Companion post to the "Favorite Fantasy Series", and again in no particular order of preference. Leaving out well known classics such as "1984", "War of the Worlds", "Brave New World", etc.
"Foundation" - Isaac Asimov*
"The Handmaid's Tale" - Margaret Atwood
"Salughterhouse 5" - Kurt Vonnegut
"Dune" - Frank Herbert
"Remembrance of Earth's Past" - Cixin Liu
"Exhalation" - Ted Chiang
"Science in the Capitol Trilogy" - Kim Stanley Robinson
"Snowcrash" - Neal Stephenson
"Rendezvous with Rama" - Arthur C. Clarke
"Ender's Game" - Orson Scott Card
"The Red Rising Trilogy" - Pierce Brown**
"Ancillary Justice" - Ann Lecke
"Collected Short Stories" - Philip K. Dick***
"Starship Troopers" - Robert H. Heinlein
"H2G2" - Douglas Adams
"Left Hand of Darkness" - Ursula K. LeGuin
"The Lathe of Heaven" - Ursula K. LeGuin
*a bit sexist and racist as I read it as an adult, but seminal
"The Lathe of Heaven" - Ursula K. LeGuin
*a bit sexist and racist as I read it as an adult, but seminal
** a little pop, but great ideas
*** everything :)
*** everything :)