Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Must Read: 20 Science Books Every Scifi Fan (and Writer) Should Read


Must Read: 20 Science Books Every Scifi Fan (and Writer) Should Read:

"You can't have great science fiction writing without great books about science. Ever since the nineteenth century, when Charles Darwin's classics On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man took the reading public by storm, popular science writing has been inspiring fictional thought experiments, as well as possibly less-inspiring political debates. What are the science books you should be reading now if you want your brain turned inside-out by weird new ideas that might just change the world for real? We've got 20 brilliant, and brilliantly-written, science books that have already influenced science fiction — or are about to."

0 comments: