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as far as -decent- science fiction goes, is this book work reading?

>> No.2164879

I suppose. The ideas are better than the writing, but you could say that about a lot of sci-fi.

>> No.2164880

It's okay. Weak on characterization and literary value, strong on ideas and sense-of-wonder.

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Read this instead.
Thank me later.

>> No.2164885

>>2164880

This, pretty much.

I've always found Asimov's dialogue, in particular, to be very stilted. But I like his sci-fi concepts and worlds, and sometimes he does have some very nice descriptive passages.

>> No.2164917

No OP
Asimov and Foundation are not literature
try Frederik Pohl, Alfred Bester, Ursula K Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, Kim Stanley Robinson, etc

>> No.2164918

Best described as: history told from the sidelines. Does that sound interesting to you?

I found the original Foundation trilogy and the later novels superb.

I particularly like the idea that one man doesn't make history. Probably not an Asimov original, but the idea had never been brought to my attention before. Said idea put much of history in a new perspective for me; the correct perspective in my opinion.

Read the Foundation trilogy.