I'm a sci-fi fan but haven't quite read much sci-fi. Have read some staples like Snow Crash (classic) or Stranger In A Strange Land (hated it, so campy and so "male"-centric, and recommended by exbf barf).

The sci-fi I'm in the process of reading Gibson's Neuromancer and my guy keeps asking me to start in on Horus Rising. He btw reads lots of sci-fi especially the Black Library or Warhammer40k stuff.

Lately am exploring the section a little more. I have a few of Neal Stephenson's got on a book sale but they're thick tomes and haven't gotten round to them Recent trip to Kino also picked up Pattern Recognition by Gibson and Glasshouse by Stross.

What are must reads in the sci-fi world?