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"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein. Its a very good psychological approach of a foreigner to our planet and his interpretations of our behavior.

"The Lathe of Dreams" by Ursula Leguin may possibly be second. Its a demonstration of what it would be like to be God, but with human fallibilities. It shows that omnipotence with omniscience is a deadly combination.

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I loved Asimov's Robot Trilogy ! And, referring to a post I saw previously, The Wheel of Time has 10 books so far, and we are still waiting for the two last . As for another good fantasy serie (while I'm at it), I would recommend Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth serie. Very good book, although for both series I mentionned there are too much similarities to Tolkien's world, in my opinion.

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you are right about Wheel of Time and Sword of Truth, they are simaler to Tolkins world, and simler to each other, but there is enough of a difrence to make them outstanding book series. but that is all fantasy, on to Sci-Fi. The best Sci-Fi novel I have ever read is really quite simple. It is my dads favoratite book of all time, and I didn't read it till he made me, and I am gald he did. Armor by John Steakley is just an amazing novel that really graps the attion of the reader and sucks you in. once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. Coming up beside it though, and needing to be mentioned, would be Orson Scott Cards Enders Game. The rest of the series didn't really grab me as the first one, but the first one is just wow. makes up for the others in the series.

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I have only read Matrix. I am not really a sci fi kinda person. But I do like to read stuff like Harry Potter and James Dashner books.

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I have read books by Heinlein, Asimov and Leguin and I loved them all. The one series of books I will read time and time again is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. I have read them all several times and I still laugh till I cry, they are the best.
I have read some Star Trek books and really enjoyed them. Two that spring to mind are "How much for just the Planet?" and "Q-squared". I can't recall the authors but I loved the stories.

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Well, let's see. Asimov's Robots, yes. Dune, is one, of course. (Notice it's plain dune. No ____ of dune, no Dune:____, no Dune: house ______. I don't like prequels and sequels. )

Now, to the not so classic ones: Anne Mccaffrey's DragonSinger. I liked it. It's funny how it's a dragon book, but then so realistic. If the fire lizards would not have been included, it would have made just as good a novel.

Orson Scott Card of course. Of his, I liked the best Ender's game, Speaker For the dead (that's one of his which I liked the most), Red Prophet and Enchantment. Very good books.

Sirens of Titans by Kurt Vonegot, I really liked the surprising ending.

And then there are the political science fictions - 1984 and Brave New World - both of them I really really liked.

And that's it. My all-time favorites list.

Edited: Smudge on 26th Oct, 2004 - 5:41am

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I enjoy Heinlein's books..and my favorites are Job: A Comedy of Justice, Friday, The Cat Who Could Walk Through Walls, Farnham's Freehold, The Puppet Masters, Starship Troopers, and Methusulah's Children.

I also enjoy novels by Harry Turtledove, who rights alternative history and other sci-fi/fantasy fiction, and my favorite books of his are the 'In The Balance' books, and the 'colonization' follow up books. In the balance starts in the middle of WWII, but there is a catch..the aliens arrive and begin to attack and invade, and it goes from there. A fascinating set of four books that show how former allies and enemies react and in many instances band together to fight the alien invasion.

I also love Robert Asprin's 'mythadventures' books.

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Another awesome Sci-Fi series would be Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. The books may be a bit smart, but they are hilarious. To quote just one line: "In order to fly, you need to throw yourself at the ground and miss"