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Of Brin's books, I actually think I like Earth best, but I regularly re-read Sundiver and The Uplift War. The rest of the series was reasonably good, but not as good as those two specific books, I thought. (I liked the first half of The Postman a lot, but didn't care for the rest.)
I like most of Cherryh, too, though I found Downbelow Station and 40,000 in Gehenna less engaging than some of her other books. The Chanur books are probably my favorites of hers, but I also really liked Finity's End. I think she was in top form on that one-- good strong characterizations, sweeping milleau, and plenty of action.
As far as Dune goes... I quite liked the original, and have read it several times. Dune Messiah was ok. Children of Dune was where I started to get bored. I haven't worked up the interest to read any of the others by Frank Herbert, much less the rest of them. A close friend was reading them and giving me his impressions, and while he liked them, it didn't seem to me that I would like them as well. That was a long time ago, though. I suppose I could give them a try again....
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