The literary world holds so much wonder than what is expected. It doesn’t only cater authors who are under the wing of big and small publishing companies, because it also creates a safe avenue for self-published authors. Although the publishing company can truly make an impact on the numbers, there are still many independently published books that have achieved success in their own little way. These self-published books belong to different literary genres, science fiction for example.
There have been thousands of sci-fi books sitting on the shelves of libraries, bookstores, and readers’ rooms. Most of them have succeed in different ways, such as topping bestselling lists, getting film adaptations, garnering book awards, and more. The success in this field is not just applicable for books published by remarkable publishing companies, but also for those self-published ones too. Hence, provided below are the amazing science fiction novels that are independently published by their brilliant authors.
The Martian by Andy Weir
Before it was taken under the wing of publishing companies, The Martian started as a bunch of exceptional story chapters which the author published in his blog. The wonders of this work of imagination were noticed by the public after Andy Weir tried to sell the book on Amazon at a very low price. Without him knowing it, his book The Martian has become the cream of the crop of science fiction after releasing it to the market. Later on, it was reprinted by Broadway Books in 2014 and was even adapted into film. It centers on Mark Watney who is among the first individuals to set foot on Mars. Watney, along with his crew, is about to experience the destruction of a dust storm. It almost took his life; but, another unfortunate thing happened to him. His crew evacuated Mars and left him because they thought that he died of the storm. Thus, he is left alone in a strange planet which is miles away from home. Would Mark Watney make it out Mars alive?
Wool by Hugh Howey
Hugh Howey is an indie author who opted to break free from small press contracts and decided to publish his works on his own. His works are commonly in the form of electronic books while there are also some printed ones, which he writes and publishes on his free time. Wool is a sci-fi work by Howey, where the first few chapters were released to the public via Kindle in 2011 for as low as $0.99. It is all about a group of humans who are residing underground in giant silos. Without Hugh Howey knowing it, the initial parts of Wool that were published skyrocketed and sold a thousand copies at the end of October that year. The following e-book portions of the story conquered the Amazon bestseller lists in different categories. Because of that, it was awarded with the Best Indie Book Award in the sci-fi/fantasy category by the Kindle Book Review in 2012. Wool was also contracted by Simon & Schuster and was reprinted in 2013.
The Final Day by Greg Van Arsdale
You probably have heard about The Genesis Project, which is a science fiction series that is composed of four books. The Final Day by Greg Van Arsdale is the fourth and last book that completes the series that was published independently on October 2019. The storytime jumped for 10 years in the future after the third book, End Game. It centers on the way the world ends from the views on the real and virtual realms. It has been told that the soul of Jack Lokitus was handed over to Logan’s spirit in the virtual realm. The situation in the real world opens when the sister of one of the antagonists named Lucia attempts to release his brother from being captured and trapped in the virtual realm. Hence, she must take down Mike LeGuerre to get her hands on John Neumann and retrieve the soul of her brother. The event in the virtual world, on the other hand, Jack Logan was already freed from prison. His desire to kill David has become an obsession, which led to the creation of a disaster.
The Damsel’s Files 