/lit/ - Literature

Is foundation worth reading after the original trilogy?

what's his best short story/novelette?

Anybody else feel like it's not fair to class science fiction with the rest of the genre fiction out there? Sci-fi has always addressed a lot of the same themes literary fiction does, just using allegory and metaphor in a way that builds off the insecurities and scenarios of modern, industrial society. I feel like the best of sci-fi, whether hard or soft, can fairly be classified as "important" literature, which you really can't say for Westerns or Fantasy or Mysteries.

Where do I start with Asimov?

Damn, I miss this little nigga. I'm reading the "last" book of the Foundation Saga, Forward the Foundation, and it is awesome.
It's a pity that he didn't complete the saga.

>"Men have dreams. Even dogs have dreams. But not women. Women are just a machine. An imitation of men. Can a woman write a symphony? Can a woman turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?"

Thoughts on this quote?

Newbie here, what is some essential science fiction /lit/ over here?
extra points for short stories instead of novels

Newbie here, what is some essential science fiction /lit/ over here?
extra points for short stories instead of novels

>And Arcadia was a little girls name. Wished on her because her great-grandmother had been called that; her parents just had no imagination at all. Now that she was two days past fourteen, you'd think they'd recognize the simple fact of adulthood and call her Arkady.

What does /lit/ think of Isaac Asimov?

My brother recommended me to read Asimov' "I, Robot" and knowing some other cool small writings by Asmiov I though it'll be a good book yet I get more and more annoyed by the perception of how robots should work in the book. The fact that it's assumed that it's harder to make a machine talk than make it understand voice and react with emotion and (probably) have some sort of primitive consciousness and even move like a fucking biped. That was from the first chapter about Robbie and that small girl. Next I came the chapter about those 2 guys that had problems with a robot on Mercury (or Mars). How the fuck is it possible to design a (more or less) conscious robot that understands humans but that cannot report back when it cannot do a certain task.

I know that it was the '50 when the book was published but still I expected more. Especially these 2 guys that later get caught by the robot (I'm still reading this part) and have (again) to think about an elaborate plan to trick a robot. It seems like some artificial problem makes the plot, because if you develop a robot you should quite sure that it's not a fucknut.

Is it normal to think in such a way about this book? I hope I'm not alone.

What's his magnum opus?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J548XM9-jKU

Any thoughts on Asimov? He was one of the first big science fiction authors (and one of the good ones), but I never hear him mentioned.

What's /lit/'s opinion on Isaac Asimov?
I just got into his work, a few weeks ago i bought I, Robot and now i'm planning on buying the foundation trilogy, i wanted to know if you guys could give me any recomendations on Sci-Fi books.

I'm looking to read through the Foundation series and from what I can find, it's recommended to read through the robot series, empire series then foundation. So, I was thinking..

The Complete Robot
The Caves of Steel
The Naked Sun
The Robots of Dawn
Robots and Empire
The Currents of Space
The Stars, Like Dust
Pebble in the Sky
Prelude to Foundation
Forward the Foundation
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Foundation and Earth

Would you agree with this? Also, does the complete robot include all of i, robot or should I read that first?