The Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with elements of science fiction, by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut.
Vonnegut's fourth novel, first published in 1963, in which the author examines key issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often using black humor.
"From Fragile Wings to Spaceship" (1968) by Josip Modly is a popular science book that depicts the development of human flight, from the first attempts to construct aircraft to modern space exploration.
It is a classic children's SF novel in the manner of Verne's Mysterious Island, a little compositionally disorganized, full of slogans, but readable...
The first part of a trilogy about Takeshi Kovacs – a dark, violent, but intellectually provocative SF noir. The world of the future in Morgan's Digital Carbon is a cruel extrapolation of globalization, but at its core it is a classic noir crime novel.
John Wilson was excited about his thirteenth birthday for two reasons: the first was that he would be greeted at home by his grandmother's delicious cake, and the second was that his grandmother would finally reveal the secret about his parents.