Comment Godel, Escher, Bach (Score 1) 434
This one did it for, with a heaping serving of the old SciFi masters, starting with Heinlein, Clarke, Bradbury, Asimov, Foster...
http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Go lden/dp/0465026567
http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-G