Science Fiction

i am already a fan of orson scott card, arthur c clarke, jack mcdevitt, ben bova, and terry brooks.

All of the following are excellent scifi (author, followed by books). jules verne - free online journey to the center of the earth (my favorite scifi) 20,000 leagues under the sea mysterious island h g wells - free online, and roughly half-length novels war of the worlds the time machine (downer ending) the invisible man (unlike many im stories, he is a villain. this is the original) isaac asimov i, robot (you *must* read this - the only "must read" scifi) elijah baley books - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/elijah_baley excellent both as scifi *and* as murder mysteries - the best of both worlds (warning: adult content in the 3rd book) foundation series - *the* classic scifi trilogy andre norton - *the* classic female scifi author, most of her books involve "coming of age" and pure scifi adventure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bibliography_of_andre_norton her best: star man's son (also titled 2250 a.d.) other excellent: judgment on janus forerunner series central control series solar queen series the time traders (atlantis, magic - very cool!) the zero stone another excellent: mrs. frisby and the rats of nimh. though written for younger readers, i read this recently and it's great! better than the movie (which was also good). jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com