Some of the more current sci-fi is OK, but I always find myself comparing it to my favorites...

Ray Bradbury's "Farenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles" (which is actually a compilation of shorts) rate pretty high on my list.

But for my all time favorites would have to be Jules Verne's works

"From the Earth to the Moon" and "Around the Moon"

as well as

"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Mysterious Island"

I manged to read these four for the first time when I was 9 or 10 and have loved them ever since.

Now that I think about it, it has been a while since I gave them a gander... maybe it is time to dust of the covers and give the pages some excersise.

For other times I really like the humorous outlook that Roahld Dahl (sp?) has on things, and find that most books by John Grisham are pretty good reads.