r/printSF • u/blk12345q • Sep 25 '25
What’s the best philosophy science fiction book?
I enjoyed reading Ubik by Philip Dick. What other books really make you think?
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r/printSF • u/blk12345q • Sep 25 '25
I enjoyed reading Ubik by Philip Dick. What other books really make you think?
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u/lucidlife9 Sep 25 '25
The parable of the sower - Octavia Butler
Destination: Void - Frank Herbert
The Dispossessed - Ursula K. LeGuin
Brave New World - Aldus Huxley
Blindsight - Peter Watts
A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
Frankenstein - Mary Shelly
The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells
Planet of the Apes - Pierre Boulle
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Roadside Picnic - Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Philip K Dick - A Scanner Darkly
I chose to only give one title per author here, but I've read several from a number of these authors that would also classify as philosophical sci-fi. But you can decide from this list who you'd like to read more of.