| -Dune, by Frank Herbert. It needs to be #1 in any list. The whole thing is great. It slows down a bit in the middle (Children of Dune and Emperor-God of Dune), but the last books are very much worth reading everything.
-Ender, by Orson Scott Card. Very good, especially the first books.
-Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons. Great and pretty original.
-Foundation, by Isaac Asimov. I read some of the Robot serie too. It's all good, but he writes too many short novels and not enough real novels. Or he used to.
-Star Wars? The trilogy by Timothy Zahn that takes place right after Episode 6 is very good. It starts with "The Heir of the Empire" and follows the path of our jolly band of heroes and of the very interesting Admiral Thrawn. I really liked it. I read 2 other SW trilogies after that and it's just not as good. |