I first read Dune when it was publish as series in a scifi magazine mid last century. Never read the book version.
I’d add:
“Rendezvous With Rama” - Aurthur C. Clark
“Ringworld” - Larry Niven
...and since we are talking science fiction, “The Communist Manifesto” qualifies.
> “Rendezvous With Rama” - Aurthur C. Clark
Got hooked and ended up reading the whole series. For me, Arthur C Clarke has a way of drawing you into a story where you can’t put the book down.
Read RWR when it first came out.
Huh. Another Clarke abbreviation coincidence.
Anyway, RWR was good. Very good. Perhaps the last novel that was truly up to Clark’s standards.
Unfortunately, SF is no good for me any more. I can’t enjoy it.
Know too much science, I guess. And too much reality in general.
Rondezvous with Rama or Childhood’s End? I would favor Childhoods End
My brother was reading this, back in the day, so I picked it up and read the last page.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!