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Altered CarbonFallen Angels
Woken Furies
Neuromancer
Mona Lisa Overdrive
Count Zero
I have had Altered Carbon sitting unread on my shelf for a couple years now, and would love an excuse to read it. I have heard its great.I also keep meaning to start on the Culture series, by Ian Banks. I have heard that 'Consider Phlebas' is good.
The Mote in God's EyeEnder's Game
Angels and Demons
Lord of Light
The Road
I had only glanced at the list prior to this since we're not actively voting (having determined books for the next few months already), but I don't believe Angels and Demons by Dan Brown would be considered Science Fiction by just about any definition one cares to use. Not even close. It's a modern thriller with some mystery components.
Some additions for the listDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick (or A Scanner Darkly or The Man in the High Castle - all 3 are excellent)
Dream Park by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes (less deep than many of the others, but a fun read and in a sense very influential culturally if not literarily [is that a word?]).
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (quite possibly better than The Stars my Destination, although both are fairly incredible)
More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Altered Carbon! It is, in my opinion, Richard Morgan's very best work!
No Hitchhiker's Guide? Very well. I suggest: The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Dune by Frank Herbert
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Also, I can't believe I forgot to suggest this in my first comment: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin
I dunno, seems kinda bare without at least one David Weber. How about On Basilisk Station, the first Honor Harrington novel.Also, Stephen R. Donaldson "The Real Story: Gap into Conflict" first book of the five book Gap series.
I second Deborah's nomination for Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.I'd also like to add two more of his novels:
Double Star
Glory Road
Altered Carbon and Consider Phlebas are two of my favorites. If you have them on your shelf - don't wait any longer. Most of Ian M. Banks' books are good. I also liked Against a Dark Background, Use of Weapons, Excession and Look to Windward. They are hard to find though (UK imprints), but not for much longer, I heard that Orbit will publish them for the US. I just bought Matter (Banks' latest) but haven't had time to read it and am still working on Brin's Brightness Reef.
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A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Armor by John Steakley
Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller
Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Dune by Frank Herbert
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Fall of the Towers: Out of the Dead City, the Towers of Toran, City of a Thousand Suns by Samuel R. Delany
Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Gateway by Federick Pohl
The Golden Age by John C. Wright
Her Smoke Rose Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Ringworld by Larry Niven
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Sundiver by David Brin
This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
West of January by Dave Duncan
Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper