You may also enjoy our guides to best sci-fi movies and the best space movies, too. Listed here in chronological order for completists. Some are eerily plausible, others are wild trips of the imagination, but all present compelling visions of our possible future.
Looking for your next sci-fi must-read? Cyberpunk, space operas, dystopias – we've pulled together some of the WIRED team's favourite science fiction novels.
