Science fiction is one of the most popular genres in modern literature. Among the writers who worked in it, there are those who, without exaggeration, can be called classics of world literature.
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury is a classic, of course, not only of science fiction, but of literature in general. His works are distinguished by deep psychologism and shrillness.
Ray Bradbury is best known for his dark and philosophical cycle of stories, The Chronicles of Mars, and the post-apocalyptic novel Fahrenheit 451.
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov is an American writer, author of about 500 books, multiple winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula literary awards. Some words invented by Azimov have become firmly established in the English language.
Clifford Simak
Clifford Simak is one of the founders of modern American fiction. Author of such iconic works as "The City", "The Ring Around the Sun", "Goblin Sanctuary", "The Werewolf Principle".
Stanislav Lem
Stanislav Lem is a Polish science fiction writer, futurist and philosopher. Lemma's books have been translated into over 40 languages. There are many 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 five Hugo Awards, a multiple Nebula laureate. Peru Heinlein owns the cult "Stranger in a Strange Land", as well as an excellent "teenage cycle" that set the standards for teenage fiction ("Star Beast", "Martian Podkein", "If there is a spacesuit, there will be travels" and others).
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
The brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are iconic Soviet and Russian writers who worked mainly in tandem (although each of them had independent stories published), who became classics of modern science fiction not only in Russia, but throughout the world. However, the depth and philosophical nature of their best works ("Roadside Picnic", "Snail on the Slope", "Lame Destiny", "Doomed City" and others) goes far beyond the bounds of fantasy as a genre.
Kir Bulychev
Kir Bulychev is an author known primarily as the author of a children's and adolescent fantasy cycle about the adventures of a girl from the future Alisa Selezneva (“A Hundred Years Ahead”, “Girl from the Earth” and others). However, Bulychev has other works that are invariably light language and an excellent sense of humor - for example, the cycle of stories "The Martian Potion" about the inhabitants of a fictional city, the great Guslyar.
Sergey Lukyanenko
Among the best works of Lukyanenko are his early works - "The Knights of the Forty Islands", "The Boy and the Darkness".
Sergei Lukyanenko is perhaps the most famous contemporary Russian science fiction writer today. His popularity is due primarily to the screen adaptations of his books "Day Watch" and "Night Watch".
