Sci-fi novels for much-needed mental escapes
Stay in. Read a book. ( Radu Marcusu via Unsplash/)As Peter Falk so eloquently said in The Princess Bride, “When I was your age, television was called books.” And it might be a good time to unplug and escape for a while, don’t you think? Since we can assume a certain amount of science and technology bias here, we’ve found some of the best new sci-fi novels from the last year or so that will satisfy your need to get lost in a new world (or worlds).From alien contact to planet-hopping adventure to hard questions about the nature of reality itself, it’s all here. Get cozy and dig in.Reality bites. (Amazon/)As virtual and augmented reality tech continues to evolve and become more sophisticated, why not indulge in some heady sci-fi that’s all about questioning the very nature of reality itself? Crouch, the author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines...