MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: What to read next...classic sci-fi recommendations?

> OK...I'm way behind on my reading...I'm reading my first Heinlein book now, about
> half-way thru "Stranger in a Strange Land". Any recommendations where to go next?
> Looking for something on the list of books "you gotta read before you
> die"...something "classic" I can get lost into for days/weeks...
>
> Asimov (read "I, Robot"...should I go with the Foundation series, if so where to
> start?)?
>
> Clarke? (I own, but have never read, 2001...planned on reading it back in '99, but
> just sorta lost interest)
>
> P.K.Dick (I just finished a collection of shorts, including Minority Report and
> really enjoyed it)?
>
> Other Heinlein (have heard "Starship Troopers" is good...wasn't a fan of the film,
> but that doesn't mean a thing). I really like the character of Jubal Harshaw...I find
> his dialogue in the book to be very easy to follow...you know, that narrative voice
> in your head?
>
> Brooks' "World War Z" (another one recommended to me)?
>
> Any of the Terry Pratchett books?
>
> Harlan Ellison? (I recently read Blish's collection of Star Trek episodes, and loved
> reading about the controversy behind "The City on the Edge of Forever"...I used to
> think he was a colossal prick, but watched some interviews with him and something
> clicked...I "tuned into" his sense of humor and understood where he was coming from,
> commentary/opinion-wise...I like how he says exactly what's on his mind)
>
> I've read a ton of Doctor Who (all the new "BBC Books" series...which I realize is
> kid stuff, but I'm a Who fan) and am taking a break from the Target paperbacks (which
> I'm reading in the order which the episodes aired).
>
> I've read Sagan's "Cosmos", loved the film, loved the book even more.
>
> I'm off all this week on vacation (my two son's...9 & 12...are on Spring Break here
> in the US) and the wife, boyz, and I are heading out for some R&R. But I need
> something to read pool-side or at night (chronic insomniac...sometimes the 400mg of
> Seroquel the Doc put me on isn't even enough).

Have you read Dune?

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