Wow, now you’ve got me!! I have about 2,000 paperbacks and about 200 hardback Science Fiction books. To give only a few recommendations would be difficult. Dick is good, though for starters, I would recommend Heinlein’s Future History series of short stories, novellas and novels. Otherwise Herbert’s series, Asimov’s Foundation Series and Niven’s Ringworld stories are, too. Does anyone else have good ideas to start someone off reading Science Fiction?