The books listed below are outstanding works of future fiction created
by well-known futurists.
The Boy Who Would Live Forever: A Novel of the Gateway
by Frederik Pohl. Tor Books. 2004. 384 pages.
The sixth book in the "Heechee" series. Two young people must contend with the
threat of a man whose blind loathing of the Heechee fuels an insane desire to destroy them
and every living being in the galaxy. Futurist issues explored include artificial
intelligence, immortality through cybernetics, and space colonization. Buy book
The First Immortal: A Novel of the Future.
by James L. Halperin. Del Rey. 1998. 432 pages. Paperback.
Benjamin Smith awakes after 83 years in cryogenic suspension to a technologically advanced
world fraught with ethical dilemmas about cloning and eternal youth. Buy book
Platinum Pohl
by Frederik Pohl. Tor Books. 2005. 448 pages.
A collection of great stories from one of science fiction’s premier authors. Includes
a never-before-published "Heechee" story of an alien culture of the future. Buy book
The Sentinel
by Arthur C. Clarke. I Books. 2004. 304 pages. Paperback.
This anniversary edition of a volume originally published in 1983 offers 10 of
Clarke’s highest caliber short fiction, including the story that inspired 2001: A
Space Odyssey. Buy book
The Truth Machine
by James L. Halperin. Del Rey. 1997. 416 pages. Paperback.
Every citizen must pass a thorough test under a Truth Machine to get a job or receive any
sort of license. Eventually, people begin wearing them all the time, to show their
coworkers and loved ones how trustworthy they are. Explores anti-crime measures, violence
in society, and the "what-if" scenario of when no one can tell a lie. Buy book
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick. ROC. 2005. 236 pages. Paperback.
The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic science-fiction novel that changed the
way we look at machine intelligence, space travel, the stars--and ourselves. Buy book
