Hmmm, I agree with every story on this list that I've read.
The Stars my Destination is by Alfred Bester, not Heinlein - funny how often it gets accredited to Heinlein, though. I'm not sure why, it didn't remind me of Heinlein. Asimov's Foundation books are great, as are some of his stories. Clarke's short stories are wonderful, especially the Tales from the White Hart. There's a collection of all his short stuff you can probably find at the library - worth reading! It includes the shortest science fiction story ever written (17 words), the longest (fits on one page, but it's the longest) and everything in between, including what I think is the funniest shaggy-dog story in all SF. (If you've read it, I don't remember the title but it's the one about the US space ship that got crushed by a neutron star, and what they found of it....)
Um. Agree about Picard, but the new guy, Archer, has some guts. And he's much more my style than Baldy was.
Hair, ksen, you were debating over the word to describe someone who has the characteristics of a dwarf; might I suggest dwarvish?