Top 5 books/Series/Authors in Fantasy/Sci-Fi?

1 I haven't read very much scifi, but I LOVED Ender's Game -- I love the twist at the end. DID NOT see it coming. I like Ray Bradbury as well (which isn't so much science, as it is futuristic, in many cases), but I typically stick to horror (Stephen King, Dean Koontz) and medical thrillers or police dramas (Robin Cook, Patricia Cornwell, John Sandford, Michael Crichton) .

2 Isaac AsimovOrson Scott CardDouglas AdamsI haven't read enough fantasy or sci-fi to make any additional choices (JKR is far too recent to be considered in any sort of "best in history" type list) .

3 Hmm. You have to expand your reading back to the early and golden ages of sci-fi. Frank Herbert's Dune series.

The first three books of the series is the most intelligent, epic, thought-out sci-fi story of all time. And the rest aren't bad either. For sheer adventure, E.E.Doc Smith's The Lensmen Series.

All of it. But if you have to start somewhere, you can start with the classic Galactic Patrol. Again, for sheer adventure, E.E. Doc Smith's Skylark Series.

Less sprawling than the Lensmen series, but no less exciting. Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. Certainly the first three books are classic.

Someone summed it up as a sci-fi series where nothing happens and is all talk -- but what ideas! Also check out his Robot series of short stories. Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom books.

Epic adventure on Mars! Hollywood has been trying to adapt these books for decades. The cost to realize these books on the screen are staggering.

Larry Niven's Ringworld Series. Particularly the first two books are Star Wars in book form. George Lucas should make movies from these books.

Jules Verne and H.G.Wells. These are the fathers of modern science fiction. Verne created the hard-edged, technological sci-fi genre, Wells created the sociological sci-fi genre.

Verne was up for adventure, Wells for thought-provoking conflict. The best of their books: Verne 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Clipper of the Clouds (Robur the Conquerer) and The Master of the World. For Wells, his Invisible Man is a classic of English literature, as well as War of the Worlds, First Men in the Moon, and the Isle of Dr. Moreau.

There's some good reading here. Perfect for the summer! .

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.