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As somebody already mentioned, I would strongly suggest Dune by Frank Herbert. Not all of them and not the more recent ones by Kevin Anderson, as the direction is slightly different. The first three are ok, in particular Dune itself is masterpiece.
I second the Hyperion mention.
Nobody ever mentioned Greg Bear and its Eon series ? They are something really unusual. And very good, at least according to me.
On fantasy, I personally treasure most of the Pratchett Discworld. Not all of them, but they are usually higher than average.
I might advice Kim Harrison and the Hollows series, it really captures your attention, but I do not know whther to call it fantasy
There are oh so many. I believe there is somewhere (maybe some magazine like Locus) a list of the best 100 books. That could be a good place to look at.
From Simak's books City is nice as well.
How to forget the basics, though, (so you understand where SF/Fantasy comes from) like Burroughs, E.E. Smith (these people works are all in the mobileread library), again not all of them, but the first, just to give you a glimpse of how it all started.
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