What is the best book that is preferably a literary classic or science fiction, difficult

Also good, literary classic too

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Jurassic Park

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Creatures once extinct now roam Jurassic Park, soon-to-be opened as a theme park. Until something goes wrong...and science proves a dangerous toy...."Wonderful..... read more...

Great for all ages. Loved it.

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Pandora's Star

Set in the twenty-fourth century, this epic novel of a human-extraterrestrial war engineered by an unknown omniscient being is by the bestselling author of The Reality Dysfunction and Fallen Dragon. read more...

First in a series of awesome books. Good hard Sci-Fi.

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Ender's Game

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula AwardsIn order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his k... read more...

I read this book for the first time when I was 15, just starting High School and even then I knew it was beyond its time. As is the case with many good "classic" fiction/sci-fi books it references both the potential of humanity to exceed beyond ourselves, and the hubris that our culture(s) are "better" or "correct" when compared to unknown and different ideologies. It has some fascinating action laced with drama and is a great read for young teens to adults.

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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley's tour de force, Brave New World is a darkly satiric vision of a "utopian" future&#8212where humans are genetically bred and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively serve a ruling order. A powerful work of speculative fiction tha... read more...

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Hyperion

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike.Â Â There are those who worship it.Â Â There are those who fear it.Â Â And there are those who have vowed to destroy it.Â Â In the Vall... read more...

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Left Hand of Darkness

Winter is an Earth-like planet with two major differences: conditions are semi artic even at the warmest time of the year, and the inhabitants are all of the same sex. Tucked away in a remote corner of the universe, they have no knowledge of space... read more...

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The Forge of God

On July 26th, Arthur Gordon learns that Europa, the sixth moon of Jupiter, has disappeared. Not hiding, not turned black, but gone. On September 28th, Edward Shaw finds an ... read more...

One of the best hard sci-fi books I have ever read, hands down.

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The Forge of God

On July 26th, Arthur Gordon learns that Europa, the sixth moon of Jupiter, has disappeared. Not hiding, not turned black, but gone. On September 28th, Edward Shaw finds an ... read more...

i'm going to check it out.

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Ender's Game

I have purchased at least six copies of this book for myself, and I always end up giving my copy away to someone who has never heard of it. This is an intensely emotional novel that takes its time painting the entire world, not just the immediate community of the protagonist. I recently read that this book is given to every US Marine recruit-- this may be apocrypha, but I wouldn't be surprised. It isn't just pro-military, though; everything ends up painted a shade of gray that is far more realistic than a lot of contemporary realist novels.