I really enjoyed The Hyperion Cantos, and the first few Dune books I read a long time ago (may reread these now). Can anyone recommend some other books (or series) along these lines? Huge stories on an epic scale, space battles, cool future tech, etc.
The first book of the second trilogy was a bit rough, it felt to me that the entire thing was just giving backstory setting up the story. I did enjoy book 5 though.