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Dune (Dune, #1)
Frank Herbert
★★★★★· Published 1965· 604 pages
Politics, religion, ecology, and giant sandworms on a desert planet. A sci-fi cornerstone, and it earns it.
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★ 5Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Isaac Asimov
Asimov's grand idea: a science that can predict the fall of a galactic empire, and one man's plan to soften the dark ages to come. Big, brainy, and surprisingly readable.
★ 5A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
George R.R. Martin
The best book in the series, full stop. If you've made it this far, brace yourself.
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1)
Terry Pratchett
The very first Discworld, with a hapless wizard playing tour guide to the disc's first tourist. Very silly in the best way, if a bit rougher than the later books.