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Asimov
« on: July 04, 2008, 12:06:15 PM »
I love Asimov's short stories. "The Last Question," "Robot Dreams," "Eyes Dor More Than See"... The list goes on. All good stuff.

I don't think I've read any of his novels though. Any tips on where to start?
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2008, 12:15:54 PM »
I'd recommend Foundation & "the caves of steel".

Foundation is actually a connected set of novellas so you may have read them previously - not sure. Both are excellent though.
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2008, 12:56:44 PM »
The entire Robot series is excellent.  The Gods Themselves and The End of Eternity are also brilliant.  Haven't read the foundation series yet, except for The Currents of Space.
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2008, 04:17:27 PM »
find the robots time line, and start at the beginning..

caves of steel is very early in the time line, a good place to start.

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Re: Asimov
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2008, 06:22:13 PM »
So was I, Robot.  They're short stories that prelude to the rest of the series.  I suggest you start there (at the true beginning).
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2008, 07:08:08 PM »

Foundation series all the way! Brilliant concepts.
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2008, 08:07:03 PM »
Quote from: dman11235 on July 04, 2008, 06:22:13 PM
So was I, Robot.  They're short stories that prelude to the rest of the series.  I suggest you start there (at the true beginning).
To anyone wandering in: No, the movie "I, Robot" didn't have anything to do with the Aasimov story of the same name.
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2008, 11:31:14 PM »
ya, idk what they based the movie off of...

its the same but different...

think starship troopers..
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2008, 11:41:14 PM »
Quote from: Prime32 on July 04, 2008, 08:07:03 PM
Quote from: dman11235 on July 04, 2008, 06:22:13 PM
So was I, Robot.  They're short stories that prelude to the rest of the series.  I suggest you start there (at the true beginning).
To anyone wandering in: No, the movie "I, Robot" didn't have anything to do with the Aasimov story of the same name.

Yes it did!  The names were the same!  And that's it...
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2008, 11:20:07 AM »
The Gods Themselves is one of those sci-fi books where you think "if an author could see this sort of thing coming that long ago, why haven't we done something about it?"

For those who haven't read it, it involves a fictional technology that appears to provide energy at no cost. The book revolves around various attemts to stop environmental disaster (on an admittedly grand scale) as a result of this technology. The parallels to both nuclear power and the contemporary climate debate are very, very acute.

Why wasn't there an Asimov for President movement at some point? He had vision, creativity, and the ability to move an audience. He would've been a great politician.
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2008, 04:43:59 PM »
Clarke gets all the credit for being a visionary...

i think thats due to him telling everyone how visionary he was...

i also think Asimov had a better understanding of things... people and things..
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« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2008, 05:55:17 PM »
Asimov was actually a scientist (bio-chemist, I believe) of some renown as well. He made science simple and his non-fiction books on biology, chemistry and physics were aimed at the layman. In comparison, Clarke was a nobody.

To be honest, I never really read his science fiction books. I know him through his science books. I did read a couple of his Perihelion series that was based off the Robots universe, and some of his other short stories, mainly humourous ones.
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Re: Asimov
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2008, 03:55:04 AM »
Quote from: altpersona on July 04, 2008, 11:31:14 PM
ya, idk what they based the movie off of...

its the same but different...

think starship troopers..
ARGH !  Don't mention that blasphemous movie !  Please, I beg you !
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