No I am sorry. Couldn't resist.

I enjoyed The Pirates of Sufiro

it is a novel by David Lee Summers. It tells the story of the colonization of a planet by pirate captain, Ellison Firebrandt, his first lieutenant, Roberts, and Suki, his lover. The planet soon becomes a refuge for people of all sorts, looking for a new life and a chance to start over. Things go wonderfully, until Captain Jerome Ellis of the Mao Corporation discovers the rare mineral, Erdonium, on the planet. Soon, the old settlers are battling the new entrepreneurs for control of the planet. At the same time, the galaxy faces a new threat...a power that destroys space ships at will...an enigma called the Cluster. 

[1st Dutch junkie] All that matters is getting my fix.

Follow that up with book 2 "The Children of the Old Stars". It follows Robert and Suki's grandson John Mark Ellis as he tries to discover the nature of the cluster and stop its seemly wanton destruction of ships.

[brood en brood met brood ertussen] - My Mothers famous answer to whats for dinner!

Oldies but goodies

The War fo the Worlds by HG Wells

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

If you haven't read these yet, you are truly missing out on some fantastic works. 

"+5 for me"

By H.G. Wells. I enjoyed this story as well.

[brood en brood met brood ertussen] - My Mothers famous answer to whats for dinner!

alan dean foster tells a good yarn (the man who used the niverse is by far his best) stay away from the spell singer series, funy but not scifi
pournelle and niven collaborations are excellent (even if they are assholes)
Herbert (even though he is a sexist)
i keep coming back to Zelazny, his amber series is good fun, but try his other stuff. he tends to be more "fantasy" based, but not the usually sword and sorcery stuff
David drake has GREAT war scifi, his Hammers Slammers series is terrific, (if you liked scott's passenger, you'll like this stuff)
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/

Just about anything from Larry Niven (my favorites are the ringworld series,Footfall, and Lucifers Hammer, the 2 Mote books are awesome too Treed)

Kevin J Anderson's Saga of Seven Suns is phenominal and the last book was Just released

Anything by Frank Herbert (his son Brain herbert is okay too but not as good) Shai-Hulud!

and if you have never read "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card or the rest of the Ender Saga you are really missing something

I could list hundreds of books from my bookshelves but those stand out

Assasins do it from behind

I deffinitely agree with Saga of Seven Suns, and the "Ender Series" really good stuff there.

I am currently reading the first Deathwalker book by Simon Green and thats pretty good so far.  Lets see who else...  There's always the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, if you want a touch of Monty Python-esque humor.  Oh and if you're into vampire stuff theres a Sci-fi/Post-apocolyptic series by E. E. Knight called Vampire Earth that is incredible.  First one in that series is Way of the Wolf.  There's Starship Troopers, and Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Hienlein.  hmmm I'm having trouble 'cause I'm more of a fantasy reader than Sci-fi, but those are my picks for now.  when i can look at my bookshelves I will probably have more suggestions.

I had to read the first one for summer reading and I loved it.

G-Man

Nine million terrorists in the world I gotta kill one with smaller feet than my sister. - John McClane

 not sure if thats how its spelled,but stanger in a stange land

a good story.

hell if it taste like chicken,bring me chicken!

                                                    rodney carigton

 not sure if thats how its spelled,but stanger in a stange land

a good story.

double post,not me doing this

hell if it taste like chicken,bring me chicken!

                                                    rodney carigton

he's good, but all of his stuff starting with the number of the beast start out good, but end up being an old man's sexual fantasies. if you enjoy that, go for it, i did not enjoy his later work as much. he got away from the scifi and delved into the sexual fantasy. found it boring. but his earlier works are scifi standards
Arthur C Clark is another one to look at (the inventor of synchronous orbiting satellites, look it up)

http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/

Asimov, Roddenbury, Phillip Dick, John Campbell, etc.. The early stuff is still the best. 

"+5 for me"

 didnt know that.....crazy.

hell if it taste like chicken,bring me chicken!

                                                    rodney carigton

yeah, they are ok, for scifi writers ... lol
still #1
http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/

very good book.

G-Man

When life gives you lemons, make applesauce. -Angelica Pickles

If you guys and girls haven't read it you should It is one of the best books I have ever read.

G-Man

When life gives you lemons, make applesauce. -Angelica Pickles

not quite sure where to start though. OSC is releasing a direct sequel to Enders game on Nov 1st (Ender in exile) but the real sequel is "Speaker for the dead" then "Xenocide" then "Children of the mind" but you also have the "Shadow Series" (Enders Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow puppets, and Shadow of the Giant) which retells the story from Bean's point of view. and now with this direct sequel I'm not sure which order to read them in, but I would still probably read them in the order they were made

Any way you do it you must read these! its some of the best sci-fi I have ever read.

Assassins do it from behind

and am going to start it soon. Same for Ender's Shadow.

G-Man

When life gives you lemons, make applesauce. -Angelica Pickles

- "I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka." -Dr. Horrible

- "I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka." -Dr. Horrible

They are superb! I cant to get my hands on "Paul of Dune "

Assassins do it from behind

- "I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka." -Dr. Horrible

he was a fan of the books, I think.

G-Man

When life gives you lemons, make applesauce. -Angelica Pickles