Eiza González in '3 Body Problem' Image via Netflix Add Collider on Google Add as Preferred Source Follow on Google Discover By Dyah Ayu Larasati Published Nov 6, 2026, 12:08 AM EST Dyah (pronounced Dee-yah) is a Senior Author at Collider , responsible for both writing and transcription duties. She joined the website in 2022 as a Resource Writer before stepping into her current role in April 2023. As a Senior Author, she writes Features and Lists covering TV, music, and movies, making her a true Jill of all trades. In addition to her writing, Dyah also serves as an interview transcriber, primarily for events such as San Diego Comic-Con, the Toronto International Film Festival , and the Sundance Film Festival . Dyah graduated from Satya Wacana Christian University in October 2019 with a Bachelor's degree in English Literature , concentrating on Creative Writing. On March 2026, Dyah graduated with Master's degree in English Literature Studies , with a thesis on intersectionality in postcolonial-feminist studies in Asian literary works. Born and raised between Indonesia and Singapore , Dyah is no stranger to different cultures. She now resides in the small town of Kendal with her husband and four cats, where she spends her free time cooking or cycling. Sign in to your Collider account Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap On the one hand, reading sci-fi is like going on an adventure, whether that's exploring outer space, parallel universes, or distant futures to see how humanity evolves when unimaginable technology becomes part of everyday life. On the other hand, sci-fi is also supposed to be a brain-twisting challenge . It's not about making things unnecessarily complicated, but about pushing readers to think beyond what they already know.
Science is built on logic and reasoning, but the fiction element dares to take those ideas into unimaginable territory, exploring what happens when scientific theories are pushed to their limits and challenge our assumptions. It's one thing to study science in its purest form, but seeing how far it could evolve is a different experience altogether . These books challenge readers to think outside the box and to speculate what the future could potentially hold. From three suns threatening to throw an entire planetary system into chaos to questioning whether consciousness is holding human evolution back, here are the most mind-bending sci-fi books of all time, ranked.
Cover of 'Solaris' by Stanislaw Lem Image via Faber & Faber With multiple film adaptations by Andrei Tarkovsky and Steven Soderbergh , there's a reason why Solaris remains a sought-after sci-fi novel. Psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at a research station orbiting Solaris, a mysterious planet almost entirely covered by a giant ocean that appears to be alive . For decades, scientists have tried to communicate with this strange alien presence, but none have come close to figuring out how it works. Things take an even stranger turn when the ocean begins creating physical copies of people buried in the researchers' memories. For Kelvin, that means coming face-to-face with Harey, his deceased lover whose suicide still haunts him.
Sci-fi fans are used to seeing aliens as strange-looking creatures or advanced civilizations with their own languages, customs, and ways of thinking. Sola…