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Heinlein's Starship Troopers is excellent. More social and philosophically oriented than "science-y", though. Very different than the brain dead movie based on it (although there is a lot of blowing stuff up).
The Forever War by Joe Halderman (sp?) is in a similar vein.
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Carl Sagan writes science fact, not fiction. Unless you count Contact, which was amazing. But he isn't really a science fiction writer.
Philip K. Dick is the only sci fi you'll ever need. At least, in my opinion. Valis, Ubik, Counter-Clock World, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich, Do ANdroids Dream of Electric Sheep, etc....
I have enjoyed everything I have ever read by Ben Bova, and Timothy Zahn.
You probably will too.
Get: "Mars" and "Return to Mars".
GET YOUR ASS TO MARS
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My name is not Quaid...
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Bio, Glad your taking the time to read this. The book changed my perception about a lot of things.
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Pick up "The Light of Other Days" by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter.
It's a hard sci-fi tale about quantum physics and the use of wormholes to enable a new communications revolution. How would the world change if I could open up a little "Worm Cam" and watch what anyone is doing anywhere in the world?
It's really compelling stuff.
Most Barnes and Nobles are clearing out the hard cover versions for around $6.00.
I was looking for some good hard sci-fi recommendations earlier this year and a friend turned me onto The Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois. Chances are you'll find a handful of short stories to enjoy and there are a few pages of honorable mentions. With so many authors to pick and choose from it's hard to lose out. I got around a million words of sci-fi to read and I'm about 1/4 of the way done.
Just watch Voltron, everything in it will happen in the future.