Your Favourites Among Science Fiction

[Grey_Wolf]

1. Arthur C Clarke's Odyssey-series.
2. ACC's Rama-series
3. Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality.
4. John Barnes' Time Line Wars-trilogy.
5. David Brin's Uplift-trilogy and New Uplift-trilogy.
6. James P Hogan's The Proteus Operation.
7. L Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth.
8. David Mace's Nightrider.
9. Robert Mason's Weapon & Solo.
10. Steve Perry's Aliens vs Predator-trilogy & Predator-trilogy.
11. Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars-trilogy.
12. Patrick Tilley's The Amtrack Wars-series.
13. Harry Turtledove's World War- & Colonization-series.
14. Timothy Zahn's The Thrawn-trilogy.
15. Kevin J Anderson's Jedi Academy-trilogy.

[BeardofPants]

Dune & sequels (:p), Foundation Trilogy, Enders Game, Uplift Trilogy (haven't read last book though), Red Mars.

*edited to add: PK Dick, Douglas Adams, Neuromancer by Gibson.

*edited again to add: Tad Williams.

[Arcala]

Definately Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.

[cassiopeia]

Arthur C. Clarke's Odyssey and Rama series. Orson Scott Card's Ender and Bean series (Speaker for the Dead is one of the best books I've ever read), as well as his Homecoming saga. Contact by Carl Sagan. Hitchhikers series by Douglas Adams.

[zinnite]

Well, anything by Philip K. Dick (:) ), but especially The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and Ubik.
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
We by Eugene Zamiatin

[BeardofPants]

I knew I'd forget stuff...

*goes back to edit post*

[Draken]

I love Philip K Dick stories.

But my favourite sci fi book of all time must be "Use of Weapons" by Iain M Banks.

[The Gaffer]

I'd second that. I recently re-read of Use of Weapons: the Culture is a fantastic concept. Have you read the one about the Idiran wars (I think it's Consider Phlebas)?

[Draken]

Oh yes indeedy. For me 'Consider Phlebas', 'Use of Weapons' and 'Player of Games' are his big three to date. I remain a fan but I have a horrible feeling that diminishing returns set in thereafter.

[Mim Baggins]

Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Gibbon's Decline & Fall by Sheri Tepper
Foundation by Issac Asimov
Mars by Ben Bova
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
The Face of the Waters by Robert Silverberg

[Beruthiel's cat]

I enjoy reading Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey and Joan D. Vinge has some good stuff too. I'll read Heinlein occasionally (gotta be in the mood, though -- he can torque me sometimes), 'cause he was a good writer. But Card is on the top of my list currently. Took a science fiction writing class with Nancy Kress some years ago. She's an excellent writer, but a lot of her stuff is darker than I like. (Good short story by Kress "The Price of Oranges")

I tend to lean more toward fantasy than hard science fiction, though.

[Mango]

Roder Zelanzy any one?

The Lord of Light (a stand alone work) and the Princes of Amber series are my faves.

*Froth*

[Mercutio]

These are more like kids books, but i liked "A Wrinkle in Time" and its sequels by Madeline L'Engel.

[trolls' bane]

Dune

[zinnite]

I'm reading the "Ware" series by Rudy Rucker right now (Software, Wetware, Freeware, and Realware) and it's one of the best things I have ever experienced. I usually don't enjoy series at all (a major exception being Jack Womack's "Dryco" sextet) as most tend to lose steam at a certain point, but this one is brilliant.

[Estel13]

The Death~Gate Cycle by Margeret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
These are the ultimate. There's 7 of them, but I own the 1st and 3rd ones only. But the 3rd one is my favorite.:D

[Arcala]

I've read the first one of those. Are the rest as good?

[Estel13]

Completely. These are almost as good as Tolkien. Almost.

[Earniel]

War of the Worlds by G.H. Wells.

Dragon Rigger from Jeffrey Carver. (featuring the best dragons I've ever read and sparked my ongoing interest in dragons)

Resnick's book Paradise.

The Thrawn-trilogy (star wars) was good too.

Uhura's Song (star trek)