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2 books by Vernor Vinge to get in that space mood ;p
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992, winner 1993 Hugo Award)
A Deepness in the Sky (1999, winner 2000 Hugo Award & Prometheus Award)

Another nice one from charles Stross:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sunrise

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Good books 8) there are also the classics from the so called pulp era The Lensman series.Venus Equilateral short stories and of course Robert Anton Hienlien's enter catalog.

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Well, risking been called anachronist ;-) I would strongly recommend The star diaries bei Stanislaw Lem.
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Ah Stanislaw also a good catalog an other for of that period more philosophical in tone "Star Maker" by Olaf Stapleton.

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Post by bgaskey »

All pretty good suggestions. Should Azimov's Foundation books be on here. I read them in 6th grade and thought they had too many words, but they're quite good.
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Issac is always welcome in the same vein Arthur C Clark


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