So what scifi/fantasy books should I be reading?

[Great Rumbler]

Orson Scott Card is supposed to be good science fiction writer. Wikipedia says



He's a mormon and political activist; from what I understand, he has annoying politics, but it doesn't show in his novels so it doesn't matter.

I also don't see any mention of Douglas Adams or Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've never read the book and get the impression that the writing style could either be good or irritating, and never got sucked into the movie, so *shrug*.

I've read Ender's Game and the first three Hitchhiker's Guide books [which are great, but not as great as the original radio show]