Dune

AWESOME book, read the first 4 in the series and they were fantastic. Very intricate and satifying to read.

I highly recommend to anyone who likes intelligent sci-fi.

Along the lines of Asimov.

the best part is how in the later books of herbert's (and actually asimov's too come to think of it) he becomes such a dirty old man

I just finished The Machine Crusade, the trilogy really helps you understand the background to Dune