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?
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.
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.
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!
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.