What are the best science fiction books?

Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Miles Vorksagan series by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Pern books by Anne McCaffrey

For sci-fi you really can't go past the master Isaac Asimov. He wrote numerous books on many subjects but I especially enjoyed the Foundation series. Also, there are a number of short stories which are very interesting. He wrote Bicentennial Man and I Robot which you would know from the movies of the same name. Spock from Star Trek is supposedly modelled from an Asimov character R. Daneel Olivaw in the Foundation series. He is also creditted with coining phrases and words that are now included in dictionaries and are commonly known in the science and space arenas.

Hope you enjoy any of his books as much as I did.

Best science fiction books...ah, that's a wonderful question. Try "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury (my all time personal fave.) But much of the best science fiction is in the short story form.As a result, there are hordes of anthologies of s-f. Try "The Year's Best Science Fiction," which has been published annually for many years. Hope you enjoy!

My personal favorite is Dune, by Frank Herbert. I've read the entire series and find them absolutely fantastic. Dune is hailed as a pinnacle of science fiction and literature in general, with a depth and complexity rarely seen in writing. I don't hold the prequels/sequels written by his son (Brian Herbert) in quite as high esteem, though. Of course, Isaac Asimov is one of the greatest sci-fi authors of all time. I'd love to get a copy of his complete works for Christmas :D

And of course I grew up on the classics: H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, etc. Good stuff :)

The best science fiction book I have ever read: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Another of my favorites is His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, and Amber Spyglass)

you elect the autumn Revolution series of books by potential of Ken McLeod - quite the 1st one, The huge call Fraction, that's desperate in a no longer-too-distant destiny the place England is fractured into thousands of mini-states - aspects of London are anarchist, aspects are fundamentalist Christian, etc. the 2nd, The Stone Canal, is desperate much extra sooner or later on a international that could in all probability be defined as anarcho-syndicalist.

George Orwell 1984

i said he's left his flat and he's not supposed to their is nobody out there but he has got to get the hell out of the flat ( no the feeling where's la pub )

no cctv it's telescreens and if you think wrong thought of the government whilst walking to your destination wow! they will call at your place next evening and you will be taken away

George Orwell real name Blair he was a soldier

Maximum Ride huh! I am on me way to Waterson's bookshop (no we cannot they recently went to the wall )

I am and have been a huge sci/fi reader and Terry Brooks series of Shannarra are the greatest. Also,John Norman's Gor-The Counter-Earth series is outstanding.Both series have alot of books and each one better than the last.

Ah, there were so many "greats"! To name just a few, a couple of my favorites were A.E. van Vogt and P.K. Dick. But we can't forget Robert Heinlent, Arthur C. Clark, and Isaac Asimov. The Originals!!!

Stranger in a Strange Land was my original favorite, but Dean Koontz has many great ones, he's my favorite SciFi author now.