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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT 11 Sci-fi books have been all the rage for decades, but some great titles don't get the recognition they deserve. What is considered the first science fiction book, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, was released in 1818, and the genre's popularity has ebbed and flowed since then. The 1960s through the 1980s saw a massive boom in sci-fi books, but this only made it harder for even exceptional stories to stand out.
Nancy Kress's Beggars in Spain began as a novella, which won Hugo and Nebula awards, leading the author to expand her story into a novel and two sequels. The premise itself is simple, with only a subtle shift to a typical sci-fi future, but the way Beggars in Spain explores the impact of this change in society is powerful. Unfortuantely, aside from the novella's initial awards, the series as a whole didn't receive nearly enough attention.
Greg Bear gained prominence with other sci-fi novels, including 1993's Moving Mars, but Blood Music has been unfortunately neglected by popular culture. After 700 years, these embryos have become a small but peaceful and thriving society. However, everything they know is turned upside down when a ship filled with frozen humans arrives on their planet—the last of those who escaped Earth 100 years after the embryos were sent away. What is truly special about Songs of a Distant Earth is that Clarke avoids all the obvious conflict tropes, instead telling a tale of optimism and cooperation.
An Accidental Goddess is a touch more comical than other underrated science fiction novels, but it's a great deal of fun to read. The protagonist, Gillie, has telepathic powers, which adds a nice touch, and the villainous Fav'lhir that threatens her brings about a great deal of old-fashioned good-vs-evil conflict.
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