Science Fiction-wise, people have already mentioned Tolkien, but I also recommend Frank Herbert and the whole Dune series. Sometimes it reads like a dictionary, because Frank Herbert had the largest vocabulary of anyone I have ever seen, but it is a mind-blowing book with some of the ideas it raises. Also, my favorite science fiction writer of all time would have to be Orson Scott Card. I can't get enough of his writing. But if you have to choose one book, read Ender's Game and the subsequent books in that series. ------------------ Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
Cool! The first book that came to mind when I saw science fiction mentioned was <u>Enders's Game</u>. It was probably my favorite book that I read in high school. We even got to act out a scene from the book. Great call RR! ------------------ "...just because a clever person can complicate the discussion about the truth doesn't necessarily mean he or she is making any progress in finding it."
Some good ones that I've read lately... Saul Bellow: Ravelstein Malamud: The Assistant Arthur Miller: Incident at Vichy (play) Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita Cynthia Ozick: The Puttermesser Papers Chinoi Achebe: Things Fall Apart Ludmilla Ulitskaya: Sonechka and Other Tales Philip Roth: Goodbye, Columbus Isaac Babel - collected stories (best short stories I've ever read) Sholem Aleichem - Tevye the Dairyman Vladimir Nabokov: Glory My top 5 all time: 1. Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov 2. Hermann Hesse - Narcissus & Goldmund 3. Dostoevsky - Crime & Punishment 4. Jane Austne - Pride & Prejudice 5. Of Human Bondage - Somerste Maugham. ------------------ I would believe only in a God who could dance. - Friedrich Nietzsche Boston College - NCAA Hockey National Champions 2001
