As a massive Heinlein fan I’ll say Starship Troopers because I think that’s a fascinating discussion about what you owe your country or the price of citizenship. Since Heinlein is my favorite author I’ll pick another one as well.. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick. I know he had drug issues and this book is an interesting look at the cycle of drugs and addiction and the ending was tragic but also very realistic. I like that the movie included his tribute at the end.
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I really enjoyed Dune. I have the next two in the series but haven’t read them yet. I can see how George Lucas was influenced by it. Is the recent movie any good? Also would you recommend the full series or just Dune?
I'd recommend all of the ones written by Frank Herbert. There were a couple done after his death by his son working with other authors, but they're nowhere near as good.
The film is a decent adaptation, and it actually stays true to some of the important themes. I'm not optimistic that they'll be able to keep that up with the next ones though.