OT: Sci-Fi Founders

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Nearly anything by Asimov is worth reading; it's emotionally and intelectually interesting. I never got into the foundation series, though, beyond the first book, but that's because it's not my area of interest, not because it wasn't a good book.

Or, for those of you whose brain might be as confusled as mine feels right now, Foundation series good, if that the type of book you like.

Personally, I'd recomend The Caves of Steel and it's related books. I've re-read that one a number of times; plus, they take place in the same universe as the foundation series, only much, much earlier, when humanity is still exploring a small portion of the galaxy.

[geoschmo]

Some of my favorite books are the non-fiction books by Asimov. I picked up one at a book sale which was pretty much just a collection of random thoughts about number, number systems, and the history of mathematics. It was quite interesting. He was a very prolific writer. I remember reading once that he took pride in having at least one title for every section of the dewey decimal system.

[Hunpecked]

narf poit chez BOOM writes:

"Nearly anything by Asimov is worth reading; it's emotionally and intelectually interesting."

Amen. Loved the original "Foundation Trilogy". I was less thrilled with the later Foundation stories, which dragged in his robot writings and that whole weird "Gaia" thing, but they were still as well-written as ever.

For my money, though, his best work was "The End of Eternity", hands down.