Why am I passionate about this?
Iâve been fascinated by science and space since I was a child and naturally gravitated toward science fiction. In many respects, it was a form of escapism, as I didnât enjoy school. I always preferred escaping into another world or being taken on a journey to another world. It wasnât until I got older that I realized that most great science fiction is a commentary on our own world and the issues we face daily. Science fiction, more than any other genre, does a better job of exploring and dissecting aspects of our world, which in turn helps us better understand our world and our relationship with it.
Don's book list on sci-fi for newbies, from a newbie sci-fi writer
Why did Don love this book?
Darwinia was the first novel I read by Robert Charles Wilson, who I believe is the best modern-day science fiction writer. Darwinia was a novel I had to read twice to really grasp how brilliantly Wilson had woven everything together. This is one of those novels where the ending can sneak up on you and blow you away and you werenât even remotely prepared, which is preferred over any ending that I can predict.
2 authors picked Darwinia as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
In an alternative history of the twentieth century, Europe is replaced by a land of nightmarish jungle and monsters that contains the secret of human destiny.