needing a bit of fluff and enjoyable fluff at that after my Sgt test, ive bought a new copy of Dune. my old one fell apart from use (i had bought that one used at the library for a quarter) and am rereading it yet again. I still think its the best SERIOUS sci fi story ever written.
Dude, Dune, like, changed my life when I was a kid. I was a total Dune freak from like 11 til like 17 when I finally caved and read LoTR. I have the Dune board game, from Avalon Hill, which is really cool, and I was first in line for the crappy movie by David Lynch and... Dune rules, (even though the movie sucked ALOT!).
Anyway, Dune rules, I guess is what I'm saying. Seriously, if there are two great works of "escapist" fiction, Dune is to sci-fi what LoTR is to (swords and sorcery) fantasy.