Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey, (& not as much...) Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama
Frank Herbert - Dune (& not as much)...Dune Messiah & the rest of the Dune books
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson - Hunters of Dune and others written after Herbert's Death...this first one was okay...
star wars (selected works copied & pasted from wiki's list at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_books)
Han Solo at Stars' End by Brian Daley
one of the good early ones
Tales From the Mos Eisley Cantina edited by Kevin J. Anderson
one of the good later ones
The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers
this was a good one
The Thrawn Trilogy
feat. Luke, Mara Jade, Admiral ThrawnX-Wing/Rogue Squadron series
feat. Corran Horn
Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole (1996)
Wedge's Gamble by Michael A. Stackpole (1996)
The Krytos Trap by Michael A. Stackpole (1996)
The Bacta War by Michael A. Stackpole