OT: Books, Books, Books.

[Narrew]

Hey Greg,

When you get to it, don't stop with the first Honor book, I really think DW matured as a writer the further he went into the series.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

the battle in OBS always seemed a bit improbable to me. it's been a while since i read it, though.

i like some of Asimov and Clarke, but for some reason i don't like what might be called the three big classics of sf, foundation, space oddysey or dune. well, i didn't exactly not like them, i just didn't find them to interesting, and i think dune 1 is about all i ever read of Heinlein.

[Kamog]

I have read all of Asimov's Foundation books, and they are great! The story of a big dying galactic empire, and the 1000-year period in which the new galactic empire is formed, starting from only one planet... The many challenges and crises faced by the Foundation as it slowly gained power and territory over the centuries, is fascinating.

It's too bad Asimov did not live long enough to complete the series. I haven't read any of the three sequels written by the other authors yet.

[Cipher7071]

Of course, I don't know this for sure, but I tend to believe that in his own mind, Asimov did finish the Foundation series. Anyone else wanting to take the ball and run with it certainly had a heck of a start to build on. Actually, I didn't know that another author(s) had done so. Can you name them, or the titles?


addendem: narf, Dune was written by Frank Herbert.

[ December 31, 2003, 14:04: Message edited by: Cipher7071 ]

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Narrew:
Hey Greg,

When you get to it, don't stop with the first Honor book, I really think DW matured as a writer the further he went into the series.

I do try to get the whole series before I start reading the first book, but not knowing what order the books come in is difficult when I go to this used book store and then try to decide which is the next book I need to read.

The only series I didn't enjoy reading the whole way through was The Horseclans books. By the time I read the 18th and final book, I was sick and tired of it. I didn't even read the two anthology books written by different authors. And it took my about 10 years to find all of the books, and I think I traded them at my comic book store for credit.

I've read Dune 2 or 3 times, and probably need to read it again a time or two to really understand it. I've read most of the Frank Herbert books. Haven't read any of them done by his son.

[Kamog]

Originally posted by Cipher7071:
Actually, I didn't know that another author(s) had done so. Can you name them, or the titles?

The original Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov consisted of:
1. Foundation
2. Foundation and Empire
3. Second Foundation

Asimov then wrote four more Foundation books:
4. Foundation's Edge
5. Foundation and Earth
6. Prelude to Foundation
7. Forward the Foundation

The second trilogy was written by other authors after Asimov died:
1. Foundation's Fear by Gregory Benford
2. Foundation and Chaos by Greg Bear
3. Foundation's Triumph by David Brin

[narf poit chez BOOM]

addendem: narf, Dune was written by Frank Herbert.

well, i havn't read any more of his books either.