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Zargus
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Topic: Isaac Asimov appreciation thread Posted: March 22 2011 at 10:27 |
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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! :)
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 16 2011 at 22:08 | |
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare. Excellent book, made even more intriguing by Asimov's opinions. He takes his Shakespeare personally.
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el böthy
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Posted: March 10 2011 at 14:21 | |
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! |
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: February 24 2011 at 15:21 | |
Just saw this thread. It was posted on Dec 4 last year. What escapes me is why we can spend so muuch time talking about nazis while there has been such a lack of interest in something more redeeming. His writing also influenced more than one prog song.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: February 23 2011 at 06:02 | |
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.
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Soul Dreamer
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Posted: January 11 2011 at 20:50 | |
My preferred Asimov books are the Foundation series. I don't like his Robot series that much. The Gods Themselves is great, just as Nemesis. Asimov is my fav. SF writer after Heinlein.
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To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica)
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Logan
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Posted: January 10 2011 at 19:17 | |
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.
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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The_Jester
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Posted: January 10 2011 at 19:03 | |
I finally changed my sig.
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The_Jester
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Posted: January 10 2011 at 19:02 | |
I never read Nemesis.
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La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle!
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Sean Trane
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Posted: December 14 2010 at 08:31 | |
Asimov, uh???
actually I'm not that big on him anymore
I used to like his novels about robots commandements, but I must say that it's lost some odf its flavour with the numbers of novels dealing with it
Never did like much the empire & Foundation series
What remains my fave novel is his one-shot novel called Nemesis, about a huge red star heading directly at our solar system, but not visible because hidden by the halo/cloud of a black hole, and will not be visible until way too late to avoid catastrophe....
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Dean
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Posted: December 11 2010 at 04:27 | |
Hmm, I've posted a lot in this thread and not said anything about Azimov.
I've read most of the robot stories and didn't like them much. I tried to read the Foundation trillogy, but failed.
John T Sladek did some good Azimov robot parodies that I thoroughly enjoyed (the Roderick series and Tik-Tok .... a sociopathic robot with defective azimov-circuits) - he also parodied Issac Azimov as "I Click As I Move".
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Dean
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Posted: December 11 2010 at 04:18 | |
^ you could at least change the sig so it made sense.
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The_Jester
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Posted: December 10 2010 at 21:21 | |
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.
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La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle!
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The_Jester
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Posted: December 10 2010 at 21:19 | |
I knew I was about right, since I saw the interview.
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La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle!
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: December 05 2010 at 19:32 | |
Thank you.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: December 05 2010 at 13:49 | |
Me too. But I was referring to books.
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lazland
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Posted: December 05 2010 at 13:48 | |
Yep, same here, certainly in terms of novels, although I loved Star Trek quite a few years before that |
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Dean
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Posted: December 05 2010 at 13:20 | |
...so it isn't. I've moved it. I hope a robot wasn't harmed in the process.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: December 05 2010 at 13:19 | |
..but this sin't a poll I might add.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: December 05 2010 at 13:18 | |
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!
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