Ranked: Once Upon A Future

This is a subjective Ranked version of Intriguing Connections: Once Upon A Future


This is a list of books that describe potential futures.  Visions of future possibility. 


Possibility As Seen From The 21st Century

  1. (2006) The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Problem Series)
  2. (2008 View of 23rd Century C.E.) The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Problem Series)
  3. (Early 21st) Ambassador: Seeing Red by Patty Jansen
  4. (Early 21st) Hard Duty by Mark E. Cooper
  5. (2010 View of 23rd Century C.E. - Beyond) Death's End by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Problem Series)
  6. (A 2020 View Of 1925-1940s) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
  7. (Early 21st) Bypass Gemini by Joseph Lallo
  8. (Early 21st) First Conquest by David VanDyke
  9. (Early 21st) Alien Hunters by Daniel Arenson
  10. (Early 21st) Sky Hunter by Chris Reher
  11. (Early 21st) The Backworlds by M. Pax

 Possibility As Seen From The 20th Century

  1. (Mid 20th) 1984 by George Orwell
  2. (1972) The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
  3. (1973) Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
  4. (1932 Take On The 26th Century C.E.) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

 Possibility As Seen From The 19th Century

  1. (Early 19th) The Time Machine by H. G. Wells