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I found the classic Sci-Fi books quite good, I mean authors like Asimov, Heinlein, C. Clarke, anything coming from them is nice. They're called Big Three for a reason. Asimov's Robot/Galactic Empire/Foundation series are quite nice, and an epic ride. Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light is a nice book, which mixes sci-fi, religion, fantasy, and a dystopia/post-apocalyptic(?) setting in an quite interesting and unique way. There's an author called Greg Bear, I read a book or two of his, and while I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, I have to say, that his writing is quite strange, and it was quite an unique experience.

I enjoyed "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" - Douglas Adams.
If you're in the mood for something funny, read this.
http://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Books-Set/dp/0330443615 you can read the description here :)

Classic sci fi: the entire series of books "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, "The Bladerunner" by Alan E. Nourse, "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury.
Post-apocalyptic: the entire series of books "Metro 2033" by Dmitry Glukhovsky and the entire series of books "Universe of Metro 2033".
Maybe sci fi: "John Dies at the End" by David Wong

Terry Pratchett - The Long Earth Trilogy. You can read more about it HERE.........Also, Thank you for this, it's very much appreciated. (I would feel extremely impolite and self-entitled if I didn't show my gratitude for the chance to win this. I hope you can forgive me for that and also that you try that trilogy out. Terry Pratchett, of Discworld fame, although I can imagine anybody NOT knowing who he is after his recent passing, teams up with Stephen Baxter and they create, truly, a fantastic series, starting with "The Long Earth"

Foundations trilogy. Isaac Asimov.

Dune...Classic~

The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg... it's rly good :)

i usually backlist people who blacklist people for saying thanks, but i will make an exception - just for you!

If you didn't read yet "The Martian", there is a movie based on it with Matt Damon.
also polish author Stanislaw Lem, but it's not typical sci-fi.

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Thank you!

To bounce off endriuxx's comment, The 2 Tales of Pirx the Pilot books from Stanislaw Lem are a really nice change over the "common epic". The anti Space Opera, if you want to put it that way, but very moving. To Sci-fi what Barry Lyndon is to historical drama. Help me, I am trapped into weird analogies territory :བ̇

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Books a little diffrent:
What could be in the future.

Michio Kaku (Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York.) He has written several books about physics and related topics:
Physics of the Impossible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_of_the_Impossible
Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century and Beyond

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku
Have a nice day.

Thank You!

Last books that impressed me were the ones from Philip K. Dick.
E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch

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I want to write "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", but i see the others comments.. many users say that.. so... :D just trust us

Its a shame you aren't asking for fantasy or horror, that would be much easier to answer!

To give a helpful reply though, I really need to know more about what you consider good. I see from your other replies you have read most of Asimov and have read the diskworld books so I'm guessing you have pretty varied taste. With that in mind I'm going to toss out random suggestions.

Have you read "The Old Man's War" by John Scalzi yet?

I found "Pines", the first book in the "Wayward Pines" trilogy to be surprisingly good. The SciFi elements are fairly discrete in that though.

Are you familiar with Scott Sigler's Infected books? They are fairly brutal at points, so not for the faint of heart, but were a interesting take on both the alien invasion and zombie genres.

Its been a long time since I read it, but Dust by Pelligrino. "The good news, all the bugs are dead. The bad, we're next". Of course my praise of it might be blurred by time.

Hmm... The last one I'll toss out is a token Cyberpunk book, Snow Crash by Stephenson.

Edit:
I remember enjoying the original "Starship Troopers" as well. It was NOTHING like the movie! (which I also loved)

Thanks! :)

Look up Chanur books. No, they're not furry material despite what the cover might tell you.

It would really depend on what your definition of good is though. Do you like factual sci fi books or more fantastical based?

I haven't had a chance to read any of it yet, myself, but I've heard the Culture series by Ian M. Banks is good.

Of course, Dune by Frank Herbert is good as well, but if you're a reader of Sci-Fi, you've probably already read it.

I have no suggestions, and Im also not going to say thanks as per your request, but will still post something anyway :) Enjoy.