Literary fiction trends in 2014. How to fill up a home library fiction
We have long wanted to make a similar post, but still waiting for the right occasion. And now he has turned up - New Year, time to take all possible outcomes and create rankings. And we have decided to recall the eternal - of science fiction. There is hardly among us at least someone who does not like science fiction. What pros do not store in the shower, in a secluded corner, memories of the books that once shook his imagination with its fictional story ?!
And if you're in the bustle of everyday life podzabrosili reading books, then you're wasting it. High technology has not yet been strangled writing craft (hope this does not happen, and), and annual output a lot of interesting books deserve to carve out half an hour a day reading. Perhaps these books will be for you some starting point. By the way, in the end of November last year, now Ursula Le Guin сказала:
«times are tough, when we need the voices of writers who can offer an alternative to our lives today. Through which our society is permeated with fear and intrusive technology be able to see other types of life, and maybe even give us hope. We will need writers, poets and dreamers who remember the Freedom realists ». Blockquote>
Just want to warn as most books - foreign news, they have not yet been published (or not be published) in Russian. On the other hand, it is a great occasion (and method) to pull up your English.
Book strange new things, Michael Faber (The book of strange new things, Michael Faber)
In the книге describes the journey of a missionary on the exoplanet called Oasis. The goal is clear - to bring the word of God-Aboriginal aliens. Those must be said, showed a fair eagerness to learn religion. On the example of aliens author illustrate our own, human, craving for self-destruction. It is interesting to look at the sketches of the life of a missionary another planet, surrounded by another race of intelligent beings. And the future of the human race in the book shows a rather bizarre.
Locked up, John Scalzi (Lock In, John Scalzi)
This книга partly exploits our fears about all sorts of epidemics. In the near future, some people struck by illness, called Syndrome Hayden (Haden Syndrome). They lose the ability to communicate with the outside world, their consciousness is trapped inside the body. That is, the effect is comparable to paralysis. However, it is found that a small number of people have the natural talent to communicate with victims Syndrome Hayden. Such favorites became known as integrators. The plot is built around the investigation of the murder of one of the integrators, and in the course of the book raises the issue of discrimination of vulnerable patients.
The problem of three bodies, Liu Tsysin (The three-body problem, Liu Cixin)
This is translated into English повесть writer Liu Tsysinya , one of the pillars of modern Chinese fiction. The plot revolves around the story of the first human contact with an alien civilization. But then everything turns into a much more complex picture with conspiracy theories about changing the laws of physics in the Solar System. Along the way, going up and all sorts of moral dilemmas in situations where the science itself becomes a dogma.
The first fifteen lives Harry Augustus, Claire North (The First fifteen lives of Harry August, Claire North)
The protagonist of the книги, Harry in August, after the death returns to the "starting point" and live a new life. And so over and over again. And this is not reincarnation. Moreover, in general, all people (somehow) have the same gift - or curse. This "serials" allows them to send the original message into the past, as well as to unite against each other. Someone uses this bizarre form of immortality in order to change the future, which leads to a rather strange friendship between the characters. Here is a strange psychological fiction.
Martian, Andy Weir (The Martian, Andy Weir)
Very interesting повесть, Ridley Scott on which now makes a film with Matt Damon in the lead role. In fairness, this is not a novelty, Andy Weir published it on the Internet back in 2012. But on paper it published as early as 2014. The book tells about an astronaut who was alone on Mars, and trying to survive at all costs. This space vyzhivalcheskaya fantasy, quite correct from a scientific point of view. Triumph of ingenuity over seemingly hopeless circumstances.
Defenders Will McIntosh (Defenders, Will McIntosh)
In the будущем Earth was attacked by an alien race. Aggressors possessed the gift of telepathy, so Earthlings had to create an army of defenders, whose mind was impervious to scan aliens. The war ended, we were able to fight back. And the question was, what to do with veterans, the full charms Enough war. It was decided all of them to settle in Australia. It can be seen from this karma of the continent, to be exiled territory. Naturally, the public is not easy to accept people with similar injuries psyche, and even with the side effects antitelepaticheskoy protection.
Empire dust Jaycee Bedford (Empire of Dust: a Psi-Tech Novel, Jacey Bedford)
One of the most popular science fiction stories: далёкое future and evil mega-corporation . Its agents, it introduces implants Psi-Tech, give telepathic abilities. Alas, they have a side effect - a man with a similar implant slowly going mad. But one of the agents, Kara Carlin, finds a way to get around this and not lose their mind.
In the rear, Scott Magner (Homefront, Scott magner)
Боевая Fiction . The distant future, Earth is devastated, but not yet inhabited. Dzhantin (this woman), a genetically engineered super-soldier, has to go to Earth and set up a secret settlement. However, arriving at our old woman Dzhantin found that here in full swing the civil war. As a result, in order to survive it has to look for allies.
Peripherals, William Gibson (The Peripheral, William Gibbson)
One of the most interesting fantastic произведений the past year. In a utopian world of the future protagonist Burton runs a beta tester of the new virtual reality game. He is responsible to seek out the bugs in your own virtual body. However, his sister after a while Flynn discovers that the tested "game" - it is something much more serious thing than it seemed her brother.
Proxima, Stephen Baxter (Proxima, Stephen Baxter)
By XXVII century mankind has been able to break out of the solar system and are now actively colonize Proxima Centauri. Action романа proceeds in two times: in fact, in the XXVII century and in the very distant future, when our galaxy has turned into one giant artificial intelligence, existing at that time for 100 000 years. And our distant descendants helluva found something that may have an impact on the future of the entire known universe.
Playing in the halls of death, Dmitry Kazakov
This is the first book of a new fantasy series "Rage", dedicated to the eponymous game. The series will focus on the game universe, will reveal the secrets of the story and explain the history of many famous artifacts, characters, and islands.
The plot of the first book: mortal enemies - mutilated astral elven mage and hadagansky saboteur, who was forced to hide from former colleagues - are destined to meet, although not yet know about it. They will face one of the most mysterious places in the world Rage - about lost in the jungle of the Holy Land pyramid to which access is blocked by powerful and strange spells. Heroes have to forget about the hostility, when it becomes clear that both - a pawn in the game, the outcome of which depends the fate of the world.
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At the same time, we want to complete our review of literature. Surely you know a lot of other interesting fiction books published in 2014. Write about them in the comments, preferably with cover images. Together will gather quite a good selection of new products.
Source: geektimes.ru/company/mailru/blog/243897/
