i have a book report in 3 days and im trying to pick a novel to read.
which of these would be the best ?
1984 by george orwell
time machine by h.g. wells
neuromancer by gibson
the martian chronicles by bradburry
im trying to look for a short one too since i only have 3 days .
The Best Science Fiction Book?
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June 24th, 2009 at 2:21 am
Best Sci-Fi:The Time Machine by H.G. wells.
“1984″ is boring, and is hard to fully understand what is going on.
“Neuromancer” I have never read so I can’t help you there.
“The Martian chronicle” This book will confuse and astound you will it’s confusing story structure.
Go with the Time Machine because it is by far the easiest book to read, it’s short and if you get confused by the plot there is a movie based on the book. You can use the movie as a visual aid when reading the book, but be warned: Movies tend to cut alot of the plot that the book intentionally had.
June 24th, 2009 at 5:01 am
They’re all good.
1984 would be my favorite of the lot. Also, it gets referenced a lot so it would be good for your general culture.
Time Machine is good. A bit too dated in my opinion but still.
Neuromancer is brilliant in its own way. This created cyberpunk (and thus originated other “punk” subgenres). He basically came up with the matrix, the internet… a lot of words that are now common language, like “cyberspace”, come from this novel. Still, I found it a hard and unpleasant read.
Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury. Can’t go wrong with Ray Bradbury.
Either one you chose won’t be a mistake. I’d go with 1984 if I were you but the others are good too.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:17 am
I like all of them. But just for a change of pace read William Gibson’s “Neuromancer.” The book is the “newest” of the bunch, although it was first published in 1984. Coincidence?
There are lots of references to networking, jacked in, and other computer terms. There is a description, sort of, of the internet.
Best of all, you can read it online at:http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/neuroman...
June 24th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
i only know of one of them, i saw the film of the time machine a few years back – the world ends as we know it in the sixties and remains covered by lava and stuff from the (nuclear) world war three for millions of years. then when he finally gets far enough into the future there are eloi and morlocks. morlocks eat eloi.
June 24th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Depending what you have to write your report on, I would go with either 1984 or (one you haven’t listed) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
Both are short, quick reads, with a ton of themes/etc to write a report on.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
If brevity is important (and they are all very good novels), choose either “The Time Machine” (144 pages) or “The Martian Chronicles” (181 pages)
The other two are longer:
1984 (252 pages)
Neuromancer (288 pages)
June 25th, 2009 at 12:59 am
well you could get ne of those short doctor who ones i have one and i finnished it in 2 hours so you should try one. i hope i helped.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:58 am
Martian Chronicles is a fast read but 1984 is much better.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:08 am
1984 is an awesome book, go for that, you can read it pretty quick.