Horror is like the cranberry of the fiction world: it goes well with just about every other flavor. Fantasy, historical fiction, romance...you name it, and horror makes a great counterpoint. Today’s list? Horror mixed with science fiction. These are some of the coolest horror stories out there, and a great break from what we consider “typical” horror stories.
Ancestor, by Scott Sigler. On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, a group of geneticists have discovered a veritable holy grail of medical science: a computer-engineered living organism whose organs can be transplanted into any human without any chance of rejection. The only problem? These creatures are anything but docile. Science, snow, and plenty of scares.
Hull Zero Three, by Greg Bear. Bear has been at the forefront of the horror/sci-fi genre for over ten years (i.e. check out his other work). In this, his latest, on a starship somewhere in deep space and on an unknown mission, a man wakes up naked, freezing, and without memory of who he is or how he got there. While monsters roam the halls of the ship, the man’s fellow survivors may be even more dangerous. So many questions to answer, so many heart-thumping moments!
Robopocalypse, by Daniel H. Wilson. Two decades in the future, our lives have been streamlined by the use of AI, robots operating everything from our kitchens and cars to our phones and workplaces. They care for our children, cook our food, and perform all the dirty, physical labor we’d rather not do. So what happens when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and suddenly, humans are fighting for survival against all of the technology they’ve depended on, which is now rebelling? Seriously eerie—you may never look at your cell phone or GPS the same way again!
Next week, we look at monster fiction! See you then!
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