science fiction books that inspired real life inventions

Science Fiction books

that inspired real life

inventions

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2001: a Space Odyssey

- by Arthur C. Clarke

From the savannas of Africa at

the dawn of mankind to the

rings of Saturn as man ventures

to the outer rim of our solar

system. This is the classic

science fiction novel that

changed the way we looked at

the stars and ourselves.

Favourite Quote

"The truth, as always, will be far stranger.”

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Twenty Thousand Leagues

Under the Sea

- by Jules Verne

Follow Captain Nemo and his

submarine Nautilus, after he, his

servant Conseil, and Canadian

whaler Ned Land wash up on

their ship. On the Nautilus, the

three embark on a journey

which has them going all around

the world, under the sea.

Favourite Quote

“We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”



The World Set Free

- by H. G. Wells

The book was written under the

immediate shadow of the Great

War. Noteworthy for its

depiction of fictional ' 'atomic

bombs ' ' which eerily prefigure

the development of real nuclear

weapons.

Favourite Quote

“The power of destruction which had once been the ultimate privilege of government was now the only power left in the world-and it was everywhere.”



First Lensman

- by Edward Elmer Smith

In the not too distance future,

while fleets of commercial space

ships travel between the planets

of numerous solar systems, a

traveler named Virgil Samms

visits the planet Arisia. There he

becomes the first wearer of the

Lens, the almost-living symbol

of the forces of law and order.

Favourite Quote

"Then silence; and waiting. Minutes? Or days? Or weeks? Who can tell? What does time mean to any Arisian?"



Snow Crash

- by Neal Stephenson

In reality, Hiro delivers pizza for

but in the Metaverse he 's a warrior

prince. Plunging headlong into the

enigma of a new computer virus

that is striking down hackers

everywhere, he races along the

neon-lit streets on a search-and-

destroy mission for the shadowy

virtual villain threatening to bring

about infocalypse.

Favourite Quote

“When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.”



Tom Swift and His Electric

Rifle

- by Victor Appleton

While Tom Swift is working on his

latest new invention, the electric

rifle, he meets an African safari

master whose stories of elephant

hunting sends the group off to

deepest, darkest Africa.

Favourite Quote

"The idea of scaring honest folks out of their wits, and making 'em think the end of the world has come!"



Waldo & Magic, Inc.

- by Robert A. Heinlein

North Power-Air was crashing

and no one could figure out what

was going wrong. They turn to

Waldo, the crippled genius who

lived in a zero-g home in orbit

around Earth. But he had little

reason to want to help the rest of

humanity - until he learned that

the solution to their problems

also held the key to his own.

Favourite Quote

"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."



The Shockwave Rider

- by John Brunner

Nickie Haflinger had lived a score

of lifetimes but technically he

didn’t exist. He was a fugitive

from Tarnover, the high-powered

government think tank that had

educated him. First he had broken

his identity code—then he

escaped. Now he had to find a way

to restore sanity and personal

freedom to the computerized

masses and to save a world

tottering on the brink of disaster.

Favourite Quote

“I'm myself, not a label.”



Fahrenheit 451

- by Ray Bradbury

This is a masterwork of twentieth-

century literature set in a bleak,

dystopian future. Guy Montag is a

fireman. In his world, where

television rules and literature is

on the brink of extinction, firemen

start fires rather than put them

out. His job is to destroy the most

illegal of commodities, the printed

book, along with the houses in

which they are hidden.

Favourite Quote

“If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.”



The Hitchhiker's Guide to the

Galaxy

- by Douglas Adams

Seconds before the Earth is

demolished to make way for a

galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is

plucked off the planet by his

friend Ford Prefect, a researcher

for the revised edition of The

Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy

who, for the last fifteen years, has

been posing as an out-of-work

actor.

Favourite Quote

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”



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