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Of course, not only science fiction, but literature in general. He is distinguished by deep psychologism and poignancy.

Ray Bradbury is best known for his dark and philosophical series of stories “The Martian Chronicles”, as well as the post-apocalyptic story “Fahrenheit 451”.

Isaac Asimov

Clifford Simak

Clifford Simak is one of the founders of modern American science fiction. Author of such iconic works as “The City”, “A Ring Around the Sun”, “The Goblin Sanctuary”, “The Werewolf Principle”.

Stanislav Lem

Stanislaw Lem is a Polish science fiction writer, futurist and philosopher. Lemme's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. There are many film adaptations of his works, among which the most famous is the brilliant “Solaris” by Andrei Tarkovsky.

Robert Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein is the only writer to receive as many as five Hugo Awards and a multiple Nebula winner. Heinlein’s pen includes the cult “Stranger in a Stranger”, as well as the excellent “teenage series” that set the standards for science fiction (“Star Beast”, “Martian Podkein”, “If there is a spacesuit, there will be travel” and others).

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are iconic Soviet brothers, who worked mainly in tandem (although each of them also published independent stories), who became classics modern fiction not only in Russia, but throughout the world. However, the depth and philosophy of their best works (“Roadside Picnic”, “Snail on the Slope”, “Lame Fate”, “Doomed City” and others) go far beyond the scope of fantasy as a genre.

Kir Bulychev

Kir Bulychev is an author, known primarily as the author of a children's and teenage fantasy series about the adventures of a girl from the future, Alisa Selezneva ("One Hundred Years Ahead", "The Girl from the Earth" and others). However, Bulychev has other works that invariably differ in easy language and an excellent sense of humor - for example, the cycle of stories “The Martian Potion” about the inhabitants of the fictional city of the great Guslyar.

Sergei Lukyanenko

Lukyanenko’s best works include his early works– “Knights of the Forty Islands”, “The Boy and the Darkness”.

Everyone who respects himself book lover must have your own personal list "Best Science Fiction Writers". If you don’t have one yet, then we suggest you pay attention to the following authors who are loved, appreciated, and their works are read all over the world.

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) - American science fiction writer. Author of about 500 books, both fiction and popular science. Multiple winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. Some terms from his works, for example, robotics, robotics, positronic, have entered English and other languages.

Best books:“The Gods Themselves,” “Foundation,” “The End of Eternity,” “Bicentennial Man,” the “I, Robot” series of books, “Foundation,” “Lucky Starr” and others.

Alexander Belyaev

Alexander Romanovich Belyaev (1884 - 1942) - Russian science fiction writer, one of the founders of Soviet science fiction literature, wrote more than 70 science fiction works, including 13 novels. He is called the Russian Jules Verne.

Best books: “The Head of Professor Dowell”, “The Island of Lost Ships”, “Amphibian Man”, “Ariel”, “KEC Star”, “The Man Who Found His Face”, “Heavenly Guest” and others.

Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (1920 – 2012) is an American science fiction writer who wrote more than eight hundred works throughout his life. His stories formed the basis for several film adaptations and theatrical productions.

Best books: “Fahrenheit 451”, “The Martian Chronicles”, “The Illustrated Man”, “Trouble Is Coming”, “Dandelion Wine”, “A Sound of Thunder”, “Dark Carnival”, “Farewell Summer!” and others.

William Gibson

William Gibson (1948-...) - American science fiction writer. Many consider him the father of cyberpunk. After all, it was he who introduced the term “cyberspace” into science fiction, and also because of his novel Neuromancer, which was published in 1984 and sold more than 6 million copies.

Best books: The “Cyberspace” trilogy, “The Bridge Trilogy”, “The Bigend Trilogy”, “The Difference Machine”, the collection of short stories “The Burning of Chrome” and others.

Sergei Lukyanenko

Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (1968-...) is one of the most widely read Russian science fiction writers. The writer himself defines the genre in which he writes his novels as “Fiction of Hard Action” or “Fiction of the Path”

Best books: series of novels “Watches”, “Borderlands”, “Island of Rus'”, “Seekers of the Sky”, “Line of Dreams”, “Genome”, “Labyrinth of Reflections”, “Lord from Planet Earth” and others.

Larry Niven

Lawrence van Cott Niven (1938 – ...) - American science fiction writer. Repeated winner of the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar and Nebula awards. His work is fantasy, which combines serious science and theoretical speculation. His works often contain elements of detective and adventure.

Best books: series “Ring World”, “Integral Trees”, “Make a Wish”, “Defender”, “Gift from Earth”, Calm in Hell and others.

Clifford Simak

Clifford Donald Simak (1894-1988) is rightfully considered one of the founders of modern American science fiction. IN different time was awarded the Hugo and Nebula, Jupiter, Locus, Bram Stoker awards, as well as the title of Grand Master.

The best books: “The City”, “A Ring Around the Sun”, “The Goblin Reserve”, “The Werewolf Principle”, “All Flesh is Grass”, “What could be simpler than time?”, “Almost like people” and others.

Robert Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-1988) – American science fiction writer who made an invaluable contribution to the development of the genre science fiction. He is the only one to receive five Hugo Awards and a multiple Nebula winner.

Best books: cycle “The History of the Future”, “Stranger in a Strange Land”, “Starship Troopers”, “Farmer in the Sky”, “The Man Who Sold the Moon”, “Red Planet”, “Double Star”, “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” and others .

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are a famous tandem of writers. Their books are known not only in the CIS, but also far abroad. They also worked individually. The novels of the Strugatsky brothers have rightfully entered the world classics of modern science fiction. Each book by these authors is distinguished by depth and philosophy, which is sometimes lacking in novels of this genre.

Best books:“Roadside Picnic”, “Snail on the Slope”, “Lame Fate”, “Doomed City”, “It’s Hard to Be a God”, “Monday Begins on Saturday”, “A Billion Years Before the End of the World”, “Waves Quench the Wind” and other.

Arthur Clarke

Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 - 2008) - English writer, scientist, futurist and inventor, and, of course, a cult science fiction writer. His work includes 22 novels, 3 cycles of novels, stories and film adaptations of his books.

Best books:“Prelude to Space”, “Sands of Mars”, “End of Childhood”, “Songs of a Distant Earth”, “2001: A Space Odyssey” Cycle, “Rama” Cycle, “Odyssey of Time” Cycle and others.

Henry Kuttner

American writer of science fiction and humorous fiction, Henry Kuttner (1915-1958), created works that are now classics. Henry's co-author was his wife Catherine Lucille Moore. Kuttner's books were published under the pseudonyms Lawrence O'Donnell, Lewis Paget, Keith Hammond and Will Hart.

Best books: series of stories “Hogbens”, novel “Dark World”, “Fury. World of darkness. Stories”, “Sim Verifies”, “Five Stories about Gallegher”, “Housing Question”, “Mutant”, “Cerce’s Mask” and others.

William Tenn

Science fiction writer Philip Klass published under the pseudonym William Tenn (1920-2010). The world learned about the writer’s talent after the publication of his first story, “Alexander the Bait,” in 1946. During his long writing career, Tenn wrote only 2 novels, preferring short stories. For his services to science fiction, William Tenn has repeatedly received awards, including the prestigious Nebula, Locus and Hugo Awards.

Best books: collections of stories “The Baldezhny Criterion”, “Star Carousel”, “Invasion” and others.

Vladimir Mikhailov

Mikhailov Vladimir Dmitrievich (1929-2008) - author of numerous works in the science fiction genre. Vladimir Mikhailov began writing humorous stories, but achieved popularity and recognition thanks to science fiction books. The author himself, dreaming all his life of becoming a great poet, considered science fiction a happy accident.

Best books:“My Brother’s Keeper”, “People of the Land”, “The Constant Krata”, “Option I”, “Special Necessity” and others.

Frank Herbert

American science fiction writer Frank Herbert (1920-1986) is known to the world mainly thanks to the chronicles of Dune. The series of these books brought the author awards in the form of the Hugo and Nebula literary awards. The author's first story was “Looking for Something?”, published in Startling Stories magazine.

Best books:“Dune”, “Dragon at Sea”, “God Makers”, “The Annoyance Experiment”, “Under Pressure”, “Hallstrom’s Hive” and others.

Ivan Efremov

Ivan Antonovich Efremov (1908-1972) - Soviet science fiction writer, paleontologist and thinker. Thanks to his creative potential, Ivan’s knowledge resulted in wonderful works of literature. The minor planet Efremian and the mineral Efremovite are named after the author.

Best books:"Andromeda Nebula", "Razor's Edge", " Starships", "Thais of Athens", "Hour of the Ox" and others.

Paul Anderson

Paul William Anderson (1926-2001) became interested in science fiction as a student. Anderson is one of the few writers to have received the title of "Grand Master of Fantasy" Hugo and has been awarded this Award 7 times. The author's debut took place in 1947 with the story "Children of Tomorrow."

Best books:“Time Patrol”, “Space Crusaders”, “Operation Another World”, “The Long Road Home”, “Queen of Winds and Darkness” and others.

Ursula Le Guin

The work of Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) is not limited to the science fiction genre. The writer created many children's works, poems and novels, and was the author of fantasy books and a literary critic. Le Guin wrote her first science fiction story at the age of 11 and continued to delight fans with new works, for many of which Ursula received prestigious awards.

Best books:"A Wizard of Earthsea", "Trilogy", " Left hand Darkness", "Tomb of Atuan", "Deprived", "Planet of Exile" and others.

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Although science fiction is a popular genre in literature, many people still only know the classics of the 20th century. However, there are many contemporary writers all over the world who do not allow this genre to fade away. There are still no less wonderful novels being published than half a century ago. Now the fantastic ideas of Alexander Belyaev or Alexei Tolstoy seem naive to us, and the works of their contemporaries look more dynamic and exciting. I wonder what readers will say about them in two hundred years?

USA

When mentioning science fiction, many remember the name of Isaac Asimov, a modern writer originally from the Smolensk region. In his works, he predicts the future of humanity associated with the widespread use of robots. This modern science fiction writer gave the world such masterpieces as “The Three Laws of Robotics”, “I, Robot”, “Bicentennial Man” and many other novels that brought him worldwide fame.

The romantic works of Ray Bradbury are also loved by many and are not without a touch of fantasy. The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and The Door to Summer are wonderful examples of dreamy fantasy prose filled with interesting imagery.

The ranking of modern science fiction writers also includes Robert Heinlein, one of the most famous authors in this genre. It’s not for nothing that he was nicknamed “the dean of science fiction writers.” His acclaimed work “Starship Troopers” is especially famous, as well as such brilliant novels as “Stepchildren of the Universe”, “I Have a Spacesuit - Ready to Travel” and “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” will not leave any fan of the genre indifferent.

Clifford Simak is the winner of numerous literary awards in the field of science fiction. He owns the novels “The Transfer Station”, “The Goblin Sanctuary”, “Reconciliation on Ganymede”.

John Scalzi is a classic geek. His most famous work is "Men in Red", where he humorously plays on the popular cliche that was used in "Star Trek". In his work we see a large number of nameless characters in red uniforms who inevitably die in missions, focusing our attention on the tragedy of the moment. Scalzi is characterized by ironic characters and witty dialogue.

Ann Leckie has only published two novels, but she has already ranked among the most famous modern science fiction writers. “Servants of Justice” is one of the most extraordinary books recent years. The heroine of the book is a young girl, into whose brain the consciousness (so to speak) of her ex has moved spaceship. The result is an unusual thriller in which we see love story, and a phantasmagoric alien civilization inhabited by intelligent ships and other creatures united in hive consciousnesses.

England

A modern science fiction writer - the author of "A Space Odyssey", as well as "The Sands of Mars", "Songs of a Distant Earth", "Moon Bullet" and "The Fountains of Paradise". In addition, he is a famous futurist and talented inventor. His contribution to the history of mankind is the realized idea of ​​​​communication satellites in geostationary orbits, thanks to which the World Wide Web and mobile communications now operate.

China Mieville is an extremely extraordinary author who does not quite fit into the category of science fiction writers. In his works you can find magic, zoomorphs, steampunk, and robots. He writes in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror and many others. Miéville opposes the commercialization of fantasy and hackneyed clichés. In his novel “Embassy City,” he tries to imagine what the culture of intelligent races that do not have imaginative thinking would be like.

Peter Hamilton is the author of many space series, for example, The Commonwealth Saga. The plot develops in the distant future, when people begin to colonize the galaxy. Several species of aliens coexist with the human race. Hamilton invented and described a multifaceted world with distinct politics, economics, and diplomacy.

Charles Stross is recognized as a very versatile writer. He has published more than 20 books in genres ranging from science fiction to fantasy and Lovecraftian horror. Strauss loves to “deceive” the reader and invent unimaginable plot structures. An excellent example of this kind is his novel “The Greenhouse,” in which a group of people decide to undertake a risky experiment and go to live in an isolated space station in the 20th century. The novel was highly praised by critics and readers.

Stephen Baxter is one of the most global authors of modern science fiction. Modern science fiction writers and their works are certainly of interest to all fans of the genre. Many authors demonstrate deep scientific and technical awareness. Baxter is one of them. In one of his novels, he tells in detail the history of the Universe from its appearance 20 billion years ago to its decline 10 billion years later. Baxter provides in-depth research into each novel, even predicting the future based on fundamental scientific theories. A good example such a book is “The Diversity of Space” and “The Ark”.

Adam Roberts is famous for his unpredictability. You never know what to expect from his next work. His novel "Glass Jack" perfectly shows the extraordinary talent of the author. This work describes the mysterious stories of three murders. The plot is created in the spirit of Agatha Christie, but with one detail - the reader knows in advance that the murderer is the main character.

Wales

Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh contemporary science fiction writer beloved in Russia. He became famous for his deep science fiction and global space operas. Behind complex descriptions technologies and other types, Reynolds hides lyrical thoughts about the meaning of existence. His novels “Space of Revelation”, “House of the Sun” and “Pushing Ice” are indicative. Reynolds is recognized as one of the best modern science fiction writers due to his originality and his own approach to describing the fantasy world.

Canada

Karl Schroeder creates works on the verge of space opera and cyberpunk. The action of his creations takes place in the distant future, but at the same time the writer is often concerned with problems from the field of cyberpunk: the inviolability of life, self-awareness, artificial intelligence. For example, in the new novel "Order" he reflects on the long space travel, describing hundreds of worlds - from lonely planets without stars, to gas giants where people live in giant balloons.

Peter Watts studied to be a marine biologist, which influenced his work. For a long time no one knew the author until he uploaded his works to the Internet for everyone to see. Then readers discovered the novel “False Blindness,” which became Watts’ main work. In it, the author reflects on human neurobiology and doubts the evolutionary justification of consciousness. Although the book contains vampires, aliens, and posthumanism, the work manages to maintain conciseness and minimalism.

Poland

He is the most famous and titled writer not only in Poland, but throughout the world. The author left a great literary heritage. His novels are read to this day. Among his most famous works are “Solaris”, “Invasion from Aldebaran”, “Return from the Stars”, “The Diaries of John the Quiet”, “Magellan Cloud”.

Andrzej Sapkowski is another one. He is known for his cult novel, part of the famous “Witcher Saga”. Many books in this series formed the basis for the scripts of acclaimed films, as well as computer games beloved by many.

France

Serge Leman is a famous French science fiction writer, winner of many prestigious literary awards, a worthy successor to the work of remarkable French science fiction writers. Paying tribute to the great authors of the past such as Jules Verne, Serge Brussolo and others, Leman has his own unique literary style, which is why his fans love him so much. At the beginning of his writing career, he wrote the work "F.A.U.S.T.", which became a bestseller. Now this book is part of a whole series about the struggle of the most powerful transnational companies for power over the world. Lehmann is called an intellectual in the world of science fiction. He reflects on the structure of society and the world, building his own guesses and concepts.

South Africa

The fiction of South African authors is quite interesting. They invent detective novels in a rather unusual way. Thus, one of Lauren Beukes’s works is dedicated to a time-travelling killer, another to supernatural crimes, as well as nature social networks. The third work describes an alternative Johannesburg in which criminals are chained to magical animals as punishment. Beukes looks at phenomena that interest her, such as global surveillance, xenophobia and even Auto-Tune. Her supernatural is mixed with high technology, magic and spirits exist side by side with smartphones and the Internet. At the same time, she does not overuse African flavor.

Russia

Modern Russian science fiction writers and their works are known not only in our country, but throughout the world. Many Russian science fiction authors are in demand abroad. There are a large number of translations of domestic books into English, French and other languages.

One of the most famous modern science fiction writers in Russia is the one who wrote “Night Watch” and “Day Watch”. He is also the author of the “Line of Dreams” series and other science fiction works.

The list of Russian contemporary science fiction writers also includes Andrei Livadny. He is the author of the Expansion: A Galaxy's Tale series. The writer is also working on projects such as “Death Zone” and “S.T.A.L.K.E.R.”

Alexander Mazin is known for his vivid fantasy novels “Varyag” and “Barbarians”. The plot tells about modern people, who by chance found themselves in the distant past and are now forced to fight to survive.

(Igor Mozheiko) is a modern Russian science fiction writer and translator of foreign works of this genre. Based on his stories about the girl Alisa Selezneva, the film “Guest from the Future” was made, which was very popular at one time.

Among the best modern Russian science fiction writers is Dmitry Rus, who became famous for writing in the LitRPG genre. According to the law of the genre, the hero is immersed not only in fantasy world, but in the present computer game. The book “Disruption” opens the author’s most famous series “Play to Live.” Main character was seriously ill when he was faced with a choice: to die slowly every day or to load himself into a computer game, where it is so easy to get wealth, recognition and success, and all the trials are just a game.

Among modern Russian science fiction writers, Ilya Shumey is also called. The author of seven science fiction books, he is meticulous about observing the fundamental laws of physics, which makes his works seem especially plausible. Being a nuclear engineer, he describes all the mechanisms in detail. The heroes of Shumey are exemplary dreamers, for example, Oleg from the work “Star of the New Sky”, Andrei from the story “The Uninvited Guest”.

Alexey Pekhov is a modern science fiction writer, author of fantasy novels written with science fiction elements. His most famous novels include The Chronicles of Siala, Wind and Sparks, Kidret, The Guardian and The Dream Master. Pekhov's works are distinguished by a dynamic plot and bright worlds. Alexey Pekhov is a very extraordinary modern Russian science fiction writer, but fantasy lovers will find in him interesting works.

Russian women science fiction writers

The fair half of humanity has a special view of literary fiction. There are not many women among modern Russian science fiction writers.

Olga Gromyko - microbiologist. She writes comedic fantasy bordering on science fiction, infused with Slavic folklore. The most famous are her series of works “Spaceboobs”, “Profession: Witch” and “Year of the Rat”.

Yana Wagner became popular online thanks to her works “Living People” and “Wongozero”, which form an ominous duology. The second book in the series was nominated for the NOS award while still in handwritten form. According to the plot of the work, a mysterious epidemic forces people to leave the cities. But the worst thing is not the virus, but the fact that people have to survive side by side in wild conditions.

Others

Modern science fiction writers There are so many in Russia that it is difficult to list them all. Russian people reach out to the future, reflect on it, think about subtle spheres and the unknown. We will publish a list of Russian authors whose importance in the world of science fiction literature is difficult to ignore. Modern science fiction writers you should know about are:

• Andrey Vasiliev (“Shark of the Feather in the World of Fireroll”, “Raven’s Disciples”, “Swat’s Groups”).
• Ruslan (Dem) Mikhailov (“Ishgoy”, “The World of Valdira”).
• Oleg Divov (“The Law of the Frontier”, “Symbionts”, “The Best Crew of Solar”).
• Andrey Cruz (“Age of the Dead”, “Land of the Extra”).
• Vasily Golovachev (“The Gospel of the Beast”, “ Time of Troubles", "Forbidden Reality", "Fan's Rescuers", "Catharsis").
• Erpylev Andrey (“Golden Imperial”, “City of Stone Demons”, “In the Claws of an Unknown Age”).
• Andrey Izmailov (“Nebula”, “All of Yourself”, “Stay Happy”).

All over the world, people are passionate about science fiction. After all, those who do not think about the future cannot live enthusiastically in the present. Science fiction writers are dreamers who put their thoughts into words and share them with the whole world. Most of the authors are still young. They will also write for us dozens of unusual and entertaining works about what lies ahead for all of us.