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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Enders Game and Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card Lots of books by Authur C!. Clark including 2001, 2010, 2061, 3001 Space Odyssey series Rendevous with Rama series C!.S!. Lewis' Space trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet Perelandra That Hideous Strenght (I really liked this one) Michael Crichton The Andromda Strain, Jurassic Park, Congo, lots more Contact by Carl Sagan Jules Verne is good too, (although kind of antiquated) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the EarthWww@QuestionHome@Com One must read is Ender's Game, or really the entire Ender's series (or anything by Card!.) It's a huge staple in science fiction, and you'll be hard pressed to find a science fiction lover who hasn't read it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Read the uglies trilogy by scott westerfeld!. He's my favorite author and the series was so good, they made a fourth book!Www@QuestionHome@Com the uglies trilogy by scott westerfeld there to die forWww@QuestionHome@Com Childhood's End by Arthur C!. Clarke !. :0)Www@QuestionHome@Com |