Sci-fi books you must read....

After hearing Philip K Dick's UBIK described as one of the greatest books ever written by a commentator I enjoy listening to and also reading several times how prophetic and multi-layered the book is and that we are currently living in a world imagined by him decades ago I purchased same and queued-up the book on my Kindle...it joins a long que :)

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I would say, the love for this book is well deserved. The author was a visionary, decades ahead of his time. He saw the future and told us what was coming down the track. His prolific use of recreational substances clearly put him onto a higher a state of awareness.
 
Calling all sci-fi heads.

The classics:

Ian M Banks "consider Phlebas"
Alfred bester "the stars my destination"
Greg Bear "Hull three zero"

Trash sci-fi but I love it:

James Axlers "Deathlands" series.

What's yours?
Surely Ian M Banks isn’t a classic
don’t get me wrong i love his stuff but classic i’m unsure.
A must read for me is
Stephen Donaldson The Gap series
5 books in the series & over the years iv read them half a dozen times.
Also Arthur C Clarke short stories
of time and stars a brilliant read.
 
I used to listen to a computer security podcast by Steve Gibson - "Security Now!". He is into reading sci-fi and has this recommended reading list. I wonder if any of you fancy casting your eyes over it and commenting. It's just because I'm curious to know what others would make of the selections, given that I've never yet read sci-fi but am interested.

Here is his page of links to various things, the sci-fi list being first.

It's a PDF. Here's the direct link:
 
I haven't had a chance to scroll through the mass of pages (excuse the pun), but might have to find it and join in!.
There are a few mentions of the author by various people, but @Missoni talks in a bit more detail in these posts:


 
I would say, the love for this book is well deserved. The author was a visionary, decades ahead of his time. He saw the future and told us what was coming down the track. His prolific use of recreational substances clearly put him onto a higher a state of awareness.
A personal favourite is A Scanner Darkly - The film was panned, but it is very faithful to the novel and interestingly made.
 
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