Finding The Best Science Fiction Books

Lots of us take books to bed with us. While most of us are hoping they'll help us fall asleep, I think a few of the best science fiction books would keep the reader wide awake rather than sweeping us off to dreamland.

A quality science fiction novel should capture the reader, leading them to experience the new world or universe within its pages first hand. The reader would be right there beside the hero, fighting the foe, cringing with the damsel in distress, eyes popping out at the next totally unexpected turn. The best science fiction books do just that they keep us on our toes, not knowing what will happen next.

There are a great many new writers in the market today that can only claim to help people fight insomnia and they're much more successful than many of the rambling politicians or church ministers. These new writers are far from achieving status as an author of any of the best science fiction books.

Some of these books could put the pharmaceutical companies making sleeping tablets out of business. While not addictive, they should carry a warning that it could harm your ability to think clearly. While it is tempting to list those I consider worthy of helping you beat insomnia, I can't remember the titles. So much for being nominated for the best science fiction books Hall of Fame.

Writers should follow where their creativity leads them, creating a novel that isn't simply a regurgitation of those that went before, utterly predictable to the end. Otherwise they will never write one of the best science fiction books. We readers doggedly read to the end anyway, hoping against hope that we will discover an unexpected twist that will reward our long journey. Of course, that means we can't cheat and read the last chapter first!

While there are formulas to follow that have been used by generations of writers to build their stories around, they may not be the best way to write one of the best science fiction books. It isn't groundbreaking or bringing science fiction up to a whole new level, but the good guy will always win, the hero will get the girl, and the downtrodden minority will overcome the evil overlords with the help of a hidden file or a sock and a safety pin.

It is no shock when the lights go out, the shields are failing fast, and a child with a ballpoint pen can repair the massive engine that is about to explode and blow up the entire town, while the knowledgeable technicians and scientists are running for their lives. Does that sound like one of the best science fiction books to you?

So, if you're aiming to be published, my advice is this: take your readers on a ride they'll never forget. Keep them on their toes mix them up and spit them back out with a totally different perspective than when they first cracked your book. If you've written one of the best science fiction books, they'll close the book at the end and have to absorb the adventure they've just participated in.

If you must stick to a formula, at least pop in a few surprises here and there. Take a leaf from "No Second Chance", when the hero boldly states, "Always expect the unexpected because the unexpected is only the expected when you least expect it." If you keep that in mind, you may still write one of the best science fiction books.

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