Best sci-fi book you've ever read

[Yomandude]

That's going to be the Hunger Games, followed by Metro 2033 I think.

>Hunger Games
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OT: Jumper and Reflex are the other favorite sci-fi books I've ever read. Seriously, just the way Gould manages to turn such an unoriginal plot device as teleportation and write it in the style of a piece of literary fiction... 'tis a very beautiful thing.

 

[ishist]

Hutchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, no competition.

 

[Tselis]

Ring World. It was awesome!

 

[Cazza]

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

As I haven't read much Scifi it's a clear winner.

 

[Sakeretsu]

A series I Discovered recently as ebooks ,''The Spinward Fringe'' series by Randolphe Lalonde ,it's some excellent space opera twisty stories .

Also that may be just because i'm a big Halo fan but i really apreciate all the novels ,they may be not clased as ''the best'' but they are easy to pick an read you can give them that .

Also i tried some Philip K Dick stuff but it didn't grip me ,maybe i'm to young for that kind of sci fi .

 

[Zoe Castillo]

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[darkcalling]

Not sure they entirely count as Sci Fi but they definitely have a lot of sci fi influence.

John Dies at the End is honestly one of the funniest and most disturbing books I've read. Stick with it and you'll either be completely hooked, wondering what drugs David was on and where to get some, or both.

The entire Wild Cards series by George R. R. Martin. (He's really more the editor as they're written collectively by multiple authors.) It's a more "realistic" take on the superhero genre and what might happen if people suddenly started gaining superpowers. Some are better than others but all of them that I've read are worth the time. Don't go in expecting DC or Marvel level power from most of the characters. A lot of the tension comes from characters learning to use powers that seem less useful than they end up being.

 

[blankedboy]

Orson Scott Card's Xenocide. It's my favourite in the series!
/troll
/xkcd reference
But seriously, the whole series is awesome. Never finished Children of the Mind though, which sucks.

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

Probably Dune. The sequels are still great, but none equal the first one by any means.

That or Neuromancer, but I feel like that's too specific to the cyberpunk subgenre. Snow Crash also deserves an honorable mention.

 

[JesterRaiin]

"His Master's Voice"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Master%27s_Voice_%28novel%29

More SCIENCE than fiction. Not for anyone - there's no action, pace is very slow. It's more like documentary of something similar to "Manhattan Project". Very enlightning.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell or Beautiful Soup by Harvey Jacobs.. Or maybe The Sirens of Titan.

Oh God. This is why I can't have favourite things. There are too many good things out there. Seems unfair to choose one.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Honestly?
Probably either Ringworld, although I barely got into it, or anything by Larry Niven.

I loved that book, the revelations about the female character later in the book are awesome.

OT: My favourite is kinda hard to choose. I really liked the awesome Cities in Flight by James Blish, but then I also really enjoyed Harry Harrison's hilarios Deathworld and Stainless Steel Rat series'.

Probably Dune. The sequels are still great, but none equal the first one by any means.

Dune was also excellent, yes.

 

[Sniperyeti]

Either "To your shattered bodies go" or "Dune". I can't narrow it down further than that, my frontal lobes would implode or something.

 

[XzarTheMad]

Neuromancer by Gibson.
Hitchhiker's by Adams
And.. uhm...
line... backer?

 

[mrmostlymittens]

Ummmmmm the Bible

Old, crappy, irrelevant joke. Let's move on, people.

Hmmm most likely A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Sorry, didn't realize I wasn't entitled to my opinion. Have a nice day, Comrade.

 

[Davey Woo]

It is the only sci-fi book I've ever read. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
"Think of a number between one and seven."
"Ohh, ummmm, five?"
"Wrong! Do you see?"

One of my favourite (probably mistyped) quotes.

 

[Tekkawarrior]

Ender's game is one of the best books I've read.

 

[rohansoldier]

I don't know about the best ever but the Mass effect series of novels are a good read.

Also, the Horus Heresy series of Warhammer 40,000 novels has some gems in it (galaxy in flames, fulgrim, legion, prospero burns and the first heretic being the highlights in my opinion).

 

[Droppa Deuce]

Dune

 

[VoidWanderer]

Ender's game is one of the best books I've read.

I second that opinion. A byte-sized bit of Manna right there.