Miles
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« on: April 21, 2005, 11:04:09 PM » |
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Has anyone read the foundation series? If so, is it worth a read? Thanks for the input.
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2005, 11:25:38 PM » |
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Has anyone read the foundation series? If so, is it worth a read? Thanks for the input. Yes, and yes. |
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
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Vlad!
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2005, 10:21:11 AM » |
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Has anyone read the foundation series? If so, is it worth a read? Thanks for the input. Hi, Miles, and welcome to this board. Yes, I have read all five books that Asimov has written in the Foundation series. They are (in case you didn't know there were five): Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation's Edge Foundation and Earth The last two, despite being written about thirty years after the original trilogy, are still very good. I highly enjoyed them all and would recommend both them as a series and Asimov as a writer. |
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If you don’t have freedom as a principle, you can never see a reason not to make an exception. There are constantly going to be times when for one reason or another there’s some practical convenience in making an exception.
rms
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DvChWi
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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2005, 10:45:20 AM » |
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Hi, Miles, and welcome to this board. Yes, I have read all five books that Asimov has written in the Foundation series. They are (in case you didn't know there were five):
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Foundation and Earth
But wait, there are prequels! Prelude to Foundation Forward the Foundation Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation's Edge Foundation and Earth However, I reccomend the books in the following order: Original trilogy The robot novels(the short stories are excellent, too, but they don't really tie in to Foundation), which are: -The Caves of Steel -The Naked Sun -The Robots of Dawn -Robots and Empire The sequels The prequels. It will all make the most sense in that order, I think. |
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« Last Edit: April 22, 2005, 10:55:09 AM by DvChWi »
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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Vlad!
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2005, 10:54:43 AM » |
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Hmm, I didn't know there were prequels...obviously the library in Knoxville that I go to doesn't have them. I should go get them out of the library here while I still have time.
Dv's order recommendation is quite good; however, you may also enjoy reading all the Foundation-related books and then reading the other ones which will fill in some of the stuff that is only hinted at. Without having read the prequels I can't give a good recommendation for them, but probably the order Dv suggested (originals, sequels, prequels) will still work well.
Alternatively, if you aren't looking for such an undertaking (even for a voracious reader such as myself reading all that for the first time would probably take a month or more), the original trilogy can stand by itself as excellent fiction that engages the reader from start to finish.
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If you don’t have freedom as a principle, you can never see a reason not to make an exception. There are constantly going to be times when for one reason or another there’s some practical convenience in making an exception.
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PaulDA
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2005, 01:37:55 PM » |
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Has anyone read the foundation series? If so, is it worth a read? Thanks for the input. Do you have all the books? My library has a used book section for 50c each, and i think I saw a slew of Asimov paperbacks there, maybe even the Foundation ones. I am going there in a little, if the books are there, would you like me to get them and send them to you as a gift. |
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« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2005, 10:39:48 PM » |
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An extremely good series, and an incredible author. I have enjoyed everything I have read by Asimov - go for it!
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Miles
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2005, 09:52:19 PM » |
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Thank you all for the input, especially for the free book offer (I didn't think someone would even offer that). I ended up coming across a local friends of the library basement "book bonanza" (a phrase of my own because it was quite a good bonanza) while running around town with a friend, and while there, I snagged The Gods Themselves and a copy of Brave New World. It seemed like both would be a good start to my recent sci-fi kick. I believe I might just have to start posting here.
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Vlad!
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2005, 11:28:20 PM » |
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I believe I might just have to start posting here. I hope you do! The Gods Themselves is one Asimov book I haven't read; I enjoy his short stories even more than his novels as a rule, but I'll have to check it out. As for A Brave New World, it was pretty good but not stellar IMO. It's a good one to read if only because then you'll catch the occasional reference to it, but other than that I suppose it's up to you. I read it maybe seven years ago, though, so my comments should be taken with a grain of salt  |
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If you don’t have freedom as a principle, you can never see a reason not to make an exception. There are constantly going to be times when for one reason or another there’s some practical convenience in making an exception.
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