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Books by Isaac Asimov
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Books by Isaac Asimov
September 2, 2009 at 9:02 am
Noticed that a thread about Isaac Asimov quotes was started and I decided to start one about his books.

I finished "Prelude to Foundation", which is the first Isaac Asimov book I've read. And I must say that I like the way in which he writes as well as the theme, as I like pretty much anything that is futuristic (for example the Mass Effect game and novels). I'm about half-way through "The Collapsing Universe - The Story of Black Holes" which is interesting, but I'm sure some things are outdated as the book was published in 1977. Once I have the time I'll move onto the rest of the "Foundation" series, "Robot" series, "Galactic Empire" series and novels.

Has anybody else read books by Isaac Asimov? What is your opinion?
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RE: Books by Isaac Asimov
September 2, 2009 at 9:43 am
The Last Question is a great short story by him.
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RE: Books by Isaac Asimov
September 3, 2009 at 11:26 am
I've read the whole foundation series and they are awesome! His robot stuff is better though. The The trilogy that includes "Caves of Steel", "The Naked Sun", and "The Robots of Dawn" are awesome! The trilogy follows the life and times of a dectective, Elijah Bailey. There are robots too. Smile

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RE: Books by Isaac Asimov
September 3, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I'm a huge Isaac Asimov fan except (for some reason, his Foundation books) and I've read all his Robot stories (love the way they end, love Elijah Bailey, hated the "I Robot" film), used to read Lucky Starr books as a kid, loved his short stories my favourite of which is "Hell-Fire" (but yeah Adrian, all the *vac stories inc. "The Last Question" are brilliant).

I even have (and refer to) "Asimov's Guide To Science" ... he despised metaphysics too Smile

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RE: Books by Isaac Asimov
September 3, 2009 at 4:51 pm
i Robot may even be my favourite serious film of all.

What didn't you like about it? Or do you just prefer the book or something? Cos I'm planning to read that - eventually!

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RE: Books by Isaac Asimov
September 4, 2009 at 8:49 am
Let's see ... take the work of a superb author and the awesome 3 laws of robotics and then ignore them completely with a cheesy detective thriller based only in the loosest sense on anything Asimov ever did. Add to that mix cheesy humanoid robot characters (in the books the robots, except where they were specialised units usually built for off-world use, were FAR more human looking than that piece of crap portrayed them). Add an evil super-computer and a Susan Calvin was NEVER good looking in the books (she wasn't meant to be) and you may understand how, as an Asimov purist, I came to hate the movie.

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RE: Books by Isaac Asimov
September 4, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Fair enough, and I can certainly understand that. Especially since I haven't read any of his books. I just like the movie lol.

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