 | Dragonflight (Corgi Science-Fiction) by Anne McCaffrey
Buy new: £3.01 / Used from: £0.01 A great starter for adventures in a dragon-influenced world. HUGE series. Still love it.
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 | The Magicians' Guild (Black Magician Trilogy) by Trudi Canavan
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 The Black Magician Trilogy is like a more grown up Harry Potter. Good holiday read.
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 | Neuromancer by William Gibson
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.22 William Gibson - the godfather of SF. Famous for inspiring the oddball Johnny Mnemonic film, and much else besides. Way beyond his time.
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 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (S.F. Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick
Buy new: £2.36 / Used from: £1.99 Phillip K Dick's infamous novel which spawned the amazing Bladerunner movie. Explains a lot more of the story than the movie ever did.
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 | Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: Thrawn Trilogy) by Timothy Zahn
Buy used from: £0.10 The first in a brilliantly written trilogy taking the Star Wars universe so much further. Bantam published a bunch of SW trilogies in the late '90s of great quality. Lucas books are no good.
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 | Rogue Squadron (Star Wars X-Wing) by Michael A. Stackpole
Buy used from: £0.01 The one that started it all. The first Xwing book I read, and I couldn't stop! All of them - GREAT FUN!!
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 | On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality) by ANTHONY
Buy new: £1.48 / Used from: £0.33 Piers Anthony's "Incarnations of Immortality" series was a random find. Written with style and humour - I never got bored.
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 | The Lord of the Rings: AND The Hobbit (Collins Modern Classics) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy used from: £10.57 Lord of the Rings - how could you not. This is an epic undertaking but no regrets. Absolutely wonderful. READ THE HOBBIT FIRST!
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 | Ringworld (S.F. Masterworks) by Larry Niven
Buy new: £2.39 / Used from: £0.33 Larry Niven - brilliant series, dude. What can I say?
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 | Eon (S.F. Masterworks) by Greg Bear
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.28 Greg Bear. I only liked "Eon", wasn't sure about the others. Good story, good setting.
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 | The Great Dune Trilogy: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune: "Dune", "Dune Messiah", "Children of Dune" (Gollancz S.F.) by Frank Herbert
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £7.69 'Nuff said. The first will always be the best, though. Inspiring bit of fiction to dig into.
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 | Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Buy new: £2.51 / Used from: £0.01 Brilliant, brilliant adventure. Much better than the movie. Lost World worth a read too.
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 | Vampire Chronicles by Rice Anne
Buy new: £12.63 / Used from: £12.62 The Vampire Chronicles... The first 3 were good but then Anne seemed to lose her way...
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 | Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Buy used from: £8.22 This book gave me the chills because of what the author foresaw. Very prophetic.
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 | 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy new: £2.39 / Used from: £0.67 Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British author and inventor, most famous for his science-fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. His other stuff is worth getting into.
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 | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Buy new: £2.47 / Used from: £0.01 Hitchicker's Guide - The 5 part trilogy (read them ALL!) gave me a stomach ache from laughing so hard. Catch the Dirk Gently series too.
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 | Foundation (The Foundation series) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: £2.43 / Used from: £0.01 One of my all time faves. Absolutely a must.
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 | The Complete Robot (Robot Series) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.05 Needs a separate listing it's so good.
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