Science fiction has been called the "literature of ideas", and it often explores the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations.

Besides providing entertainment, it can also criticize present-day society and explore alternatives.

Put together a list of 35 must-read science fiction books and don’t make anyone angry.   

   Ray Bradbury

   A LITTLE JOURNEY

   ZERO HOUR

   MORGUE SHIP

   LAZARUS COME FORTH

   JONAH OF THE JOVE-RUN

   DEFENSE MECH

   ROCKET SUMMER

   THE MONSTER MAKER

   ASLEEP IN ARMAGEDDON

   Isaac Asimov

   YOUTH

   Philip K. Dick

   THE EYES HAVE IT

   BEYOND THE DOOR

   BEYOND LIES THE WUB

   OF WITHERED APPLES

   THE CRAWLERS

   SURVEY TEAM

   SOUVENIR

   HUMAN IS

   MEDDLER

   TONY AND THE BEETLES

   THE GUN

   THE HANGING STRANGER

   ADJUSTMENT TEAM

   THE DEFENDERS

   Kurt Vonnegut

   2 B R 0 2 B

   E.M. Forster

   THE MACHINE STOPS

   Robert Louis Stevenson

   THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

   Arthur Machen

   THE GREAT GOD PAN

   Arthur Conan Doyle

   THE LOST WORLD

   Edwin A. Abbott

   FLATLAND: A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS

   Jules Verne

   A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

   H. G. Wells

   THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU

   THE INVISIBLE MAN

   THE TIME MACHINE

   THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

Fahrenheit 451,  I, Robot, Foundation, The Caves of Steel, Guide to Space and Earth, The Gods Themselves, Ubik, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, VALIS trilogy, Second Variety, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Player Piano, The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Where Angels Fear to Tread, The Longest Journey