Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
There's no way I can pick just one. But I do have my favorites.

Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" is up there, mainly because it's such a wondrous tale of adventure mixed with a fairly consistent "history" of its own. Enjoyed them and the movie rocked because so much of the imagery matched my own. But it's never merited a full reread for me.

Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", an irreverent look at government and society, probably one of Heinlein's best. Yes... but a flawed book. Heinlein unwittingly misidentified the main protagonist and killed him.

Auel's "The Clan of the Cave Bear" and its sequels, just because they were fun to read! That girl is single-handedly responsible for the advance of civilization! I would be right with you, but Auel riddled it with Larmarkian evolution... and that spoiled it for me. LOL

Turtledove's alternate history books, too numerous to mention. Extremely detailed and well thought-out "what-if" scenarios with just enough reality to make you think things really COULD have happened that way. I'm all over that with you... but was disappointed with his newest series which begins with Opening Atlantis. It's good but isn't really new or thought provoking. He tried to do something with the natural history of the land (zoological) but missed the mark. Just a retake on Australia more or less. Birds instead of marsupials...
Good choices Thorne