Scifi Books?

Question

Im really into books that people have superhuman powers. Such as being able to move things with their mind or becoming invisible. Does anyone know any good books with people who develop superhuman powers.(Besides Charmed or Buffy)

Answer 1

Check out the Science Fiction Book Club: http://www.sfbc.com/doc/club_url/club_url.jhtml;jsessionid=MZGW4O215PBM0CWKAQPCFFI?_requestid=35787
They are doing novelizations of some of the Characters from the comic books.

Answer 2

I think you will like this one:
The Hitchhikers guide trough the galaxy.

It is a trilogy of four books. It is so hilarious I just can not tell- told in a very dry manner. It is about things we simply almost cannot imagine on this earth. It tells about, space, time and everything.
It is so Sci-fi it's unbelievable (*snicker*) yet the story is about an ordinary earth man. Uhm. Oh, I guess that is the only single ordinary thing in the book.

I will show you some parts of the story, I hope this shows you that this book is worthwhile (when you like this stuff..)

Also it gently and mildly introduces you to time travel; and just as simple to improbability, end- and beginning of time, meaning of live. In all these adventures he needs only a towel and a guidebook.
It explains on the side that the earth and all people where designed especially as part of a computer to calculate the answer (or the question to the answer) of life, the universe and everything.

In the modern time the Babel fish is used in interstellar travel to translate in all communication. You just slip the fish in your ear, it feeds from the brainwaves from the speech section of the brain, and gives translated thoughts in return.

People hitchhike from planet to planet if they like. You definitely need to pack a few necessities, for example a towel and a travel bag. It is explained in full length what the uses are for the towel - and indeed in the story the towel appears to be very useful.
Not too many words are spend on, for example, demolition of the earth. It was removed simply to create space for an interstellar traffic bypass.
Oh, on superhuman powers, in the end it is annoying for a planet full of people to possess mind-reading capabilities. They discovered finally that continuously playing really loud music gives them the peace of mind they needed all the time anyway.
And there is a section on how anyone can learn to fly: the real trick is to fall down and on your way down to be distracted in such a way that you completely forget to hit the ground and just float about. Unless off cause you realise this is completely impossible which makes you fall down again. So clearly this is the thought to be avoided.

I do hope you like it so far. I did enjoy this very much myself. I hope you will like these books too.

Answer 3

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is a great book. He's half human, half-god, the illegitimate son of Poseidon. :)

From School Library Journal
Starred Review. Grade 5-9–An adventure-quest with a hip edge. At first glance, Perseus Jackson seems like a loser (readers meet him at a boarding school for troubled youth), but he's really the son of Poseidon and a mortal woman. As he discovers his heritage, he also loses that mother and falls into mortal danger. The gods (still very active in the 21st-century world) are about to go to war over a lost thunderbolt, so Percy and sidekicks Grover (a young satyr) and Annabeth (daughter of Athena) set out to retrieve it. Many close calls and monster-attacks later, they enter Hades's realm (via L.A.). A virtuoso description of the Underworld is matched by a later account of Olympus (hovering 600 floors above Manhattan). There's lots of zippy review of Greek myth and legend, and characters like Medusa, Procrustes, Charon, and the Eumenides get updates. Some of the Labors of Heracles or Odysseus's adventures are recycled, but nothing seems stale, and the breakneck pace keeps the action from being too predictable. Percy is an ADHD, wise-cracking, first-person narrator. Naturally, his real quest is for his own identity. Along the way, such topics as family, trust, war, the environment, dreams, and perceptions are raised. There is subtle social critique for sophisticated readers who can see it. Although the novel ends with a satisfying conclusion (and at least one surprise), it is clear that the story isn't over. The 12-year-old has matured and is ready for another quest, and the villain is at large. Readers will be eager to follow the young protagonist's next move.–Patricia D. Lothrop, St. George's School, Newport, RI
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From Booklist
Gr. 6-9. The escapades of the Greek gods and heroes get a fresh spin in the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, about a contemporary 12-year-old New Yorker who learns he's a demigod. Perseus, aka Percy Jackson, thinks he has big problems. His father left before he was born, he's been kicked out of six schools in six years, he's dyslexic, and he has ADHD. What a surprise when he finds out that that's only the tip of the iceberg: he vaporizes his pre-algebra teacher, learns his best friend is a satyr, and is almost killed by a minotaur before his mother manages to get him to the safety of Camp Half-Blood--where he discovers that Poseidon is his father. But that's a problem, too. Poseidon has been accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, and unless Percy can return the bolt, humankind is doomed. Riordan's fast-paced adventure is fresh, dangerous, and funny. Percy is an appealing, but reluctant hero, the modernized gods are hilarious, and the parallels to Harry Potter are frequent and obvious. Because Riordan is faithful to the original myths, librarians should be prepared for a rush of readers wanting the classic stories. Chris Sherman
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Answer 4

Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake series is like that, just be aware that the later books have alot of sex in them, some people don't like that.

Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books have people with powers but they're fantasy not scifi. However, I still think you should read them, they're some of the best books, I've ever read.

Answer 5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is always good; I love the humor in the books, and satire is always good. You don't have to read them in order; most people actually prefer his more recent books.

Sheri S. Teper's "Family Tree" and "Gibbon's Decline and Fall" are both pretty good, very original, but I haven't read her other books yet.

Answer 6

The Anne McCaffrey "Talent" series starting with "To Ride Pegasus". The scientific recognition and commercial exploitation of people with various kinds of ESP.