A good book I recommend! (off topic)

Yes, I know this classic book. I am saving it later this year for my book analysis.

I recommend this science fiction book by a foreign author. Barack Obama during the last years of his term in office bought and read the book, and he thought it was amazing.

The book is called the Three-Body Problem, based on a real life unsolved math problem.

It explores theories on if we are alone in this universe, and questions are progress in technology. This is a book for mature people though, as it contains some math concepts and historical events that are usually learned in the later years of education.

This book is amazing, as it was the first book I read where humanity is a primitive civilization compared to other alien civilizations, contrast to star wars and star trek.

The science is realistic, yet fantastic at the same time. This book is the first book of the three-book trilogy. 

I enjoyed both 1984 by George Orwell    and Lord of the flies by William Golding. 

Another that I read a very long time ago and I would thoroughly recomments is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.  

It is written in a similar era to 1984 and it also looks at a possible future society.  (1984 was first published in 1949)

Huxley could not envisage this era of computers since this book was first published in 1932, but if you use your imagination you can see that some of his ideas have come to pass. Not all of them of couse, but some.  

A book that Chris and I have both thoroughly recommended in the past is

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

and

Of Mice and Men also by John Steinbeck.

I do not think these books are hard to read but if you are into 'commentaries' on societies these books are very interesting and very thought provoking.

I am classing Brave New World and 1984 also as commentaries of alternative socieites. Difference is, John Steinbeck's societies are not ficticious.

If you are into slightly heavier going big books. That have a social/historical  fsemi-actual aspect then I would thoroughly recommend

James A. Michener

   Hawaii and Alaska were both really good.

   The middle one third of Centenial is the best book I have ever read!  The beginning and the end were a bit slow but the middle was brilliant!

                               https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133430.Centennial

Tai-Pan by James Clavell was also a really good read.   I also enjoyed King Rat by James Clavell and as I recall it was only a little book.

Just finished  re-reading "1984" myself.....a real "dystopian" novel

If you like this sort of thing, check out  "Fahrenheit 451"  by  Ray Bradbury

[ "Animal Farm" by Orwell is good, too !!! ......available at Project Gutenberg - Australia free of charge  !!!!]