Reading lists and Research

A list I posted on tumblr a while back, and it's still the same. Im terrible at reading, I seem to be reading at least 5 books at a time which means finishing a book will take me months but it's just how I am.

A Fall of Moondust: by Arthur C. Clarke (1961)

The Songs of Distant Earth: by Arthur C. Clarke (1986)

The City and the Stars: by Arthur C. Clarke (1956)

Childhood’s End: by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)

Tau Zero: by Poul Anderson (1970)

Dune: by Frank Herbert (1965)

Inverted World: by Christopher Priest (1974)

Nineteen Eighty-Four: by George Orwell (1949)

The Space Merchants: by Frederik Pohl (1953)

Starship Troopers: by Robert A. Heinlein (1959)

The Ringworld Engineers: by Larry Niven (1980)

The Road: by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

The Culture Series: by Iain M. Banks (already begun 1. Consider Phlebas (1987))

• Player of Games (1988)
• The Use of Weapons (1990)
• The State of the Art (1991)
• Exsession (1996)
• Inversions (1998)
• Look to Windward (2000)
• Matter (2008)

The Fate of the Jedi series (begun 1. Outcast: by Aaron Allston (2009) - awaiting the next 4 in paperback publishings, and then 4 more in the development)

• Omen: by Christie Golden (2009)
• Abyss: by Troy Denning (2009)
• Backlash: by Aaron Allston (2010)
• Allies: by Christie Golden (2010)
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I'm also looking into Philip K. Dick novels, not necessarily for inspiration, simply because I've been seeing lots of his books at work (Waterstone's) and he seems to have quite a collection.

If anyone reading has any suggestions of books they think would be suitable for my project(s), or books you think I'd just enjoy, them please let me know :)