In this world of harsh deserts, gigantic sandworms, brave Fremen get a mysterious spice that helps control spaceships. A young aristocrat named Paul Atreides, whose family takes control of Arrakis, will have to lead the detachments of brave desert dwellers and raise them to a holy war against the empire. Science fiction and philosophical romance is the combination that made this work a cult classic.
"Limit", Sergey Lukyanenko
This is the second book of the Russian space epicscience fiction writer Sergei Lukyanenko. Engineer Creedy finds himself in a difficult bind. By chance, he turns out to be a terrorist. How else, because in order to save himself and his wife Ange, he hijacks a mined boat. At the same time, the research ship Twain is trying to prevent the death of a habitable planet. It soon becomes clear that under the threat of destruction - all the inhabited worlds. And the first of them is the mysterious Rax civilization.
Solaris, Stanislav Lem
This novel became the standard of science fiction of the XXcentury, was filmed twice, radio plays, performances and even a ballet were staged based on it. The mysterious and eerie story of a thinking ocean capable of fulfilling even the strangest desires of people is still awe-inspiring. Is the ocean a nightmare incarnate or a spiritual healer? A mirror of humanity or a collection of its illusions? And is it really true what his hero named Snout said: “A man needs a man”?
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