Non-Star Trek Recommended Books

[PointyHairedJedi]

Originally Posted by mudshark

A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr. -- the book I'm reading now for the first time, though I have no good explanation for why it took me so long to get around to doing so.

I want to read that at some point - thing is, the list of books that I want to read that I haven't yet is pretty horrendously long, not to mention all the books that I have read (but not for a while) and wish to read again. I need clones, dammit.

For a recommendation I would say The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. It is my second favourite book that I've ever read - only Dune to my mind surpasses it. Anything pretty much by Iain Banks too, except that I've head his books are not that easy to get a hold of in the States (and they have slight differences from the UK versions too apparently).