Isaac Asimov appreciation thread

I started with the Foundation books, like many others i gues, i like him very much and have read many books, and im a fan, think i gona start read some books by him i have that i havent read yet, thx for this thread for remining me! :)

I´ve only read short storys, cause that´s the only books I have from him. And my favorite shortstorys are The last question and The past is dead.

I would say he isn´t always brilliant. Some stuff from him are just above avarage, but some other stuff is just beyond genius!

My brother, on hearing a rumour that the Foundation triology is about to be filmed, sent me  some cassettes he had recorded (and indeed just about forgotten) made circa 1972 off BBC Radio 4's adaption of the triology (i.e.  8 episodes - 1 hour long each). Having spent ages transferring these recordings to the hard drive of my pc as MP3's and then attempting to remove tape hiss etc, I decided to find some artwork before burning a CD of my somewhat inadequate efforts. Guess what : I was directed to Amazon.uk  where I discovered all 8 hours of episodes are downloadable as mp3's for £3-99 but only been there since last year - an amazing bargain and recommended to all. Tapes and my attempts to aural clean up the recordings have been abandoned, having already cost me more than £3-99, and only having a fraction of the sound quality found on the Amazon downloads.

I've read a lot of Asimov -- especially when I was a teen (I loved the Foundation and Robot series). I think my favourite of his is "The Gods Themselves" as I found characterisation very engaging. His collaboration with Robert Silverberg for the "Nightfall" novel is another I like very much.

I never read Nemesis.

Hmm, I've posted a lot in this thread and not said anything about Azimov.

I read the Foundation serie and the Robot serie and I loved them both. I read a lot of novel by him in fact, you know he made 1000 publications.

Dean wrote: wikipedia wrote: "David Frost" interview program, August 1969. This is the show in which Frost asked Asimov if he had ever tried to find God and, after some initial evasion, Asimov answered, "God is much more intelligent than I—let him try to find me."

Snow Dog wrote: Love Asimov. My first major foray into SF..started with " Foundation" never looked back. When he resumed writing SF in the eighties to continue his FRoundation/ Robot series he was even better!

Yep, same here, certainly in terms of novels, although I loved Star Trek quite a few years before that

..but this sin't a poll I might add.