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Originally Posted by Aeneas
Hyperion is certainly a favourite of mine.
I also enjoyed The Legacy of Heorot.
Second troutman's Riverworld suggestion, and sevenarms The Forever War.
And I always like to throw out The Wolves Of Memory by Effinger, Silverberg's majipoor books, or is there any love for Gene Wolfe's Shadow of the Torturer?
I found Peter F Hamilton's Pandora's Star quite remarkable.
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I'd put Hyperion on the list too, and the Mars Trilogy. I enjoyed Forever War, Pandora's War and Shadow of the Torturer as well. I'm shamed to admit I've never read Riverworld or the Majipoor books despite their significance in the field.
Foundation comes across as a bit dated now and some of the writing isn't great, so whether it makes a list like this depends on your criteria.
I might also add Use of Weapons (Iain M. Banks) to my own list.