What is your absolute favorite science fiction book?

Mine is a book called "A Wrinkle in Time" it's one of the first books that got me so involved I physically reacted to the description of a 2 dimensional plane ..my chest contracted and I felt it as I read... I thought it was exceptionally well written.. I got to meet the author when I was a kid.. and I didn't realize it was an award winner until much later.. my autographed copy got stolen!

I also love ray bradbury's illustrated man, may be my second favorite... knowing that.. what would you recommend to me?

The Mote in God's Eye ... I read it every few years and love it.

My favorite is Frank Herbert's Dune Series...best books ever in my opinion. Frank had a really great understanding of how politics and religion are deeply inter-wined.

20 thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Vern

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At the moment, I'd have to say Ender's Game.

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SCI/ FI LINK

here is a link on this from a week or so ago. Lots of fun.

dune: for interesting philosophical speculation.
schismatrix: for interesting science specualtion.

by the way 'a wrinkle in time is a great book' its sequel 'a swiftly tilting plantet' is also fun but not as good.

hunters blade trilogy, Dark elf saga of drizzit Du urden. I am surprised that hasnl;t been made into a movie yet with all these comic's being made into movies now days. It would be preety face paced and action oreinted.

Childhoods End by A.C Clarke, seems to be some very familiar themes in that book, also a shorter read but you can't put it down till the end, Rendezvous with Rama comes in a close second. His verbal imagery is unmatched in my opinion.

Neuromancer by William Gibson (1984)

- Coined the terms: Cyberspace and Cyberpunk.
- Painkiller and Adrenaline via Patches (ala nicotine patchs)

- Corporations run the world.
- Some Elites live in spacestations
- Earth is like Bladerunner

Also he wrote Johnny Mnemonic (made into movie with Keanu Reeves)

enchantress from the stars

Yes, oh yes!! A Wrinkle in Time was amazing.

The same author wrote a lesser known work, The Other Side of the Sun, in 1971, that is riveting despite its leap to another genre. If you can find it, enjoy!

Th Elric Saga

He was the original Tony Suprano and Dexter

Liked Enders Game a lot even though I predicted the ending quite early on. Still would like to read the dune stuff.

Sphere was actually a great book despite the awful movie.

Five best:

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin

A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

You asked for A book but I have to go with Asimov's trilogy
Foundation, Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation
I found his main characture Hari Seldon and his development
of a branch of mathematics known as psychohistory quite
an interesting concept.