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Germany, although on the brink of space travel and the possessor of vast tracts of russia, is teetering on collapse. The 60 best scifi books all science fiction fans must read. A good space book can feed a kids obsession or inspire a new. As centuries of speculative fiction in books and more recently in films make clear.