Somebody posted a pic of 3 aliens with giant heads a while ago, might have been another thread even. But my mind immediately flashed to The Gods Themselves before realizing it was from Star Trek. Foundation kept me entertained so much I read the series more than once. Asimov has been my favorite since my teens.
Nice! I never did read the gods themselves. Did the foundation series though....
I'd say my five favorite science fiction books in some order are Neuromancer by Gibson (one of the best prose stylists alive imo...the way he uses material and texture is 10/10), Anathem by Neal Stephenson (this is a bit of a deeper cut, i think Cryptonomicon, Diamond Age, and Snow Crash are all easier to get into but Anathem plays with language in a delicious way), Solaris by Lem (Tarkovsky movie is awesome too....this is my fav alien), Revelation Ark from Alastair Reynolds (brilliant mind, incredibly complex, gives great hard sci-fi), aaaaand let's say Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan (moody cyberpunk trash).
Those are all books i have read at least twice and Neuromancer is dozens.... I studied it intensively when i was writing fiction more regularly.