These 14 technology-focused books have been adapted into major films and series, bringing their visionary concepts to the screen. From classic sci-fi that predicted our digital world to real-life tech thrillers, each book offers the original inspiration behind cinematic hits.
2001: A Space Odyssey
On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for the first time men are sent out deep into our…
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton delivers a masterclass in suspense with this high stakes thriller about the dangers of genetic engineering. On a remote island of…
Micro
Michael Crichton and Richard Preston deliver a high stakes techno thriller that shrinks the scale of survival to a microscopic level. Seven gradua…
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
...un thriller de serie neagra si un cadru SF fascinant. Opera unui filosof care a ales literatura drept cea mai potrivita cale de a-si exp…
Neuromancer
Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth c…
Snow Crash
The "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) modern classic that coined the term "metaverse"--one of Time's 100 best English-langua…
The Martian
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.<…
Ready Player One
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here IN THE YEAR 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts…
The Circle
alternate cover for ISBN 9780385351393 When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she fe…
I, Robot
Isaac Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a not-so-distant future where man and machine , struggle to redefinelife, love, and …